Sediment Erosion on Pelton Turbines: A Review

Abstract The Pelton turbine has been widely used to develop high-head water resources with sediments because of its advantages in life cycle costs. When a flood or monsoon season occurs, the sediment concentration in the river increases suddenly, causing severe erosion to the nozzle, needle, and run...

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Main Authors: Xinfeng Ge, Jie Sun, Dongdong Chu, Juan Liu, Ye Zhou, Hui Zhang, Lei Zhang, Huixiang Chen, Kan Kan, Maxime Binama, Yuan Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-05-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s10033-023-00880-y