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B.S.Vidyarany
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Hello,
I have designed a water turbine which weighs about 5.3 Kgs and it rotates at about 150 rpm from a head of 3 mtrs. The water is guided by a single 25.4 mm dia pvc pipe. I can achieve better rpm upto 200 rpm by increasing the flow. My plan is to generate steady 12 Volts DC for rural application in hilly terrain. The turbine is cylindrical in nature and the shaft extends on either side of the cylinder. It is my desire to connect a DC generator on both the sides of the shaft. Following are my questions:
1. How to select the DC generator?
2. How to calculate the torque?
3. Is the speed and torque of this turbine sufficient to produce 12 Volts DC for 750 Watts load?
4. Since the application will be in variable flow terrain, how should my selection of generator be?
5. What other home work is to be done from my end for better results.
6. Also, can this application be increased to 24 Volts DC with higher torqe, with same rpm by increasing the weight of the turbine (since I hv constraints on generating higher rpm.)
I will be highly obliged with any help from your end.
Thank you,
B.S.Vidyaranya
I have designed a water turbine which weighs about 5.3 Kgs and it rotates at about 150 rpm from a head of 3 mtrs. The water is guided by a single 25.4 mm dia pvc pipe. I can achieve better rpm upto 200 rpm by increasing the flow. My plan is to generate steady 12 Volts DC for rural application in hilly terrain. The turbine is cylindrical in nature and the shaft extends on either side of the cylinder. It is my desire to connect a DC generator on both the sides of the shaft. Following are my questions:
1. How to select the DC generator?
2. How to calculate the torque?
3. Is the speed and torque of this turbine sufficient to produce 12 Volts DC for 750 Watts load?
4. Since the application will be in variable flow terrain, how should my selection of generator be?
5. What other home work is to be done from my end for better results.
6. Also, can this application be increased to 24 Volts DC with higher torqe, with same rpm by increasing the weight of the turbine (since I hv constraints on generating higher rpm.)
I will be highly obliged with any help from your end.
Thank you,
B.S.Vidyaranya