Hydraulic Turbines | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Hydraulic Turbines (17.M34I53)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Energy and Process Engineering (Year: 4, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Mehanika fluida, hidropneumatska, gasna i naftna tehnika
ECTS	6

Acquiring basic knowledge necessary for designing and application of hydraulic turbines.

Designing, application, exploitation and maintenance of hydraulic turbines.

Definition and classification of hydraulic turbines impulse and reaction turbines. Basic performance parameters of hydraulic turbines. Theoretical background of hydraulic turbines operation: flow kinematics in hydraulic turbines runners, Euler`s equation for hydraulic turbines. Affinity laws. Cavitation in hydraulic turbines. Speed control, power output control. Experimental determination of performance characteristics, model testing. Calculation and design of turbine runners. Calculation and design of hydraulic stator components. Novelties in theory and practice of hydraulic turbines.

Lectures: combination of modern (presentations, simulations) and classic (chalk and blackboard, physical models) Numerical practice: (10 weeks): numerical and graphical problems, calculation of flow components of hydraulic turbines.. Laboratory practice (5 weeks). experimental determination of performance characteristics of Kaplan and Francis turbine on laboratory test stands.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Hocevar, M.	Introduction to turbine machinery	2016	Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za strojnistvo (script)	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00
Laboratory exercise defence	Yes	Yes	10.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Laboratory exercise defence	Yes	Yes	10.00
Laboratory exercise defence	Yes	Yes	10.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00