A review on turbines for micro hydro power plant

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews 2017-05, Vol.72, p.882-887
• Main Authors: Jawahar, C.P., Michael, Prawin Angel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Efficiency; Energy; Hydro power; Turbine
• ISSN: 1364-0321; 1879-0690
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.133

In recent years design of micro hydro power plants has been examined by various groups throughout the world due to its merits of offering better performance than the conventional fossil fuels to meet the energy need. Considering the portfolio of energy, the improvement of hydro power will partake in decrease of greenhouse gas emission and better malleability in the grid operation. This inquisition study examined the turbine of small hydro plant from the perspective of efficiency improvement while maintaining the global cost of the project per kW arrive within confined range. In this documentation an extensive epitomize of turbines available in India and other countries has been described. The selection of head, runner diameter along with its accomplishment are also presented. This study reveals an improvement for the design of turbines while comparing the functioning of other existing system for similar operating condition. Since most power plants now-a-day's use large turbines for the low power production, losses and overall cost increases, hence this survey will be helpful to reduce the cost of the plant. The reviews mainly focus on the study of existing turbines upto 100kW. The importance of the turbine in micro hydro projects with respect to our current energy scenario is also highlighted.