Kaplan turbines · 37 m head · 8 blades
Kaplan turbine runner 500 mm, 8 blades (37 m head)
Model designed and computed with the Heliciel software. Design point: 37 m net head, 2.176 m³/s flow, 1278.5 rpm (hydraulic power 790 kW). Specific speed from the turbine selection chart (Ns 417 at 37 m head), diameter and hub from the Kaplan statistics; runner balanced on the head by Heliciel's hydro turbine study.
The pack contains the complete propeller as a full-definition STL with root fillet, STEP surfaces (complete propeller and one blade), the Heliciel .hlc project and the computation records.
Characteristics computed by Heliciel
| Diameter | 500 mm |
|---|---|
| Number of blades | 8 |
| Hub diameter | 317.6 mm |
| Net head | 37 m |
| Flow | 2.176 m³/s |
| Specific speed Ns (turbine selection chart) | 417 |
| Head taken by the runner | 33.82 m |
| Losses in wicket gate, bend and draft tube | 3.22 m |
| Wicket gate | 10 guide vanes, b0 350 mm |
| Design speed | 1278 rpm |
| Fluid speed at design point | 18.57 m/s |
| Axial load | 30679.40 N |
| Torque | 5261.104 N·m |
| Shaft power | 704103 W |
| Power coefficient Cp | 0.81 |
| Blade shape | classic |
| Angles of attack | smoothed (6° along the whole blade) |
| Blade root | junction shank 107.6 × 43.3 mm |
| Bore | 63 mm |
| Hub length | 174 mm |
| Blade thickness | 9.2 mm at the root, 9.2 mm at mid-radius (r = 158.8 mm), 14.6 mm at the tip |
| Strength at design point | blade root fillet to be sized for strength |
| Direction of rotation | right-hand |
| Files included | STL, STEP, HLC |
| Reference | K-500-8p-H37 |
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