Head Turbine Articles & Analysis: Older
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The complete equipment package supplied by CHC for the project included draft tube elbow and extension, double-regulated turbine heart with main turbine shaft, scroll case with turbine shut-off valve, 450 RPM vertical synchronous generator, turbine governor with hydraulic power unit, switchgear, controls and protection ...
It used to be a stomach-churning moment for us: Our previous microhydro turbine was dysfunctional too often due to its poor design, which meant a trip down to the river to clean the turbine blades—an uncomfortable and sometimes life-endangering task. Since replacing that “experiment” with an Energy Systems & Design (ES&D) LH1000 ...
Since replacing that “experiment” with an Energy Systems & Design (ES&D) LH1000 low-head turbine, complete with a prototype “leaf-mulcher,” and new PV modules to back up the hydro, off-grid life’s simply blissful. ...