A Pelton wheel is an impulse-type water turbine. The Pelton wheel extracts energy from the impulse of . Find great deals on eBay for PELTON Wheel in Solar and Alternative Energy Supplies. Shop with confidence on eBay!
Pelton and turgo turbines are used on medium to high head sites.
Turgo turbines are a development of the Pelton turbine and can handle a higher flow rate. In order to understand pelton wheel you need to have knowledge about what are hydraulic turbines and also how they are classified. This short animation explains how Pelton wheels (Pelton turbines) work. Working and design of Pelton wheel is elaborated through video animation in this lecture.
Learn more from GE Renewable . The Gilkes Pelton Turbine is one of the three turbines that comprise the Gilkes range of hydroelectric power systems. With a Pelton turbine , the energy of water is converted through nozzles into high- velocity jets of water that drive a turbine by virtue of the forces of the water jets . Our Pelton wheel (or Pelton runner) is a cast epoxy impeller designed to provide efficient performance on micro-hydro Pelton wheel water turbines.