Computer Controlled Francis Turbine- Engineering Lab Training Systems Description and Specifications for Lab Tenders
EXERCISES AND PRACTICAL POSSIBILITIES
Some Practical Possibilities of the Unit:
1.-To determine the operating characteristics of a Francis turbine at different speeds.
2.-Determination of typical turbine curves.
3.-Determination
of the Francis turbine’s power N(n), Torque Mm(n) and efficiency h(n)
curves at constant flow with guide vanes open.
4.-Determination
of the Francis turbine’s power N(n), Torque Mm(n) and efficiency h(n)
curves at constant flow with guide vanes closed.
5.-Determination of the power N(Q), Head H(Q) and efficiency h(Q) curves at constant rotation speed and guide vanes opened.
6.-Determination of the power N(Q), Head H(Q) and efficiency h(Q) curves at constant rotation speed and guide vanes closed.
7.-Turbine power output versus speed and flow rate at various heads.
8.-Effect of guide vane setting on the turbine performance.
9.-Investigation of the conversion of hydraulic energy into mechanical energy.
10.-Adimensional analysis.
11.-Calculating the turbine power.
12.-Determining the turbine hydraulic efficiency.
13.- Determining the torque and speed of the turbine.
14.-Flow calculation.
Other possible practices:
15.-Sensors calibration.
Practices to be done by PLC Module (PLC-PI)+PLC Control Software:
16 -Control of the TFC unit process through the control interface box without the computer.
17.-Visualization of all the sensors values used in the TFC unit process.
18.-Calibration of all the sensors included in the TFC unit process.
19.-Hand on of all the actuators involved in the TFC unit process.
20.-Realization
of different experiments, in automatic way, without having in front the
unit. (This experiment can be decided previously).
21.-Simulation
of outside actions, in the cases do not exist hardware elements.
(Example: test of complementary tanks, complementary industrial
environment to process to be studied, etc).
22.-PLC hardware general use and manipulation.
23.-PLC process application for TFC unit.
24.-PLC structure.
25.-PLC inputs and outputs configuration.
26.-PLC configuration possibilities.
27.-PLC program languages.
28.-PLC different programming standard languages.
29.-New configuration and development of new process.
30.-Hand on an established process.
31.-To visualize and see the results and to make comparisons with the TFC unit process.
32.-Possibility of creating new process in relation with the TFC unit.
33.-PLC Programming Exercises.
34-Own PLC applications in accordance with teacher and student requirements. Fluid Mechanics Lab Equipments manufacturers.