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Small Hydro
The
Ministry has supported the following R&D projects in SHP sector:-
Sl. No. |
Title of the project |
Name of PI and Implementing Agency |
Remarks |
1. |
“ Hydraulic Turbine R&D Laboratory” |
Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee (Formerly known as Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), IIT Roorkee) |
Project
Completed |
2. |
“Development of
Laboratory for Sediment Monitoring and Impact Analysis Studies in Hydropower
Plant” |
Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee (Formerly known as Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), IIT Roorkee) |
Project
Completed |
3. |
“Development of Efficient Cross Flow Turbine for Hilly Region”
|
PI- Prof. R.P. Saini Co-PI - Prof. S.K. Singal Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee (Formerly known as Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), IIT Roorkee) |
Project
Completed |
The detils of these projects is as follows:
1) Hydraulic Turbine R&D Laboratory
With
the support of Ministry and New Renewable Energy Resources Govt. of India,
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Roorkee has established
an international-level hydro turbine R&D laboratory as
design and validation facility in addition to conducting research in hydro
turbines and other hydro mechanical equipment conforming to national and
international standards.
The
laboratory is able to conduct tests on scaled models of hydraulic turbines,
reversible turbines and pumps for weighted average efficiency and turbine
output, cavitation performance, pressure pulsation, run away speed,
characteristic curves for the turbine quadrant, hydraulic thrust and torque.
The laboratory is equipped with state of the art SCADA based automatic control
system with first principal based flow measurement, precision pressure
transducers and sensors. Laboratory has high performance computing facility of
288 Core with ANSYS-15 software.
The
guiding framework for this laboratory is meeting international standards (IEC
60193 and ISO/IEC 17025) requirements. The laboratory has been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration
(NABL) as per ISO/IEC 17025 for fluid flow testing as well as calibration.
The
laboratory have the role of verification/validation of designs and generation
of design data, third party test as a neutral laboratory, witness tests on
turbines as a neutral agency and testing of all types of reaction turbines
except tubular turbine, bulb turbine & pump turbine. Laboratory also
carries out validation of designs through CFD technique.
The
Laboratory was inaugurated by Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Power and New
and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India, Mr. R.K. Singh on April 10, 2018.
https://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/HRE/pages/Labs+Hydraulic_Turbine_R_and_D_Lab.html
2) Sediment monitoring and abrasion testing laboratory – AHEC, IIT Roorkee
Hydro-abrasive
erosion of hydro-turbine components through sediment-laden river water is one
of the most challenging problems in the Himalayan region. To study and mitigate
the hydro-abrasive issues in Himalayan region, a laboratory with state of the
art instrumentation is established at AHEC, IIT Roorkee with support from the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India. The laboratory was
inaugurated by Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable
Energy, Govt. of India, Mr. R.K. Singh on April 10, 2018.
The
laboratory is equipped with facilities to study suspended sediment flow and its
impact on hydropower components such as turbines, penstock etc. The laboratory
is being developed a sediment depository for Himalayan region to perform as a
knowledge centre to educate and train personnel to handle erosion issues
effectively. The development of the laboratory has facilitated design and
improvement of sediment settling basins, study of sediment flow dynamics,
validation and development of hydro-abrasive erosion models as well as
designing turbine blades and other components for less erosion.
3) Development of Efficient Cross Flow Turbine for Hilly Region
In
micro-hydro potential sites, cross flow hydro turbine is the suitable
alternative to provide the energy due to its low initial cost, easy
construction, installation and maintenance. However, cross flow turbine suffers
the problem of low performance as compared to conventional hydro turbines.
Under the R&D project, an attempt has been made to enhance the cross flow
turbine efficiency by improving the flow conditions/direction inside the
turbine runner. A guide mechanism having different types of airfoils (Symmetrical
and unsymmetrical) has been investigated and the performance in term of
efficiency of the modified turbine is compared with the conventional cross flow
turbine design. In order to investigate the turbine performance at different
operating conditions, numerical simulation (CFD) using commercially available
software (ANSYS) was used. Further, the numerical results have been validated
with the experimentation carried out in the Hydraulic Measurement Laboratory,
Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee.