Modelación de la transferencia de energía entre un aprovechamiento hidroenergético y turbomáquinas

Abstract

The present research presents a procedure to determine the hydropower potential that carries a natural water flow for the type that is fixed the type of turbo machine more suitable with its respective dimensioning. The process started with the study of scientific literature on worldwide research in relation to the generation of energy to establish the importance of the use of water potential in hydroelectric plants. It identifies the mechanical components, determines the parameters and the operating variables: height and flow, and fix the transfer of hydraulic energy into mechanical energy to determine the type of turbine more convenient together with its dimensioning. The study is based on detailed technical literature shown in the relevant section and studies as, for "Hydroelectric: Dimensions of social and environmental coexistence", Hydroelectric Engineering, among others; This allows generating models to find the type of Pelton, Francis and Kaplan turbine suitable for a particular application. The result of this analysis determines the type of turbine that obtains the highest percentage of energy transfer, the dimensions of the possible house of the machines; a note is given that the study is related to the possible effects of cavitation and equilibrium for a design stage.