Hydropower Calculator
Optimal flow discharge and penstock diameter for impulse and reaction turbines
Description
Hydropower Calculator is a Matlab code intended to facilitate the calculations for determining optimal flow discharge and optimal penstock diameter when designing impulse and reaction turbines for hydropower systems.
Disclaimer
Hydropower Calculator is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Snapshots of some Hydropower Calculator elements and results
Capabilities
Optimal flow discharge and optimal penstock diameter for impulse turbines
Optimal flow discharge and optimal penstock diameter for reaction turbines
Software Download
Date |
Description |
Notes |
10/01/14 |
Matlab code | Includes sample input files |
10/01/14 |
Journal paper that describes the software |
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