Model Number: Pelton turbine Brand Name: Fuchun Key Specifications/Special Features: Pelton turbine also called a free-jet turbine or Pelton wheel,a type ofimpulse turbine, named after L. A. Pelton who invented it in1880Water passes through nozzles and strikes spoon-shaped bucketsor cups arrangedon the periphery of a runner, which causes the runner torotate, producingmechanical energy

The runner is fixed on a shaft, and the rotational motion ofthe turbine is transmitted by the shaft to a generator

The impulse type turbines are the best election for high headand small discharge hydraulic power resources

They have compact structure, small size, high efficiency andneed fewer investments

They have been divided into Turgo and Pelton type

The impulse type turbines made by Fuchun are ranging from 80 to1,000m in water head, 200kW to 20MW in capacity and 0.55 to 2.3 inrunner diameter

Theirs shaft arrangements are either vertical or horizontal andthey may have single nozzle, twin or multi-nozzles