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Author Topic: Kaplan turbine on ebay  (Read 4812 times)

AndynJ

  • Joined Sep 2010
  • uk
  • Says it as it is. don't like it don't look
Kaplan turbine on ebay
« on: April 27, 2014, 06:12:08 am »
This turbine would be in excess of £15,000 nowadays, a bargain if you have a specific need

spandit

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • East Sussex
    • Sussex Forest Garden
Re: Kaplan turbine on ebay
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2014, 07:09:50 am »
Is there supposed to be a link?
sussexforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk

Tala Orchard

  • Joined Nov 2012
  • North Cornwall
    • Tala Orchard
Re: Kaplan turbine on ebay
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2014, 08:41:10 am »
Found it it looks and sounds fine unfortunately we do not have the necessary drop and probably not the head required. Here is the missing link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kaplan-Water-Turbine-/131167871690?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item1e8a36e2ca
Pigs are human tooo

AndynJ

  • Joined Sep 2010
  • uk
  • Says it as it is. don't like it don't look
Re: Kaplan turbine on ebay
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2014, 01:16:24 pm »
I don't know how to do links but I'm really good at digging holes

mab

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • carmarthenshire
Re: Kaplan turbine on ebay
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2014, 08:39:15 pm »
at a nominal 4.2m head, 50kw corresponds to about 1200litres/second (100% efficiency) or more like 2000 l/s for 50kw with a more realistic 60% system efficiency, so you probably need a fair sized stream to get the best out of this turbine.

AndynJ

  • Joined Sep 2010
  • uk
  • Says it as it is. don't like it don't look
Re: Kaplan turbine on ebay
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2014, 09:31:02 pm »
years ago we had a river and we could only pull 15KW though we didn't have that head

 

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