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Abrasive Erosion and Corrosion of Hydraulic Machinery
Needless to say, the recommended limiting velocities are dependent on the
runner material. For example, it is indicated by the turbine operation
experience and the experimental data that for the stainless steel, Cr5Cu, the
critical peripheral velocity
U
2cr
at
the outlet of turbine runners working on silt-
laden rivers is only 20 m/s. For another stainless steel lCrl8Ni9Ti, it is 25
m/s.
For common steel and other alloy, such as, 20SiMn, 0Crl3Ni4Mo,
0Crl3Ni6Mo, it is 35 m/s. The critical velocity,
U
2cr
or
W
2cr
is the limited
velocity, if
the
velocity, U
2
or W
2
is larger than them, serious damage caused
by sand abration and cavitation erosion will occuers.
Specific Speed and Geometrical Parameters of Turbine Runner
The specific speed n
s
is defined as
n,
=3.13-n
u
-yJQ
u
T]
T
(4.6)
where ^
T
is the efficiency of the turbine. The unit speed n
u
and the unit
discharge are as
n
u
nl\
a
Q
<47)
"~A
!
#;
where D\ is the characteristic diameter of turbine runner at inlet, and D
2
is at
outlet, Q the discharge of turbine and H
r
the head at design condition.
If the discharge Q and the peripheral velocity coefficient K
u
\ at the runner
inlet, as well as the meridional velocity coefficient K
m2
at the outlet are
expessed as
Q =
-D^-k
2
)-V
m2
For Kaplan turbine
Q =
—Dl-V
m2
For Francis turbine
(4.8)