Kaplan Turbine Vertical Kaplan Turbine Generator Unit​

Kaplan turbine is a kind of turbine suit to low water head 3-45 meters, and with certain big flow, normally divided into fixed blades and adjustable blades turbine. Main components including: runner, draft cone, water chamber, guide vane, bearing, and main shaft. The spiral case could be steel or concrete. 

1, Suitable water head : 3-45m

2, Output scope : 100Kw -30Mw

3, Runner diameter : 80cm -400cm

4, Runner material : stainless steel

5, Arrangement type : Vertical

Kaplan Runner

Kaplan runner with 3 to 6 blades, fixed blades runner, blades are casted and then welded on the runner hub, and bolts connection with draft cone. Regarding the adjustable blades runner, the hub is designed to be hollow, and a control rod is designed in the shaft middle to change blades angle in order to suit different flow.