Prácticas Frecuentes en el Diseño y Fabricación de Microturbinas Hidráulicas: Estudio de Casos

Abstract

In a "craft" production of turbines, which is generally carried out by local manufacturers who are not exclusively dedicated to the subject, and do not have appropriate know-how, often their products have defects or bad designs both in the hydraulic part and mechanical, leaving as a result machines that do not have an adequate efficiency and even a malfunction. The production of equipment that does not comply adequately with the services required by users reduces the interest in renewable energies, placing it in a more difficult scenario of penetration.

In this work, several cases such as those mentioned above are presented, together with the solutions presented, which arose from the study of such cases in the Laboratory of Hydraulic Machines of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue. As a consequence and additional conclusion comes the support that institutions, NGOs and government entities must provide to these local producers in order to provide a quality product that meets energy demand with an adequate level of efficiency. In this sense, some programs that are being carried out by this laboratory and local manufacturers are presented.