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Department of Energy and
Process Engineering
Spring 2017
Development of an
Accumulator System
for a Pulsating Pelton
Nozzle
Supervisor:
Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug
Thomas Lindseth Bergflødt
Background and objective
Hydro Power Technologies Inc., (HPT) is a
Canadian company that is developing a new
Pelton turbine technology. In 2017, HPT will
carry out numerical and experimental tests on
its pulsating nozzle technology.
The purpose of this master thesis will be to
investigate and identify whether the pressure
amplitudes from the pulsating nozzle can be
dampened by utilizing an accumulator in the
hydraulic system.
MASTER THESIS
Nozzle inside the Pelton rig.
Schematics of laboratory test