The Calculation of the Pelton and Francis Turbine Hill Chart Using the HydroHillChart Software.

The paper presents the HydroHillChart software, which is designed to calculate the hill chart for hydraulic turbines (Pelton, Francis and Kaplan) and the operation diagram, based on the energetic primary data that is obtained through turbine model measurements performed on the test rig. The HydroHillChart software is made up of the following four modules: the Pelton, Francis and Kaplan modules - which are used to calculate the turbine model hill chart and the DEX module - which is used to calculate the operation diagram for the industrial turbine prototype. The resu lts of the software consist of graphical curves and numerical results which can be view ed in HydroHillChart and exported as Excel files with a template structure and also as PDF and Word files. The lack of paper space will limit the presentation to the Pelton and Francis modules only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]