The Banki Water Turbine By C. A. Mockmore Professor of Civil Engineering and Freo MERRYFIELD Professor of Civil Engineering Bulletin Series No. 25 February 1949 Engineering Experiment Station Oregon State System of Higher Education Oregon State College Corvallis“MOLITLRIU] OUIGIN, Ja3VM [peINg pod “tT 91n31 7TABLE OF CONTENTS Pare 1. Introduction... 5 1, Introductory Statement 5 II. Theory of the Banki Turbine 1. Description of Turbine 2. Path of Jet through Turbine 3. Efficiency 4. Construction Proportions (A) Blade Angle (B) Radial Rim Width (C) Wheel Diameter and Axial Wheel Breadth . (D) Curvature of the Blade (E) Central Angle ... ILL. Design of Laboratory Turbine ... Assumed Design Data -. . Breadth and Diameter of Wheel Speed of Wheel Thickness of Jet Spacing of Blades in Wheel Radial Rim Width Radius of Blade Curvatures .. . Distance of Jet from Center of Shaft ). Distance of Jet from Inner Periphery of Wheel ). Construction of the Wheel Laboratory Tests nm SP Senmrtoweonwe mn . Limitations of Tests . . Power Quantity Speed Efficiency-Speed Efficiency- Power . Specific Speed V. The Turbine Nozzle . 1. Test Nozzle .. 2. Genman Nozzle: 1 2 3 4 sm V1. Installations... 1. European Turbines 2. American Installations VII. Conclusions...