Hydro Machines Lab
Center of Excellence-hydro Machines at Bhopal unit, is fully dedicated facility for R&D activities of hydro turbines and lift irrigation pumps backed by a team of highly trained engineers and latest techlogical tools. It is equipped with a sophisticated and modern laboratory to evolve highly efficient hydro turbine profile designs by mathematical modelling and design vetting amd further detailed studies by experimental model tests.
COE-HM is accredited by National Accreditation Borad for testing and calibration laboratories for testing of hyro turbine and pump models. It is recognised by department of Scientific and industrial research(DSIR), Government of India as in-house R&D group for hydraulic design and development of hydro turbines. COE-HM is equipped by a CFD center which forms the basic back-bone of hydraulic design and optimisation of hydro turbine and pump profiles for achieving internationally competitive designs.
It is equipped with a high-performance blade cluster with super-computing power for high speed number crunching and solving huge problems. COE-HM is also equipped with three universal test stands capable of testing entire range and all types of hydraulic turbines/pumps (Francis, kaplan, pelton, bulb, reversible pump-turbines and pumps).
The laboratory is equipped with latest measuring instruments and technical advancements and consistently complies with IEC 60193 standards. COE-HM also has a dedicated group for turbine field efficiency testing at site in accordance to IEC 60041. It also has an in house manufacturing facility for accurate manufacturing of hydro turbine model components.