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    The Pelton wheel or Pelton Turbine is an impulse-type water turbine invented by American inventor Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s. The Pelton wheel extracts...
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    Francis turbine Kaplan turbine Tyson turbine Deriaz turbine Gorlov helical turbine Water wheel Pelton wheel Turgo turbine Cross-flow turbine (also known...
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    related to Francis turbine. Draft tube Evolution from Francis turbine to Kaplan turbine Hydropower Jonval turbine Kaplan turbine Pelton wheel Sensor fish...
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    The Turgo turbine is an impulse water turbine designed for medium head applications. Operational Turgo turbines achieve efficiencies of about 87%. In...
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    accelerating the fluid with a nozzle. Pelton wheels and de Laval turbines use this process exclusively. Impulse turbines do not require a pressure casement...
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    the late 1870s, he invented the Pelton water wheel, at that time the most efficient design of the impulse water turbine. Recognized as one of the fathers...
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    turbine Draft tube Francis turbine Gorlov helical turbine Hydroelectricity Hydropower Pelton wheel Screw turbine Sensor fish, a device used to study the impact...
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    efficiency of a cross-flow turbine is somewhat less than a Kaplan, Francis or Pelton turbine. However, the cross-flow turbine has a flat efficiency curve...
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    проектов | Новости Центральной Азии". "Tajikistan celebrates independence with launch of second Rogun dam turbine – Embassy of Tajikistan in Malaysia"....
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    between is called the Pelton Regulating Reservoir. In 1982 the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs installed a hydroelectric turbine unit in the regulating...
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  • manufactured turbines. The mostly used turbines are Pelton and Cross-flow types. Most of the MHP turbines are manufactured locally. The first turbine manufactured...
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  • pointing skywards. The Pelton wheel turbine (better described as a radial turbine) translates the mechanical action of the Pelton wheel rotating in the...
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  • Water wheel (category Water turbines)
    avoid confusion with v for velocity. Hydroelectricity Watermill Water turbine Pelton wheel For devices to lift water for irrigation Noria Sakia Devices to...
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    stages share same powerhouse with total eight Pelton turbine units. Each of the two stages has four turbines having capacity of 65 MW each for 1st stage...
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    Turbojet (category Gas turbines)
    do not need cooling. In the first stage, the turbine is largely an impulse turbine (similar to a pelton wheel) and rotates because of the impact of the...
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  • Peltric set (category Water turbines)
    term referring to the combination of a Pelton wheel and an electric generator, and is a useful water-powered turbine for mountainous regions where the head...
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    Hydropower Hydroelectricity Francis turbine Gorlov helical turbine Kaplan turbine Pelton wheel "History - Water Wall Turbine". wwturbine.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17...
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  • three Pelton turbines, with each turbine rated at 423 MW (~567,000 HP); note that the turbine acceptance testing process reported a maximum turbine output...
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  • ranging from 1 to 10, a Pelton wheel is typically around 4, Francis turbines fall in the range of 10 to 100, while Kaplan turbines are at least 100 or more...
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  • Rainpower (category Water turbine manufacturers)
    generation. The company provides Pelton, Francis, and Kaplan turbines, as well as pump turbines, small hydropower plants, turbine governor, oil pressure systems...
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  • Hydroelectricity equipment Francis turbine Kaplan turbine Tyson turbine Gorlov helical turbine Pelton wheel Turgo turbine Cross-flow turbine Water wheel...
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    meters or more may be available, a Pelton wheel can be used. For low head installations, Francis or propeller-type turbines are used. Very low head installations...
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    began with two Pelton waterwheels, likely manufactured in San Francisco. Additions were made later on as the electricity demand grew. Turbine 1: 38 inches...
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  • Dam and spillways Type of dam Gravity Impounds Puwa Khola Commission date 2060-12-22 BS Type Run-of-the-river Turbines Pelton Installed capacity 6.2 MW...
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  • (Papenoo 2) which contains one 4 MW Pelton turbine-generators. Lastly, Papenoo 3 contains two 4 MW Pelton turbine-generators and is located at 17°33′9...
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    grid. The other four are single-phase generators are connected to Pelton turbines which have combined capacity of 52 MW to supply the German 15 kV AC...
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    power station is the smallest of the four, producing 120 MW from five Pelton turbines with a gross head of 1,748 m (5,735 ft). The Fionnay Power Station...
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  • theoretical head pressure; g: gravitational acceleration For the case of a Pelton turbine the static component of the head is zero, hence the equation reduces...
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    Malibu Hydro (category Turbines)
    (380 m) below near the shore of Jervis Inlet. The flow of water turns a pelton wheel which is attached to a generator to create electricity. The electricity...
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    Engolasters Dam to the power station which contains two 14 MW and one 17 MW Pelton turbine-generators. The difference in elevation between the lake and power station...
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