Water turbine
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A water turbine is a rotary machine that converts kinetic energy and potential energy of water into mechanical work.
The runner of the small water turbine
The construction of a Ganz water Turbo Generator in Budapest in 1886
Roman turbine mill at Chemtou, Tunisia. The tangential water inflow of the mill race made the submerged horizontal wheel in the shaft turn like a true turbine.
A Francis turbine runner, rated at nearly one million hp (750 MW), being installed at the Grand Coulee Dam, United States.
Kaplan turbine
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The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine which has adjustable blades. It was developed in 1913 by Austrian professor Viktor Kaplan, who combined automatically adjusted propeller blades wit
Water turbine
…turbine spindles. As of 2002, fluid bearings appear to have a mean time between failures of more than 1300 years. Around 1913, Viktor Kaplan created the Kaplan turbine, a propeller-type machine. It was an evolution of the Francis turbine and revolutionized the ability to develop low-head hydro sites. All common water…
A Bonneville Dam Kaplan turbine after 61 years of service
On this Kaplan runner the pivots at the base of the blade are visible; these allow the angle of the blades to be changed while running. The hub contains hydraulic cylinders for adjusting the angle.
Vertical Kaplan Turbine (courtesy Voith-Siemens)
Viktor Kaplan Turbine, Technisches Museum Wien