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Chapter 5: Turbines

Chapter 5: Turbines

pp. 86-108

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, Colorado State University
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Chapter 5 treats the topic of hydropower generation from turbines. Hydraulic turbines generate electricity. This chapter explains hydropower in Section 5.1, turbine types in Section 5.2 and turbine cavitation in Section 5.3.

Keywords

  • hydropower
  • turbine types
  • pelton wheels
  • Francis turbines
  • Kaplan turbines
  • hydromachinery

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