Pelton water wheel

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• Water wheel — This article is about the machine for converting energy of flowing or falling water. For paddle wheels used to propel watercraft, see paddle wheel ship. For wheels used solely to lift water, see Noria. For factories or industries driven by water… …   Wikipedia

• Water turbine — A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water.Water turbines were developed in the nineteenth century and were widely used for industrial power prior to electrical grids. Now they are mostly used for electric power… …   Wikipedia

• Pelton-Turbine — im Kartell Kraftwerk in St. Anton am Arlberg …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pelton wheel — Pel ton wheel (Mech.) A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity. [Webster 1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pelton wheel — ˈpeltən also tən noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Lester Allen Pelton died 1908 American engineer who invented it : an impulse turbine or waterwheel consisting of a row of double cup shaped buckets arranged around the rim of a… …   Useful english dictionary

• pelton wheel — /ˈpɛltən wil/ (say peltuhn weel) noun a type of water wheel with buckets around its rim, water from a dam being fed at high speed to hit the buckets and push the wheel around. {named after its inventor, Lester Allan Pelton, 1829–1908, US… …  

• Lester Allan Pelton — (September 5, 1829 – March 14, 1908), was an American inventor who created the impulse water turbine.He was born in Vermilion, Ohio and in 1850 immigrated to Camptonville, California during the gold rush. Pelton made his living as a carpenter and …   Wikipedia

• Pelton wheel — The Pelton wheel is among the most efficient types of water turbines. It was invented by Lester Allan Pelton (1829 1908) in the 1870s, and is an impulse machine, meaning that it uses the principle of Newton s second law to extract energy from a… …   Wikipedia

• Water turbine — Turbine hydraulique Une turbine hydraulique à la centrale LG 1 du complexe La Grande au Québec. Une turbine hydraulique est une machine tournante qui produit une énergie mécanique à partir d eau en mouvement. Elle constitue le composant essentiel …   Wikipédia en Français

• Pelton wheel — /pel tn/ a high pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor. [1880 85; named after L. A. Pelton (d. 1908), U.S. engineer, its inventor] * * * …   Universalium

• Water Turbine —   A turbine that uses water pressure to rotate its blades; the primary types are the Pelton wheel, for high heads (pressure); the Francis turbine, for low to medium heads; and the Kaplan for a wide range of heads. Primarily used to power an… …   Energy terms