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Definition of Penstock

Penstock
Penstock Pen"stock, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perh. fr. pen an inclosure + stock.] 1. A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses. 2. The barrel of a wooden pump.

Meaning of Penstock from wikipedia

- A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems...
- turbine as well as the highest head used to produce hydro-electric energy. A penstock rupture in 2000 forced the closure of the power plant and it was operational...
- coopers. They have been used in the construction of large holding tanks and penstocks at hydro power developments. They are also used in the construction of...
- On 7 February 1921, an avalanche destro**** 23 m (75 ft) of the wooden penstock that carried water from the dam to the generating station, cutting off...
- in Kingston. On 24 June 1904, while workers were cleaning the station's penstock, water was accidentally released down it killing 33 of them. The power...
- of underground water tunnels and down a 420-metre (1,380 ft) vertical penstock towards a single underground power station. The smelter became fully operational...
- sluice used in gold prospecting or fossicking. A mill race, leet, flume, penstock or lade is a sluice channeling water toward a water mill. The terms sluice...
- Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Penstock Path after the Planting...
- long, underground penstock from the Iskar Reservoir.) Likewise, in most cases, the majority of its outflow goes into another long penstock to the hydroelectric...
- (300 m) shaft which bifurcates into two penstocks (for a total of six) before reaching the turbines. Each penstock is 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter and between...