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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...
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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...
- 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...
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after the Planting...
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landslide which took out the
penstock. A
subsequent effort to
restore the
penstock a few
years later was inadequate, and the
penstock failed yet again. This...
- long,
underground penstock from the
Iskar Reservoir.) Likewise, in most cases, the
majority of its
outflow goes into
another long
penstock to the hydroelectric...
- outflow. This
height difference is
called the head. A
large pipe (the "
penstock")
delivers water from the
reservoir to the turbine. This
method produces...
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historic concrete arch dam, but a new
penstock was
built on the same
alignment as the original. The new
penstock extends a
further 180 m (200 yd), to a...
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capabilities of a dam, the
water may be run
through a
large pipe
called a
penstock before the turbine. A
variant on this
simple model uses pumped-storage...
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accounts for the head lost due to flow
friction in the
power canal or
penstock, rise in
tailwater level due to flow, the
location of the
station and effect...
