Francis turbine
Hydroelectric power generator
A Francis turbine is a type of water turbine used in hydroelectric power generation, where water enters radially and exits axially through a runner with curved blades.
Named after British-American engineer James B.
Francis, it operates efficiently across a wide range of water heads and flow rates, making it the most widely used turbine design in hydroelectric plants worldwide.
One who sprints
- penstockControlled water conduit
- voluteArchitectural spiral ornament
- tailraceWaterway leaving a mill
- cavitationPressure-induced void creation
servomotor · bearing · seal · flange · diffuser · inlet · outlet · hub
Generated by flowing water
- damWater-holding barrier
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- powerhouseSource of great energy
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
electricity · power generation · grid · baseload · peak load · run-of-river · head · flow rate
Movement of liquid mass
- pressureForce upon contact
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- kinetic energyPower from movement
- potential energyWork available from position
turbulence · vortex · fluid dynamics · Bernoulli · pressure drop · water hammer · boundary layer · streamline
New device or method
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- 1848Turbulent nineteenth-century year
- LowellMassachusetts textile city
- industrial revolutionRapid economic mechanization period
waterwheel · evolution · development · innovation · Holyoke · textile mills · breakthrough · pioneer
Carrying out a task
- outputWhat something generates
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- energy conversionChanging power between forms
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
coefficient · rating · yield
Self-replenishing natural power
- clean energyPower from sustainable sources
- green powerSustainably produced electricity
- low-carbonMinimal CO2 output
- climate mitigationReducing global warming's drivers
environmental impact · ecosystem · aeration · dissolved oxygen · run-of-river · sustainable · decarbonization
runner
One who sprints
cavitation · servomotor · bearing · seal · flange · diffuser · inlet · outlet · hub · shroud
hydroelectric
Generated by flowing water
- damWater-holding barrier
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- powerhouseSource of great energy
generator · electricity · power generation · grid · baseload · peak load · run-of-river · head · flow rate · discharge
water flow
Movement of liquid mass
- pressureForce upon contact
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- kinetic energyPower from movement
potential energy · turbulence · vortex · fluid dynamics · Bernoulli · pressure drop · water hammer · boundary layer · streamline · laminar
invention
New device or method
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- 1848Turbulent nineteenth-century year
- LowellMassachusetts textile city
industrial revolution · waterwheel · evolution · development · innovation · Holyoke · textile mills · breakthrough · pioneer
performance
Carrying out a task
- outputWhat something generates
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- energy conversionChanging power between forms
losses · coefficient · rating · yield
renewable energy
Self-replenishing natural power
- clean energyPower from sustainable sources
- green powerSustainably produced electricity
- low-carbonMinimal CO2 output
climate mitigation · environmental impact · ecosystem · aeration · dissolved oxygen · run-of-river · sustainable · decarbonization
- green energywind power, solar power, renewables, solar farm, solar panel
- hydropowerhydropower, dam, hydroelectricity, hydroelectric dam, penstock
- waterpowerwaterwheel, water wheel, watermill, hydropower, hydroelectric dam
- turbinesrotor, stator, rotor blades, nozzle, blade angle
- turbomachineryrotor, stator, blade, blades, impeller
- Hydro Turbines