tailrace
Water wheel's drain
A tailrace is the channel that carries water away from a waterwheel or turbine after the water has done its work.
In hydroelectric plants and mills, water flows through the machinery and exits via the tailrace, returning to the river or stream downstream: The old mill's tailrace is still visible behind the building.
Directed flow of charge
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- eddyCircular counter-current
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- velocityDirected rate of motion
discharge · torrent · surge · backwash · undertow · whirlpool · aeration · churn
Blade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- powerhouseSource of great energy
- penstockControlled water conduit
- damWater-holding barrier
hydroelectric · reservoir · impoundment · spillway · sluicegate · electricity · megawatt · grid
current
Directed flow of charge
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- eddyCircular counter-current
- swirlRotating, curving movement
velocity · discharge · torrent · surge · backwash · undertow · whirlpool · aeration · churn · outflow
turbine
Blade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- powerhouseSource of great energy
- penstockControlled water conduit
dam · hydroelectric · reservoir · impoundment · spillway · sluicegate · electricity · megawatt · grid · kinetic
headrace
Channel supplying waterwheel
- millraceChannel driving water wheels
- penstockControlled water conduit
- spillwayDam's water release structure
sluice · flume · raceway · canal · aqueduct · conduit · culvert · weir · lock · trough
millrace
Channel driving water wheels
- waterwheelRiver-powered rotating mechanism
- gristmillBuilding for grinding grain
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
millpond · headrace · sluice · waterpower · grinding · lumber · flour · milldam · paddle · rotation
- hydropowerhydropower, water turbine, dam, turbine, hydroelectricity
- water channelsditch, drain, gutter, sewer, channel
- waterpowerwaterwheel, water wheel, watermill, water turbine, hydropower
- hydroelectric damsturbine, penstock, spillway, powerhouse, headrace
- racetrackpit lane, starting line, starting gate, finish line, starting grid
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream