Water turbines which helps to generate electricity? Water turbines types?
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The potential energy coming from the elevation difference
between an upstream water reservoir and the turbine-exit water level (the
tailrace) is converted into work by a water turbine. Water turbines are the
modern descendants of ancient waterwheels that stretch back over 2,000 years.
Today, water turbines are mostly used to generate electricity.
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Steam turbines coupled to electric generators, on the other
hand, provide the most electrical energy. The turbines are propelled by steam
generated by a fossil-fuel or nuclear-powered generator. The enthalpy shift
across the turbine is a useful way to express the energy that can be extracted
from steam. The sum of internal thermal energy and the product of pressure time
volume is enthalpy, which reflects both thermal and mechanical energy types in
a flow process. The available enthalpy change through a steam turbine increases
as the steam generator's temperature and pressure rises, as well as as the
turbine-exit pressure falls.
Water turbines are classified into two types: impulse
turbines, which are used for high water heads and low flow rates, and reaction
turbines, which are used for low water heads and moderate to high flow rates.
The Pelton impulse turbine and reaction turbines of the Francis, propeller,
Kaplan, and Deriaz varieties are included in these two classifications.
Turbines can have horizontal or vertical shafts, but vertical shafts are more
frequent. Within each kind, a variety of design changes are conceivable to
match the specific local hydraulic circumstances. The majority of hydraulic
turbines are now utilised to generate power in hydroelectric plants.
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