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    The document discusses different types of turbines used in hydroelectric power plants. It describes turbines like the Pelton wheel, Francis, and Kaplan turbines, and discusses their basic designs and operating principles. Key details covered include velocity triangles, efficiencies, the use of draft tubes, and the concept of specific speed in classifying turbine types and performance.

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    Unit -4 - Turbine

    Impact of jet:
    Force exerted by a jet of water on an unsymmetrical moving curved plate when jet strikes tangentially at one end of tips:

    Velocity Triangle:
    Hydraulic Machines

    Turbine: Which converts the hydraulic energy into mechanical energy

    Pump: Which convert mechanical energy in to hydraulic energy

    General Layout of hydroelectric Power plant:


    Efficiencies of Turbine:
    Pelton Wheel Turbine:
    Radial Flow Reaction Turbine:
    Velocity triangle:
    Francis Turbine:
    Axial Flow Reaction Turbine (Kaplan Turbine)
    Velocity Triangle:
    Draft Tube:
    Specific Speed:

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