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    The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. Francis turbines are...
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    impulse water turbine. Francis turbine, a type of widely used water turbine. Kaplan turbine, a variation of the Francis Turbine. Turgo turbine, a modified...
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    for water turbine design. The Francis turbine, named for him, is the first modern water turbine. It is still the most widely used water turbine in the world...
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  • Francis turbine converts energy at high pressure heads which are not easily available and hence a turbine was required to convert the energy at low pressure...
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    James Bicheno Francis (May 18, 1815 – September 18, 1892) was a British-American civil engineer, who invented the Francis turbine. James Francis was born in...
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    over a wide range of flow and water level. The Kaplan turbine was an evolution of the Francis turbine. Its invention allowed efficient power production in...
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  • Mitchell FRANCIS, a bibliographic database Francis (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia Francis turbine, a type of water turbine Francis (band), a...
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    behaves in a similar manner to that of a Francis turbine. The function of a PAT is comparable to that of any turbine, to convert kinetic and pressure energy...
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    the Visitor Center contains many historical photos, geological samples, turbine and dam models, and a theater. The building was designed by Marcel Breuer...
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    A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work...
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