Hydraulic motors, with related subjects, including centrifugal pumps, pipes, and open channels, designed as a text-book for engineering schools (1905)
Church, Irving Porter, 1851-1931 · New York : J. Wiley & Sons; [etc, ] · leaf 174
following recommendations are quoted from thatarticle: The type (of hydraulic motor) to be employed in eachindividual case should be in accordance with the height of thehead to be utilized, as follows: 1. Low heads, say up to 40 ft.: American type of turbine(i.e., of the inward and downward… … Fig. 73. New American Turbine in Wood Flume. §89. AMERICAN TURBINES. 137 shaft and concentric or spiral cast-iron case with draft-tube. 3. High heads, say above 300 or 400 ft.: Pelton wheel;or radial outward-flow, segmental-feed, free-deviation turbine(i.e., a Girard impulse wheel); or a…
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