The Pelton wheel is an impulse turbine: one or more free jets of high-speed water strike spoon-shaped buckets mounted around the rim of a runner, discharging into open, aerated space rather than pushing against a sealed casing the way a reaction turbine does. The U.S. Department of Energy notes Pelton turbines are generally used for very high heads and low flows, the opposite end of the hydropower range from the Kaplan turbine's low-head, high-flow niche. The American inventor Lester Allan Pelton patented the design on 26 October 1880.
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Both are low head hydropower turbine designs used for small scale or run of river generation.
The Turgo turbine was developed as a modification of the Pelton wheel to handle higher flow rates at a given head.
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Source United States Department of Energy Official Site
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Source United States Department of Energy Official Site
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1. United States Department of Energy Official Site
US Department of EnergyTypes of Hydropower Turbines
Pelton turbines are generally used for very high heads and low flows.
- Developed By: Lester Allan Pelton, Water Power Technologies Office, Types of Hydropower Turbines
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He patented his invention on 26 October 1880.
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