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All Hydropower Structures and Components

Structures and parts around a water turbine that guide water to it and away from it, such as the penstock that carries water from the intake to the turbine and the draft tube that recovers energy at the turbine exit. A technology belongs here when its cited article describes such a conduit or part of a hydroelectric plant. It excludes the turbines themselves and the water wheels, which have their own groups, and this group is kept separate because it records plant parts rather than energy converters.

All Hydropower Structures and Components
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Wikipedia: Penstock
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A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems.
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Wikipedia: Draft tube
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A draft tube is a diverging tube fitted at the exit of a turbine's runner and used to utilize the kinetic energy available with water at the exit of the runner.
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