Francis turbine

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Francis turbine [ˈfrɑːnsɪs]

(Engineering / General Engineering) a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation

[named after J. B. Francis (1815-92), English-born hydraulic engineer, who invented it]

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Francis turbine - a type of hydroelectric turbine

hydroelectric turbine - turbine consisting of a large and efficient version of a water wheel used to drive an electric generator

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hydroelectric turbine			The BOM of the project appreciated NESPAK input that would facilitate feeding of four vertical-shaft Francis turbines with an installed capacity of 963 MW located in an underground power house. NESPAK provides engineering and designing support to Neelum Jhelum ... by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) The BOM of the project appreciated NESPAK input that would facilitate feeding of four vertical-shaft Francis turbines with an installed capacity of 963 MW located in an underground power house. NESPAK Provides Engineering - Designing Support To Neelum Jhelum ... by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan) Instead of requiring an entire building, the Francis turbine proposed for the city is an underground mechanism that would connect to an existing watermain feeding a 5 million-gallon storage tank. HYDRO REGENERATION by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)			Francic Francis Francis Albert Sinatra Francis Bacon Francis Beaumont Francis Crick Francis Drake Francis Edgar Stanley Francis Everett Townsend Francis Ferdinand Francis Ford Coppola Francis Galton Francis Henry Compton Crick Francis Hopkinson Francis I Francis II Francis Joseph Francis Joseph I Francis of Assisi Francis of Sales Francis Peyton Rous Francis Poulenc Francis Richard Stockton Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Francis turbine Francis Turner Palgrave Francis Xavier Franciscan Franciscan Brothers Franciscan Nuns Franciscan order Franciscan Tertiaries Francisco de Goya Francisco Fernandez Cordoba Francisco Fernandez de Cordova Francisco Franco Francisco Goya Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros Francisco Jose de Goya Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes Francisco Pizarro Francisco Villa Francisella Francisella tularensis francium francization francize Franck Franco franco invoice			Francis Palgrave Francis Parker Shepard Francis Perrin Francis Peyton Rous Francis Peyton Rous Francis Picabia Francis Picabia Francis Place Francis Poulenc Francis Poulenc Francis Preston Blair Francis Ray Ottoman Francis Ray Ottoman Francis Richard Stockton Francis Rogallo Francis Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key Bridge Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Francis Shepard Francis Sinatra Francis Small Heritage Trust Francis Suarez Francis Sylvester Mahony Francis T. Palgrave Francis Thompson Francis Townsend Francis Townsend Francis turbine Francis Turner Palgrave Francis Turner Palgrave Francis Viele-Griffin Francis Vielé-Griffin Francis Viélé-Griffin Francis W. Aston Francis Walker Halfway House Francis Walsingham Francis West Computer Services Francis William Aston Francis William Murphy Francis William Newman Society, Inc. Francis Willughby Francis Xavier Francis Xavier Engineering College Francis Xavier, Saint Francis Y. Edgeworth Francis Younghusband Francis Ysidro Edgeworth Francis, David Rowland Francis, Dick Francis, Dick Francis, James Francis, James Bicheno Francis, Rule of Saint Francis, Rule of Saint Francis, Saint Francis, Saint

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