Penstocks

pen·stock (p

)

1. A sluice or gate used to control a flow of water.

2. A pipe or conduit used to carry water to a water wheel or turbine.

penstock [ˈpɛnˌstɒk]

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a conduit that supplies water to a hydroelectric power plant

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a channel bringing water from the head gates to a water wheel

3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a sluice for controlling water flow

[from pen² + stock]

penstock (p

)

1. A sluice or gate used to control a flow of water.

2. A pipe or conduit used to carry water to a water wheel or turbine.

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Noun	1.	penstock - regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate, floodgate regulator - any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. sluice, sluiceway, penstock - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
	2.	penstock - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate sluice, sluiceway conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate, floodgate - regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

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conduit
floodgate
head gate
Penchute
Pentrough
regulator
sluice
sluice valve
sluicegate
sluiceway
water gate

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's hard and dangerous work, working mostly alone underwater, battling river currents using slow controlled movements, or frogging around the penstocks and tunnels of a generation staton, but it's a line work of that clearly gets Jackson excited.

Entrepreneur takes the plunge: outfitted with new gear, commercial ... by Ross, Ian / Northern Ontario Business

The preliminary application described the proposed project generally as eight or nine stand-alone facilities, consisting of small diversion weirs, along with penstocks, canals, powerhouses and an energy transmission system.

Regulator refuses hydroelectric plan by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Designed to fit into manhole chambers or access points, the Enviroclave is simple to install and maintain, requires little or no expensive civil work and offers savings of 25% to 33% when compared with the costs involved in the installation of conventional penstocks or automated gate valves.

Drainage systems protected by the flick of a switch by Food Trade Review

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