Pelton Wheel Definition

noun

A form of impulse turbine or water wheel , consisting of a row of double cup -shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity .

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Origin of Pelton Wheel

  • Invented by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s.

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