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Definition of Penstock

Penstock
Penstock Pen"stock, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perh. fr. pen an inclosure + stock.] 1. A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses. 2. The barrel of a wooden pump.

Meaning of Penstock from wikipedia

- 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...
- turbine as well as the highest head used to produce hydro-electric energy. A penstock rupture in 2000 forced the closure of the power plant and it was operational...
- On 7 February 1921, an avalanche destro**** 23 m (75 ft) of the wooden penstock that carried water from the dam to the generating station, cutting off...
- network of flumes to reservoirs, then p****ed down 220-metre (720 ft) penstocks to the generators. West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) took over...
- landslide which took out the penstock. A subsequent effort to restore the penstock a few years later was inadequate, and the penstock failed yet again. This...
- turbines, it enters the intake towers and then four gradually narrowing penstocks which funnel the water down towards the powerhouse. The intakes provide...
- outflow. This height difference is called the head. A large pipe (the "penstock") delivers water from the reservoir to the turbine. This method produces...
- capabilities of a dam, the water may be run through a large pipe called a penstock before the turbine. A variant on this simple model uses pumped-storage...
- Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Installation of Penstock Penstock Path after the Planting...
- historic concrete arch dam, but a new penstock was built on the same alignment as the original. The new penstock extends a further 180 m (200 yd), to a...