Guideblade Chamber

“The sectional form of the guideblade chamber and the wheel and the curves of the wheel vanes and guideblades, when drawn on a plane development of the cylindrical section of the wheel; a, a, a are the sluices for cutting off the water; b, b, are apertures by which the entrance of exit of air is facilitated as the buckets empty and fill.” — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Keywords

wheel, chamber, turbine, Hydromechanics, Sluice, Girard, Axial, Guideblade

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Source

The Encyclopedia Britannica, New Warner Edition (New York, NY: The Werner Company, 1893)

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