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Kaplan turbine

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Kaplan turbine [′kap·lən ‚tər·bən]
(mechanical engineering)
A propeller-type hydraulic turbine in which the positions of the runner blades and the wicket gates are adjustable for load change with sustained efficiency.


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For each of these two run-of-river plants, GE will build and install a Kaplan turbine runner with a GE-developed design that uses water instead of oil inside the runner hub to reduce the risk of oil spillage into the environment during operation or maintenance.
 
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