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Rotor of a Francis, also Radial Flow, Turbine

J.M. Voith GmbH, Heidenheim1939

Deutsches Museum

Deutsches Museum
Munich, Germany

The rotor was part of a turbine built for a run-of-river hydroelectric plant on the Sungari River in Manchuria which was never delivered due to the beginning of the war. Francis turbines are used for head ranges between 20 and 600 meters.
Head: 69 m
Flow rate: 147 m³/s
Rpm: 125 min-1
Wattage: 85 MW (115000 PS)
Mass: 44 t
Diameter. 4,6 m

Details

  • Title: Rotor of a Francis, also Radial Flow, Turbine
  • Creator: J.M. Voith GmbH, Heidenheim
  • Date: 1939

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