Choosing a turbine (Turbine selection graph)

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The range of hydraulic heads and rates of flow of individual turbine types can be determined using the turbine selection graph.

Turbine selection graph

Turbine selection graph.

The father of the term turbine is the French engineer Claude Bourdin. It was the name for his rotating water engine (in Latin: turbo = rotate) which he constructed in 1826.