Performance characteristics, power losses and mechanical power estimation for a breastshot water wheel

Emanuele Quaranta and Roberto Revelli

Energy, 2015, vol. 87, issue C, 315-325

Abstract: Breastshot water wheels were in widespread use in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth century for the production of energy; although they represent an economic, efficient and sustainable technology, only a small amount of research has been paid to water wheels nowadays, in particular to the breastshot ones.

Keywords: Hydropower; Mechanical power; Micro-hydro; Power losses; water wheels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.04.079

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