Turbines — Basic Classification & Operation

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Distinguish impulse turbines (Pelton) from reaction turbines (Francis, Kaplan) by where the pressure drop occurs
Place turbine types on the head/flow map and match a type to a given hydropower resource
Compute the power extracted by a turbine from P = eta_t * rho * g * Q * H
Connect turbine operation to the angular-momentum (moment-of-momentum) equation of Module 6

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