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Table R-2. Types of Turbines versus Application
Power ,
Design
System Capacity Head Flow
Type Efficiency (kW) Application (It) (ft3/s)
Impulse Pelton 90% 7-300,000 200 It (61 M) to several thousand It of heod 4D-6,500 1-1,000
;:;:;
Reaclion Francis 90%-95% 7-600,000 25 It (7.6 M) to 1000 It (305M) 12-2,300 4-25,000
of heod can be mounted horizontal or vertical
Propeller or "axial flow"