1.0Electrical Riddlehttps://electrical-riddle.com/enElectrical Riddlehttps://electrical-riddle.com/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9GMgW1o8L7"><a href="https://electrical-riddle.com/en/forums/reply/2517/">Reply To: Power Generation Riddle No.7 – Upgrading the old Francis turbine</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://electrical-riddle.com/en/forums/reply/2517/embed/#?secret=9GMgW1o8L7" width="600" height="338" title="“Reply To: Power Generation Riddle No.7 – Upgrading the old Francis turbine” — Electrical Riddle" data-secret="9GMgW1o8L7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://electrical-riddle.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Graph of Power versus Speed for a reaction turbine (Francis and Kaplan) It would appear that optimizing the electrical power generated for any particular gate opening (water flow) would also optimize the efficiency. If this is true it would greatly simplify the controls – no need to know the exact position of the gate opening, … Read More »https://electrical-riddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1450413183_687.gif