Reaction Water TurbinesTable from ASME |
No. | Type | Date Mfg |
Head ft |
Flow cfm |
Power hp |
Eff. % |
Speed rpm |
Spec. Speed |
Dia. ft |
01 | Iron Reaction Waterwheel | 1840 | 5 | 729 | 3.4 | 50 | 82 | 20 | 2.6 |
02 | Iron Reaction Waterwheel | 1852 | 9 | 1200 | 10.0 | 49 | 141 | 29 | 2.58 |
03 | Truax Green Mountain Turbine | 5.64 | 1700 | 9.0 | 50 | 266 | 92 | 2.31 | |
04 | 14½-inch Austin Turbine | 12 | 3.0 | 420 | 33 | 1.21 | |||
05 | Iron Center Discharge Wheel | 1765 | 12.0 | 95 | 21 | 2.92 | |||
06 | Burnham Register Gate Turbine | 10 | 1003 | 15.6 | 82 | 160 | 35 | 2 | |
07 | 18-inch Jonval Wheel in an Iron Case | c.1877 | 30 | 387 | 18.0 | 82 | 512 | 31 | 1.5 |
08 | 25-inch Victor Turbine | 20 | 2518 | 80.9 | 85 | 219 | 47 | 2.08 | |
09 | 27-inch Register Gate Wheel | 10 | 1942 | 30.0 | 82 | 197 | 61 | 2.25 | |
10 | 19-inch Jonval Wheel | c.1870 | 12 | 250 | 5.5 | 97 | 322 | 34 | 1.58 |
11 | 11½-inch Jonval Wheel | 1.6 | 0.96 | ||||||
12 | 56-inch Center Discharge Waterwheel | 1852 | 9 | 2315 | 15.8 | 40 | 65 | 17 | 4.67 |
13 | 25-inch Center Discharge Waterwheel | 12 | 1318 | 12.0 | 40 | 147 | 23 | 2.08 | |
14 | 18-inch Reynolds Double Discharge Wheel | 19 | 716 | 18.0 | 70 | 291 | 31 | 1.5 | |
15 | 42-inch Smith's Success Wheel | 16 | 4833 | 124.5 | 85 | 123 | 43 | 3.5 | |
16 | 30-inch Curtiss Wheel | 18 | 1439 | 39.1 | 80 | 182 | 31 | 2.5 | |
17 | 20-inch Double Bucket Leffel Wheel | 16 | 632 | 16.0 | 84 | 276 | 35 | 1.67 | |
18 | 35-inch Double Samson Turbine | 16 | 6440 | 158.0 | 81 | 186 | 73 | 2.92 | |
19 | 25-inch American Turbine | 2.08 | |||||||
20 | Whitelaw & Starret Reaction Wheel | c.1844 | 16 | 489 | 11.0 | 74 | 106 | 11 | 4.5 |
21 | High Head Inward Flow Wheel in a Scroll Case | 1907 | 72 | 17.0 | 600 | 12 | 1.96 | ||
22 | Reaction Runner in a Jonval Case | c.1859 | 9 | 15.0 | 95 | 24 | 3 | ||
23 | Jonval Wheel in a Weaver Spiral Case | ?1844 | 19 | 832 | 16.5 | 55 | 232 | 23 | 2.5 |
24 | Francis Inward Flow Wheel in a Scroll Case | 1866 | 18 | 800 | 20.0 | 73 | 215 | 26 | 2 |
25 | 44-inch Austin Wheel | 9.5 | 1570 | 18.0 | 64 | 136 | 35 | 3.67 | |
26 | 32-inch Truax Green Mountain Turbine | 5.64 | 2313 | 11.9 | 48 | 209.3 | 83 | 2.89 | |
27 | Hughes Centrifugal Water Wheel | 8 | 2012 | 15.0 | 49 | 54 | 16 | 5 | |
28 | 18-inch Center Discharge Wheel in Spiral Case | 1.5 | |||||||
29 | 12-inch Register Gate Wheel | 1.0 | |||||||
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31 | Bastion 42-inch Register Gate Wheel | 12 | 2314 | 37.0 | 70 | 106 | 29 | 3.5 | |
32 | 33-inch Victor Turbine | 20 | 4390 | 136.0 | 82 | 170 | 47 | 2.75 | |
33 | 36-inch New American Turbine | 16 | 3369 | 81.5 | 80 | 136 | 38 | 3 | |
34 | 35-inch Crocker Turbine | 20 | 5736 | 172.2 | 79 | 159 | 49 | 2.92 | |
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39 | 36-inch Diameter Saw-Mill Wheel | 1839 | 8.5 | 873 | 7.0 | 50 | 80 | 15 | 3 |
40 | Wooden Bevel Gears | ||||||||
41 | Lignum Vitae Step | ||||||||
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43 | Wooden Model of a Scroll Case |