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What is a penstock?

What is a penstock? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
  2. The barrel of a wooden pump.
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Sometimes, in more mountainous regions, the project can dispense with the canal and simply send water down the penstock directly from the intake.
This year saw the end of the Hauterive power house rehabilitation and of the Fully penstock refection.
At this point, the water is allowed to fall through a pipe or penstock down to the powerhouse where it spins turbines to create electricity.
The Kokish Project would have one main intake to divert the flow of water into the penstock, which would be divided into two segments.
The choice of size and type of penstock depends on several factors that are explained briefly in this section.
We are now putting down pedestals where the penstock pipes will be laid leading to the power house.

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