Pelton wheel

American  

[pel-tn] / ˈpɛl tn /

noun

1. a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.

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Pelton wheel British  

/ ˈpɛltən /

noun

1. a type of impulse turbine in which specially shaped buckets mounted on the perimeter of a wheel are struck by a fast-flowing water jet

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Etymology

Origin of Pelton wheel

1880–85; named after L. A. Pelton (died 1908), U.S. engineer, its inventor

Example Sentences

One of the most efficient forms of water wheels is that shown in Figure 121, and called the Pelton wheel.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.

The writer has had small practical experience of the working of that excellent hydraulic motor, the Pelton wheel, but if by horse-power in the table given is meant nominal horse-power, it appears to be high.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

Gus, the carpenter, was laying out the framing of heavy timbers reinforced with long bolts and set in cement on which the Pelton wheel was to be mounted.

From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne

In the top right-hand corner is a Pelton wheel of proportionate size required to do the same amount of work with the same consumption of water at the same pressure.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald