Penstock

Word PENSTOCK
Character 8
Hyphenation pen stock
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Definitions and meanings of "Penstock"

What do we mean by penstock?

A sluice or gate used to control a flow of water. noun

A pipe or conduit used to carry water to a water wheel or turbine. noun

In hydraulic engin., that part of the channel, conduit, or trough supplying water to a water-wheel which extends between the race and the gate through which the water flows to the wheel. It is generally made of planks or boards bound on the outside with stout timbers. noun

A hydrant supplying water which is conveyed through a pipe from the source of supply. noun

The barrel of a pump, in which the piston plays, and through which the water passes up. noun

A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses. noun

The barrel of a wooden pump. noun

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. noun

The barrel of a wooden pump. noun

Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice noun

Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate noun

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.

The barrel of a wooden pump.

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The word "penstock" in example sentences

The distance to the nearest penstock is 6,180 feet, in which length the fall in grade is 28 feet. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Aloft in a section of steel water-tunnel liner called a penstock, government officials view the Hoover Dam construction site. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They were working as contractors for Xcel inside a large, drained water pipe called a penstock when a fire erupted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From there, an intake directs a portion of the river's flow into a buried pipe called a penstock, which sends it downhill and through a pair of turbines before returning it to the river. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fire began at the hydroelectric plant on Oct. 2, 2007, while the workers were in a drained water tunnel, known as a penstock, connected to the plant, cleaning a sprayer with a flammable solvent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(iv) Installation costs - the pipes which take the water from the source to the turbine (known as the penstock pipes) can be lighter as water hammer is eliminated. ❋ Unknown (1984)

McInnes is standing inside a eight-foot-diameter section of pipe, or "penstock" that will ultimately carry water to the project's turbines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That evening it did not hurt her a particle, and concluding that what was good for one foot must be good for two, she put both under the "penstock" till they were almost congealed. ❋ Ida Husted Harper (1891)

She was at that time an ardent convert to the "water cure" theories and, after suffering tortures from one foot especially, she came home from the afternoon meeting, put it under the "penstock" in the kitchen and let the cold water run over it till it was perfectly numb, then ❋ Ida Husted Harper (1891)

One end was used for the dining-room, with the table seating twenty persons, and in the other were the sink and the "penstock," which brought water from a clear, cold spring high up in the mountains. ❋ Ida Husted Harper (1891)

The strikers, for their part, acted with due solicitude for a project that still commanded their pride of workmanship, granting dispensation for crews to water the curing concrete and keep the penstock tunnels pumped dry. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

The penstock sections, braced by temporary internal frames of hub-and-spoke design dubbed “spiders,” were strapped to the cableway hoist for the final leg of their journey, then deposited on another trailer at an outlet portal to be rolled into the tunnel and welded in place. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

The inner tunnels were similarly incorporated into the penstock system. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

The arch concrete, which had been pumped into the overhead voids by pneumatic guns, was riddled with gaps and cracks through which warm alkaline water from underground springs drizzled onto the steel penstock pipes. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

These included the concrete lining of the diversion tunnels, now performing extended duty as penstock conduits. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

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