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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
These are paddles. What about buckets? Does anything improve?
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The paddles would be on the order of Cd 1.11, while the bucket, Cd 1.35, leading to the Pelton wheel.
The bullet-valve nozzle, as used in hydro-electric dams, under variable-head conditions in the reservoir, optimize the water jet onto the Pelton Wheel for maximum generating efficiency.
You can probably glimpse them now at Hoover Dam, as it's been turned off for the first time in its history.