Kaplan turbine
Turbina Kaplan
- Date
- 1912-1913 · confidence high
- Place
- Brno, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Czech Republic)
- Credited to
- Viktor Kaplan
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Kaplan combined adjustable propeller blades with adjustable guide vanes, achieving an efficient turbine even at very low heads, something Francis turbines could not manage. His design made it possible to generate electricity from high-flow, low-head rivers.
What it led to
- Low-head hydroelectric power plants (large rivers)
- Bulb turbines