Cross-flow waterwheel

Japanese: 貫流水車 - かんりゅうすいしゃ
Cross-flow waterwheel

…Modern water turbines currently in use for generating electricity include Pelton turbines, Francis turbines, diagonal flow turbines, and propeller turbines, and the type used is determined by the available head and flow rate. Small-output water turbines include bulb turbines and cross-flow turbines. Pump-turbines used in pumped-storage power plants are also designed to pump water by rotating the turbine in the opposite direction, and there are Francis type pump-turbines, diagonal flow type pump-turbines, and propeller type pump-turbines. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "through-flow water turbines" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在使用されている発電用の近代的水車には,ペルトン水車,フランシス水車,斜流水車,プロペラ水車があり,どの形式を用いるかは,利用可能な有効落差と流量の大小で決まる。また,小出力用水車としてはバルブ水車,貫流水車などがある。このほか揚水発電所で用いられるポンプ水車は,水車を逆方向に回転させることにより,同一機械でポンプとして揚水することもできるようにしたもので,種類としてはフランシス形ポンプ水車,斜流形ポンプ水車,プロペラ形ポンプ水車がある。…

※「貫流水車」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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