Sentence examples for * tailrace from inspiring English sources

In Toronto an explorer has bolted a pitch and abseiled into the vast tailrace pipe under the Niagara Falls.

A water turbine uses the potential energy resulting from the difference in elevation between an upstream water reservoir and the turbine-exit water level (the tailrace) to convert this so-called head into work.

The California Gold Rush was sparked by James Marshall's discovery in 1848 of placer gold in the tailrace of Sutter's Mill near Coloma (commemorated by the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park).

The stability analysis of large-span tailrace bifurcation tunnels with complex 3D geometries and the associated challenges are presented in this paper.

No significant acceleration events were detected in the forebay, gate, or transition regions for any release location; events were only observed on the chute and in the tailrace.

While the addition of baffle blocks increased the number of severe events observed on the spillway chute, overall fewer events were observed in the tailrace post-modification.

Temperatures above 99 °C, however, were encountered at shallow depths (<20 m) near the base of the powerhouse and along a section of the tailrace canal.

This trend was repeated the following year when MMHg concentrations in the tailrace increased from 0.190 ng/l in August 1997 to 1.240 ng/l in September 1997.

Adult salmon swimming to their spawning grounds upstream must be prevented by screens from entering the turbine tailraces at power stations and induced instead to enter a fish pass that allows them to surmount the dam.

Tidal turbines capture the energy of the currents, as well as that of rivers, irrigation canals, dam tailraces, and possibly even ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream, in much the same manner that wind turbines transduce air currents.

Tailrace tunnel ventilating can be used as a highly efficient and energy saving air conditioning for factory buildings in hydropower station.