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[[File:Turgo_turbine.png|360px|thumb|right|Figure 1. A diagram of a Turgo turbine system.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (August 26, 2015). ''Turgo Turbine'' [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Turgo_turbine.png/220px-Turgo_turbine.png</ref>]]

<onlyinclude>A '''Turgo turbine''' is a type of [[hydro turbine|turbine]], developed in the 1920s, that is a variant of the [[Pelton turbine]]. The main difference between a Pelton turbine and a Turgo turbine is that Turgo turbines use single cups instead of double cups on the wheel, and these cups are more shallow.</onlyinclude><ref name=boyle>G. Boyle. ''Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future'', 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>

The Turgo turbine is an [[impulse turbine]], and can handle [[flow rate]]s that are higher than those a Pelton turbine can handle. This ability to deal better with large [[volume]]s of [[water]] gives the Turgo turbine an advantage when used in [[hydroelectric facilities|hydroelectric plants]] that have medium [[hydraulic head]]s.<ref name=boyle/> Although they are better able to deal with high flow rates, Turgo turbines are slightly less [[efficiency|efficient]].<ref name="RE1">David Darling. (August 26, 2015). ''Turgo Turbine'' [Online]. Available: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/AE_Turgo_turbine.html</ref>

Since the [[runner]]s on these turbines are smaller and faster spinning, some Turgo turbines can be connected directly to a [[generator]] instead of having to use a speed-increasing transmission. This direct attachment is shown in Figure 1.

==Design==
The design of a Turgo turbine is very similar to that of a Pelton turbine. Essentially, a Turgo turbine is a Pelton turbine cut in half.<ref name="RE1"/> A large circular disk is mounted on some sort of rotating shaft known as a ''rotor''. Mounted on this circular disk are cup shaped blades known as ''buckets'' evenly spaced around the entire wheel.  Then nozzles are arranged the wheel and serve the purpose of introducing jets of water to the turbine. Jets of water emerge from these nozzles at some relatively shallow angle. This causes the turbine to spin as a result of the impact of the water jets on the buckets.

==Operation==
The operation of a Turgo turbine is very similar to that of a Pelton turbine. In this type of turbine, high speed jets of water emerge from the nozzles that surround the turbine. These nozzles are arranged so the water jet will hit the buckets on one side at an angle of around 20°.<ref name="RE1"/> This shallow angle allows the water stream to exit on the other side instead of being diverted backwards. Since the incoming and outgoing jets don't interfere like they do in Pelton turbines, this type of turbine is able to accommodate a higher flow rate.

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