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Low-head axial turbine, replacing an old Francis at a former mill site

Head: 4.4 m
Flow: 590 l/s
Maximum output: 16 kW

1 Inlet pipe from the water intake
2 Axial propeller-type turbine
3 Draft tube
4 Ancient Francis turbine, now decommissioned
5 Water reservoir feeding the intake
6 Turbine house

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