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Definition of Penstock
1. Noun. Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.
Generic synonyms: Regulator
Group relationships: Sluice, Sluiceway
2. Noun. Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate.
Generic synonyms: Conduit
Terms within: Floodgate, Head Gate, Sluice Valve, Sluicegate, Water Gate
Derivative terms: Sluice, Sluice, Sluice, Sluice
Definition of Penstock
1. n. A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.
Definition of Penstock
1. Noun. A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penstock
1. a conduit for conveying water to a waterwheel [n -S]
Medical Definition of Penstock
1. 1. A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses. 2. The barrel of a wooden pump. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain; perh. Fr. Pen an inclosure + stock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penstock
Literary usage of Penstock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hydroelectric Developments and Engineering: A Practical and Theoretical by Frank Koester (1909)
"penstock Run. penstocks must be laid in the shortest course to the power house,
... Conforming to modern practice, instead of one large penstock, ..."
2. Design and Construction of Hydroelectric Plants: Including a Special by Rufus Charles Beardsley (1907)
"Or, with a reservoir the penstock need have but half the capacity that it would
have to have without it. If the penstock supplies water for a power ..."
3. Modern Turbine Practice, and Water-power Plants by John Wolf Thurso (1907)
"not over 45° to the penstock, or, in other words, the direct ions of flow of the
water in the penstock and in the nozzle or branch should form an angle of ..."
4. Water Power Engineering: The Theory, Investigation and Development of Water by Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"Tin's deficient energy must be supplied, or the excess absorbed, by :ans of a
flywheel or the installation of a stand-pipe connected th the penstock closely ..."
5. Water Power Engineering: The Theory, Investigation and Development of Water by Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"The gate will then begin to open ; the velocity in the penstock accelerating
meanwhile along the dotted line B'"Y. The lack of sensitiveness of the governor ..."
6. Hydraulic Turbines: Their Design and Installation by Viktor Gelpke, Aaron Howell Van Cleve (1910)
"D. THE MEANS OF CONTROLLING THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE penstock OR OTHER FORM OF
INTAKE In the case of the turbine installation it is best to provide gates at ..."
7. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"It can easily be seen that should this condition arise in a penstock of any
material length without relief devices, it would not be unreasonable to expect ..."
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