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Kaplan turbine

propeller-type water turbine which has adjustable blades
Class type of: water turbine Q213947
Kaplan turbine
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Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
water turbine
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[6]
Discoverer or inventor
Viktor Kaplan[2]
Named after
Viktor Kaplan[3]
OpenStreetMap tag
generator:type=kaplan_turbine[5]
Time of discovery or invention
1913[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kaplan turbine ar عنفة كابلان ar توربينة كابلان ar توربينه كابلان cs Kaplanova turbína de Kaplan-Turbine de Kaplan-Rohrturbine de Kaplanturbine de Rohr-Turbine es Turbina Kaplan fa توربین کاپلان fi Kaplan-turbiini fr turbine Kaplan hu Kaplan-turbina ja カプラン・タービン ja カプラン水車 ko 카플란수차 pl Turbina Kaplana ro turbină Kaplan ru Поворотно-лопастная турбина
🔖 Identifiers · 10
BNCF Thesaurus ID
51036
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/Kaplan-turbine
Freebase ID
/m/038k15
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
kaplanturbin
IEV number
602-02-15
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777147275
OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID
1719
PSH ID
10954
Quora topic ID
Kaplan-Turbine
Topic's main category
Category:Kaplan turbines

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Kaplan turbine is a type of water turbine[1].

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  1. 11w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID → 1719
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3
    Named after → Viktor Kaplan
    Topic's main category → Category:Kaplan turbines
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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