View of pelton wheel (removed from casing) used in Escher and Wyss (of Zurich) water turbines to drive D.C. generators in power room, Kinlochleven Aluminium Works.
SC 716992
Description View of pelton wheel (removed from casing) used in Escher and Wyss (of Zurich) water turbines to drive D.C. generators in power room, Kinlochleven Aluminium Works.
Date 22/5/1991
Catalogue Number SC 716992
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 13440
Scope and Content Pelton wheel, Aluminium Works, Kinlochleven, Highland The aluminium works at Kinlochleven was built between 1904 and 1909 by the British Aluminium Company Limited. By 1911 the works were producing about 7,112 tonnes of aluminium per annum which was around 87% of the total output of the company at that time. The works closed in June 2000. This shows a Pelton wheel which was turned by water hitting its blades. It was the main part of an impulse turbine. The power station contained 12 impulse turbines which each drove two direct electric current generators. The power house produced electricity which was used throughout the works. Direct electric current (DC) flows in one direction whereas alternating electric current (AC) flows back and forward between points. The manufacturing of aluminium requires a lot of energy and hydro-electric power is ideally suited because it is cheap and renewable. Fossil fuels, such as coal and gas, can be used only once whereas water can be used again and again. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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