Talk:Screw turbine
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[edit]The screw turbine is not a well-known term for this technology. It is recommended to change the article title to "Archimedes screw generator/turbine"
Kinetic energy and efficiency
[edit]Deleted the comparison of efficiency with water wheels.
- Screw turbine efficiency between 60 and 80% Research Gate. water wheel.
- Another source [1] states "Mean plant efficiencies were 69% and the six top.performing plants achieved peak efficiencies above 75%. The concept of the rotary screw turbine was evaluated. In the main experimental tests of seven different screw designs efficiencies of up to 94% were recorded."
whereas an overshot or backshot wheel can achieve efficiencies in the 80 to 90% range
I also change "kinetic energy" to " work". The terms have well defined meaning in physics and engineering.