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  2. Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant is a hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Ludington, Michigan. It was built between 1969 and 1973 at a cost of $315 million and is owned jointly by Consumers Energy and DTE Energy and operated by Consumers Energy. At the time of its construction, it was the largest pumped storage hydroelectric facility in the ...

  3. Bath County Pumped Storage Station - Wikipedia

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    The Bath County Pumped Storage Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant, which is described as the "largest battery in the world", [3] with a maximum generation capacity of 3,003 MW, [4] an average of 2,772 MW, [3] and a total storage capacity of 24,000 MWh. [3] The station is located in the northern corner of Bath County, Virginia ...

  4. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity - Wikipedia

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    A pumped-storage hydroelectricity generally consists of two water reservoirs at different heights, connected with each other. At times of low electrical demand, excess generation capacity is used to pump water into the upper reservoir. When there is higher demand, water is released back into the lower reservoir through a turbine, generating ...

  5. Rutherford (rocket engine) - Wikipedia

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    Rutherford is named after renowned New Zealand-born scientist Ernest Rutherford. It is a small liquid-propellant rocket engine designed to be simple and cheap to produce. It is used as both a first-stage and a second-stage engine, which simplifies logistics and improves economies of scale. [5] [6] To reduce its cost, it uses the electric-pump ...

  6. Water pumping - Wikipedia

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    Water pumping. The pumping of water is a basic and practical technique, far more practical than scooping it up with one's hands or lifting it in a hand-held bucket. This is true whether the water is drawn from a fresh source, moved to a needed location, purified, or used for irrigation, washing, or sewage treatment, or for evacuating water from ...

  7. Water rocket - Wikipedia

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    Water pressure forcing all the air in an empty water hose into the rocket. Pressure is the same as the water main. An air compressor, like those used in workshops to power pneumatic equipment and tools. Modifying a high pressure (greater than 15 bar / 1500 kPa / 200 psi) compressor to work as a water rocket power source can be dangerous, as can ...

  8. Hand pump - Wikipedia

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    Hand pump. Animation of a suction hand pump. On the up stroke of the piston the foot valve opens and suction brings water into the pump head. On the following down stroke of the piston the valve on the piston opens up and allows water to flow above the piston. On the successive up stroke of the piston water is pushed out of the outlet.

  9. Pressurized water reactor - Wikipedia

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    A pressurized water reactor ( PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan and Canada). In a PWR, the primary coolant ( water) is pumped under high pressure to the reactor core where it is heated by the energy released by the ...