VIRTUAL MUSEUM · EXHIBIT 0849617
DniproHES — Francis turbine & synchronous generator. A mechanical interpretation of the engineering behind Ukraine's landmark hydropower station.
HOW IT WORKS
Pressurised water enters the spiral casing, passes adjustable wicket gates, and transfers angular momentum to the Francis runner. The vertical shaft transmits torque to the generator rotor. A stationary copper stator converts a rotating magnetic field into alternating current. The widening draft tube recovers part of the leaving water's kinetic energy.
Built as an educational reconstruction. The original DniproHES first-stage units were associated with 1932 and were vertical Francis turbines; this exhibit does not claim to reproduce a particular unit's exact parts or dimensions.