This video uses an interactive 3D model to explain how a Kaplan hydroelectric turbine run-of-the-river power station works. It details some of the main components such as the sluice gate, trash rack, weir, penstock, kaplan turbine, generator, switchgear and electrical transformer.
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Sources:
http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/fish_passage/about_dams_and_fish/fish_ladders.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Day_Dam_fish_ladder.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeroweDam01.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity#/media/File:Hoover_Dam_Nevada_Luftaufnahme.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstock#/media/File:Hydroelectric_dam.svg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Water_turbine_%28en_2%29.svg/1200px-Water_turbine_%28en_2%29.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Controllable_pitch_propeller_schematic.svg