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Design head

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000534

The achieved river, pondage, or reservoir surface height (forebay elevation) that provides the water level to produce the full flow at the gate of the turbine in order to attain the manufacturer's installed nameplate rating for generation capacity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000534
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000534",
  "term": "Design head",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The achieved river, pondage, or reservoir surface height (forebay elevation) that provides the water level to produce the full flow at the gate of the turbine in order to attain the manufacturer's installed nameplate rating for generation capacity.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/design-head/"
}

Record 534 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.