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Gross head

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000946

A dam's maximum allowed vertical distance between the upstream's surface water (headwater) forebay elevation and the downstream's surface water (tailwater) elevation at the tail-race for reaction wheel dams or the elevation of the jet at impulse wheel dams during specified operation and water conditions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000946
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000946",
  "term": "Gross head",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A dam's maximum allowed vertical distance between the upstream's surface water (headwater) forebay elevation and the downstream's surface water (tailwater) elevation at the tail-race for reaction wheel dams or the elevation of the jet at impulse wheel dams during specified operation and water conditions.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/gross-head/"
}

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