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Hydraulic head

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001021

The distance between the respective elevations of the upstream water surface (headwater) above and the downstream surface water (tailwater) below a hydroelectric power plant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001021
FieldEnergy
SubjectRenewable energy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001021",
  "term": "Hydraulic head",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The distance between the respective elevations of the upstream water surface (headwater) above and the downstream surface water (tailwater) below a hydroelectric power plant.",
  "subject": "Renewable energy",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/hydraulic-head/"
}

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