Paddle wheel
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paddle-wheel-306-1636351
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Paddle wheel
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A paddle wheel is a form of waterwheel or impeller in which a number of paddles are set around the periphery of the wheel. It has several uses, of which some are: Very low-lift water pumping, such as flooding paddy fields at no more than about 0.5 m (20 in) height above the water source.
To move and mix algae culture in the raceway ponds used for algaculture.
Propulsion of watercraft
Low head hydro power
Flow sensors
Aerators The paddle wheel is an ancient invention but is still used today in a
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Form of waterwheel or impeller
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddle_wheel
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2022-10-17T01:15:53Z
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