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Stopping sand from destroying a hydropower turbine [video]

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-10-13 Cached

An illustrated script for a popular science video explaining how engineers at a high-head (420-meter) hydropower station use multiple layers of gravity-based protection—including a raised water intake, a low-level spillway, trash racks, settling basins, and sediment-flushing gates—to prevent sediment from wearing down turbines worth millions of dollars.

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