Viktor Kaplan

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Viktor Kaplan was an Austrian engineer best known for inventing the Kaplan turbine, a highly efficient water turbine widely used in hydroelectric power plants.

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instanceOf engineer
human
inventor
associatedWith Kaplan turbines
surface form: Kaplan turbine

hydroelectric power plants
burialPlace Unterach am Attersee
causeOfDeath stroke
citizenship Austrian
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfCitizenship Austria
dateOfBirth 1876-11-27
dateOfDeath 1934-08-23
developed adjustable-blade propeller-type water turbine
educatedAt Vienna University of Technology
employer Brno University of Technology
surface form: German Technical University in Brno
era 20th century
familyName Kaplan
fieldOfWork hydraulic engineering
mechanical engineering
gender male
givenName Viktor
hasAcademicPosition professor of hydraulic engineering
hasHeritage Austrian
hasInfluenceOn design of modern water turbines
hydropower engineering
hasNameInNativeLanguage Viktor Kaplan self-link
influencedField hydroelectric power generation
renewable energy
knownFor Kaplan turbines
surface form: Kaplan turbine

water turbines
languageOfWorkOrName German
name Viktor Kaplan self-link
nativeLanguage German
notableAchievement invention of a highly efficient water turbine for low-head applications
notableInvention Kaplan turbines
surface form: Kaplan turbine
notableWork design of high-efficiency low-head water turbines
occupation engineer
inventor
patent Kaplan turbine patent
patentDate 1913
placeOfBirth Mürzzuschlag
placeOfDeath Unterach am Attersee
residence Brno
Unterach am Attersee
workLocation Brno

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Vienna Central Cemetery burialPlaceOf Viktor Kaplan
Viktor Kaplan name Viktor Kaplan self-link
Viktor Kaplan hasNameInNativeLanguage Viktor Kaplan self-link
Kaplan turbines namedAfter Viktor Kaplan
subject surface form: Kaplan turbine
Kaplan turbines inventedBy Viktor Kaplan
subject surface form: Kaplan turbine