page_title: Paddle wheel
hierarchical_section_title: Paddle wheel
caption_attribution_description: English: A 1 horsepower paddlewheel aereator used in a shrimp pond in Indonesia.
context_page_description: 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, some of which are:
  Very low-lift water pumping, such as flooding paddy fields at no more than about 0.5 m 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 wide range of industrial and agriculture applications.
context_section_description: 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, some of which 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 (as a paddlewheel)
  Low head hydro power (as a waterwheel)
  Flow sensors
  Aerators
  The paddle wheel is an ancient invention but is still used today in a wide range of industrial and agriculture applications.
caption: A paddle wheel aereator used in an Indonesian shrimp pond
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