turbine
Bladed energy converter
A turbine is a machine that extracts energy from a moving fluid—water, steam, or gas—by directing it against angled blades mounted on a rotating shaft.
The spinning shaft drives generators, pumps, or propellers.
Turbines power hydroelectric dams, jet engines, and wind farms: The wind turbine's blades turned slowly in the breeze.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- statorImmobile motor component
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- bearingPosture or orientation
gearbox · impeller · rotation · torque · spin · revolutions · flywheel · coupling
Exothermic reaction with oxygen
- compressorPressure-increasing mechanical device
- peakerOne who tops out
- annularRing-shaped, with hole
- canCylindrical metal container
silo · inlet · cooling · blade · vane · rotor · stator · efficiency
Water-holding barrier
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- penstockControlled water conduit
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- waterfallDescending river over precipice
river · hydroelectric · Francis · Kaplan · runner · head · tailrace · run-of-river
Energy from charged particles
- generationAge-defined peer group
- megawattsMillion-watt units
- kilowattsThousand-watt units
- powerEnergy transfer rate
grid · transformer · voltage · current · utility · capacity · output · efficiency
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
bearing · gearbox · impeller · rotation · torque · spin · revolutions · flywheel · coupling · seal
windmill
Rotating structure harnessing air
blade · tower · rotor · hub · yaw · pitch · gust · breeze · anemometer · vane
combustion
Exothermic reaction with oxygen
- compressorPressure-increasing mechanical device
- peakerOne who tops out
- annularRing-shaped, with hole
can · silo · inlet · cooling · blade · vane · rotor · stator · efficiency · shaft
dam
Water-holding barrier
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- penstockControlled water conduit
- spillwayDam's water release structure
waterfall · river · hydroelectric · Francis · Kaplan · runner · head · tailrace · run-of-river · sluice
electricity
Energy from charged particles
- generationAge-defined peer group
- megawattsMillion-watt units
- kilowattsThousand-watt units
power · grid · transformer · voltage · current · utility · capacity · output · efficiency · sustainable
compressor
Pressure-increasing mechanical device
afterburner · bypass · thrust · propulsion · spool · inlet · diffuser · ignition · reheat · core
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- condenserDevice that liquefies gases
- superheaterApparatus for overtemperature steam
- feedwaterLiquid for steam generation
expansion · reheat · impulse · reaction · cogeneration · thermal · pressure · entropy · enthalpy · coal
- power sourcessolar power, electricity, wind power, steam, hydro power
- windmillsblades, Dutch windmills, rotor, tower mill, sails
- spinning thingsfan, spinning top, propeller, turntable, fidget spinner
- Mechanical Engineeringmechanical engineer, design engineer, valves, motors, aerospace engineer
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
- turbomachineryrotor, stator, blade, blades, impeller
turbinepiston engine
Motor using cylinder strokes
reciprocating engine · internal combustion engine · piston · hand crank · steam engine
- wind turbinesMachines converting air movement to electricity
- steam turbineVapor-driven rotary motor
- gas turbineFuel-to-rotation engine
- turbine bladeRotating airfoil converting flow
- Francis turbineInward-flow water turbine
- inferior turbinateLowest nasal cavity bone
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