then it is called outflow radial turbine. In this turbine, the working fluid enters around the axis of the wheel and then flows outwards (i.e., towards...
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The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913. It functions as nozzles apply a moving fluid to the edges...
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A turbine blade is a radial aerofoil mounted in the rim of a turbine disc and which produces a tangential force which rotates a turbine rotor. Each turbine...
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flow, whether the inlet velocity is in axial direction, radial direction or a combination of both. The Francis turbine is a mixed hydraulic turbine (the...
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Pelton wheel turbine (better described as a radial turbine) translates the mechanical action of the Pelton wheel rotating in the liquid flow around an axis...
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are three basic categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor and mixed flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type...
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also called a radial flow turbine, since water flows from the outer circumference towards the centre of runner. Inward flow water turbines have a better...
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A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the...
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Turbocharger (section Turbine)
the turbocharger. This patent was for a compound radial engine with an exhaust-driven axial flow turbine and compressor mounted on a common shaft. The first...
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Betz's law (section Upper Bounds on wind turbines)
be extracted from the wind, independent of the design of a wind turbine in open flow. It was published in 1919 by the German physicist Albert Betz. The...
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