turbine compressor

  • 11compressor bleed air — Air taken out of the compressor section of a gas turbine engine to prevent compressor stall and operate cabin pressurization and air conditioning systems. Air may also be bled from the compressor for boundary layer control …

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  • 12compressor stall-margin curve — An operating curve of a gas turbine engine, which shows the relationship between the compression ratio of the engine and the mass airflow that must be maintained throughout the engine. If either of these factors goes out of limits, a compressor… …

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  • 13turbine blades — The radial airfoil mounted in the edge of a turbine disc whose tangential force rotates the turbine rotor. Unlike the compressor blades, the turbine blades do not follow a particular class of airfoil shape. Their shape aims to provide passage… …

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  • 14turbine wheel — [1] A turbocharger wheel driven by exhaust gases, the turbine wheel spins at speeds up to 160,000 rpm and drives the compressor which is located at the opposite end of the turbine shaft; wheel and shaft are usually inseparable. [2] A driven… …

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  • 15turbine-propeller engine — noun : an airplane propulsion system in which a turbine drives a compressor and a propeller with thrust being derived from the propeller and also from the exhaust jet of the turbine …

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  • 16compressor — A rotor that draws air into the engine and is driven by a turbine. A compressor must provide the required pressure rise; the compression must be affected with the least possible loss; it must be aerodynamically stable over the operating range of… …

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  • 17compressor gas — The section of the gas turbine engine whose components increase the pressure of the air flowing through it …

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  • 18compressor impeller — An impeller of a turbocharger driven by the turbine at speeds up to 160,000 rpm, which accelerates by centrifugal force the charge air which enter axially and leaves radially at a very high velocity …

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  • 19compresseur à turbine — turbokompresorius statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Agregatas iš mechaniškai sujungto kompresoriaus ir dujų turbinos. atitikmenys: angl. turbine compressor; turboblower; turbocompressor vok. Turbogebläse, n; Turbokompressor, m;… …

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  • 20gas-turbine engine — Introduction       any internal combustion engine employing a gas as the working fluid used to turn a turbine. The term also is conventionally used to describe a complete internal combustion engine consisting of at least a compressor, a… …

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