impulse turbine

  • 1impulse turbine — n. a kind of turbine having rotor blades so shaped that the force of jets of fluid striking against the blades moves the wheel, without pressure drop occurring across the blades …

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  • 2impulse turbine — noun a turbine that is driven by jets direct against the blades • Hypernyms: ↑turbine * * * noun : a turbine in which the rotor is driven by fluid jets impinging directly against the blades compare reaction turbine * * * a turbine moved by free… …

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  • 3impulse turbine — A type of turbine in which the stator vane and rotor blades are arranged in such a way that the pressure drop occurs in the converging nozzle guide vane passages along with a corresponding increase in velocity while the blades form straight ducts …

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  • 4impulse turbine — aktyvioji turbina statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. action turbine; impulse turbine vok. Aktionsturbine, f; Gleichdruckturbine, f rus. активная турбина, f pranc. turbine active, f …

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  • 5impulse turbine — aktyvioji turbina statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Turbina, kurios darbinės medžiagos potencinė energija verčiama į kinetinę tik nejudančiose tūtose. Darbinės medžiagos slėgis turbinos darbo rate nekinta. atitikmenys: angl. impulse turbine …

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  • 6Impulse Turbine —   A turbine that is driven by high velocity jets of water or steam from a nozzle directed to vanes or buckets attached to a wheel. (A pelton wheel is an impulse hydroturbine) …

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  • 7impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor. Cf. reaction turbine. [1880 85] * * * …

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  • 8impulse turbine — /ˈɪmpʌls tɜbaɪn/ (say impuls terbuyn) noun See turbine …

  • 9Turbine — Tur bine, n. [L. turbo, inis, that which spins or whirls round, whirl.] 1. A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10turbine wheel — Turbine Tur bine, n. [L. turbo, inis, that which spins or whirls round, whirl.] 1. A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English