reversible turbine
1Reversible turbine — A hydraulic turbine, normally installed in a pumped storage plant, which can be used alternatively as a pump or as an engine, turbine, water wheel, or other apparatus that drives an electrical generator. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy… …
2turbine — /terr bin, buyn/, n. any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as …
3Reversible process (thermodynamics) — For articles on other forms of reversibility, including reversibility of microscopic dynamics, see reversibility (disambiguation). In thermodynamics, a reversible process, or reversible cycle if the process is cyclic, is a process that can be… …
4Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …
5Gorlov helical turbine — A.M.Gorlov with his turbine. The Gorlov helical turbine (GHT) is a water turbine evolved from the Darrieus turbine design by altering it to have helical blades/foils. It was patented in a series of patents from September 19, 1995[1] to July 3,… …
6reverse/reversible thrust — The thrust from a power plant that can be reversed in direction to act as a brake. In reciprocating engines and turboprop aircraft, a propeller is given a negative pitch setting, or a reverse pitch. In gas turbine engines, devices are used to… …
7Ocean thermal energy conversion — Temperature differences between the surface and 1000m depth in the oceans Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the difference between cooler deep and warmer shallow or surface ocean waters to run a heat engine and produce useful work,… …
8Barrage de Vouglans — Géographie Pays   …
9Laval, Carl Gustaf Patrik de — born May 9, 1845, Blasenborg, Swed. died Feb. 2, 1913, Stockholm Swedish scientist, engineer, and inventor. Laval built his first impulse steam turbine in 1882. Further advances followed, including a reversible turbine for marine use. A Laval… …
10Pumped-storage hydroelectricity — Hydro storage redirects here. For storage of water for other purposes, see Reservoir. Diagram of the TVA pumped storage facility at Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Plant …
