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  • 1turbine — /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 …

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  • 2Turbine de tesla — La turbine de Tesla est un type de turbine sans pales breveté par Nikola Tesla en 1913. Elle utilise l effet de couche limite, et pas l impact d un fluide contre des pales comme c est le cas dans une turbine conventionnelle. La turbine de Tesla… …

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  • 3Steam 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… …

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  • 4Turbine de Tesla — La turbine de Tesla est un type de turbine sans pales breveté par Nikola Tesla en 1913. Elle utilise l effet de couche limite et non l impact d un fluide contre des pales comme c est le cas dans une turbine conventionnelle. La turbine de Tesla… …

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  • 5Wind turbine design — An example of a wind turbine, this 3 bladed turbine is the classic design of modern wind turbines Wind turbines History Design …

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  • 6Diesel generator — A Cummins diesel generator of 500kVA in a tourist resort in Egypt …

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  • 7Gas turbine — Microturbine redirects here. For turbines in electricity, see Small wind turbine. For turbines driven by the flow of gas, see Turbine. A typical axial flow gas turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage… …

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  • 8Wind turbine — Offshore wind farm using 5MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off Belgium This article discusses wind powered electrical generators. See windmill for wind powered machinery used to grind grain or pump water. A wind turbine is a device that… …

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  • 9MHD generator — Energy portal The MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) generator or dynamo transforms thermal energy or kinetic energy directly into electricity. MHD generators are different from traditional electric generators in that they can operate at high tempera …

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  • 10Shrouded tidal turbine — An emerging tidal stream technology is the shrouded tidal turbine enclosed in a Venturi shaped shroud or duct producing a sub atmosphere of low pressure behind the turbine, allowing the turbine to operate at higher efficiency (than the Betz limit …

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