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turbine
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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tur·bine
/ ˈtərˌbīn; -bin/
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n.
a machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.
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Turbines on the water. (marine turbine engines)
Magazine article from: Trailer Boats; 3/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...surprised if there is a turbine in your boating...smaller boats, turbines are fast moving...question that the gas turbine can outperform piston...present-day marine turbines, it is simply that...superiority of a turbine, but stick one...more efficient, turbines are better because...
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Turbines catch their second wind. (includes article on wind-turbine blade research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 11/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...third of the wind turbines installed in California...had led to failed turbine blades and overloaded...Next-Generation Turbines Because blade and...economics of wind turbines through both power production and turbine failures, greater...
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Turbines & Turbine Generator Sets - Global Strategic Business Report Profiles 154 Companies Including Many Key and Niche Players Worldwide Such As ABB, Alstom Power Generation and Caterpillar, Inc.
M2 Presswire; 7/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...Research and Markets: Turbines & Turbine Generator Sets - Global...announced the addition of Turbines & Turbine Generator Sets - Global...the worldwide markets for Turbines & Turbine Generator Sets in Megawatts...
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GE Turbine Technology: focus on higher efficiency, lower cost of producing electricity. (GE Power Systems).
Magazine article from: Modern Power Systems; 4/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...F-class gas turbines, such as the...hertz HEAT steam turbine has been sold...Mid-sized gas turbines move forward Another...of the GE gas turbine family is the...206C (two gas turbines and one steam turbine) configuration...
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Turbine boom sparks service boom. (Gas Turbines).
Magazine article from: Power Engineering; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...2004, hundreds of gas turbines will have entered commercial...advanced combustion turbines -- with high firing...expensive hot gas path turbine components. For the...fleets of combustion turbines. Similar collaborative...service advanced gas turbine models. "The energy...
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Turbine Secures $18 Million in Financing; Highland Capital Partners, Polaris Venture Partners and Existing Investors Provide Growth Capital.
Business Wire; 12/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003 Turbine Entertainment Software Corp., a leading...the continued growth and expansion of Turbine's award-winning games and entertainment...gaming market and the faith they have in Turbine as the leading provider of online subscription...
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Turbines for synthesis gas
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; A powerful steam turbine, tailored for the ammonia...applications for steam turbines is providing the extraction...process requires high turbine speeds (10,000 to...operators use steam turbines as compressor drivers...high-efficiency steam turbine driver," said George...
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Combustion turbines: the sky is no longer the limit; borrowing much from aircraft engines, advancing combustion turbine technology is addressing capacity, efficiency, and maintainability issues.
Magazine article from: Power Engineering; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...advancement of stationary turbine technology. Most manufacturers...industrial combustion turbines. Discussions with design...Engineers (ASME) Gas Turbine Show in Cincinnati revealed...Because combustion turbines are relatively inexpensive...capacity combustion turbine plants are becoming...
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Steam turbines hit their stride: operating experience, better design tools and better materials have made turbine upgrades an integral part of the nuclear power plant uprate trend.
Magazine article from: Power Engineering; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to upgrade steam turbines. Steam Turbine History In the early...the original HP turbines with no major problems. Turbine Improvements Most...played a big role in turbine advancements. The...originally used to design turbines, steam flow and...
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Turbines turn into hot topic
Newspaper article from: The Press; 5/8/2008; ; 621 words
; ...which has a 55-turbine wind farm in Manawatu and 29 turbines at a site in Southland...using Windflow turbines at the 97-turbine Te Rere Hau wind...included Windflow's turbine in its resource...with two other turbines...
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Turbine
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...x2019; s first turbine, which happened to be a hydraulic or water turbine, other turbines were developed that...these different types of turbines have different means...characteristics of a turbine. They all spin, or...
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turbine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...constitutes a stage of the turbine; most steam turbines are multistage engines. At the inlet end of the turbine high-pressure steam...machinery. A large steam turbine unit may actually be composed of several turbines that are all using the...
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Wind Turbine
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...inadequate wind turbines fell out of use...large-scale wind turbine built in the United...electricity from wind turbines. In 1975 the...a 100 kilowatt turbine with two 21...connect the whole turbine to nearby turbines and to a transformer...
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SIC 3511 Steam, Gas, and Hydraulic Turbines, and Turbine Generator Set Units
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...3511STEAM, GAS, AND HYDRAULIC TURBINES, AND TURBINE GENERATOR SET UNITS This industry...steam turbines; hydraulic turbines; gas turbines, except aircraft; and complete steam, gas, and hydraulic turbine generator set units. Also...
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gas-turbine engines
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...will be powered by gas turbines. For commercial ships...fitted with a gas-turbine propulsion plant was...1970s to use the gas turbine commercially when a...aero-engine type gas turbines. But they also proved...Nevertheless, gas-turbine plants are fitted in...
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