This method of compounding is used in Rateau and Zoelly turbines. The arrangement consists of a number of simple impulse turbines in series mounted on...

compounding of steam turbines are used. In an impulse steam turbine, compounding can be achieved in the following three ways: Velocity compounding Pressure...

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500 MW (2,000,000 hp) turbines used to generate electricity. There are several classifications for modern steam turbines. Turbine blades are of two basic...

uses a wastegate as an emergency measure to control boost pressure in case the turbo-compounding with the MGU-H fails. Ferrari Ferrari 059: 1.6 liter turbocharged...

In turbomachinery, an axial turbine is a turbine in which the flow of the working fluid is parallel to the shaft, as opposed to radial turbines, where...

use for steam turbines is in electricity generation (in the 1990s about 90% of the world's electric production was by use of steam turbines) however the...

through power-turbines Compounding pressure, a method in which pressure in a steam turbine is made to drop in a number of stages Compound bow, a type of...

impulse turbines. Impulse turbines are most efficient for use in cases where the flow is low and the inlet pressure is high. Reaction turbines develop...

one or more such gas turbines, each with a waste heat steam generator arranged to supply steam to a single or multiple steam turbines, thus forming a combined...

of the working fluid) is omitted, as gas turbines are open systems that do not reuse the same air. Gas turbines are used to power aircraft, trains, ships...

In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition...

measurement of pressure and vacuum. Instruments used to measure and display pressure mechanically are called pressure gauges, vacuum gauges or compound gauges...

receiver (receiver compounds). In a single-expansion (or 'simple') steam engine, the high-pressure steam enters the cylinder at boiler pressure through an inlet...

turbine by an independent turbine, downstream of the gas turbine. The power turbine is not mechanically connected to the turbines that drive the compressors...

majority of the world's thermal power stations are driven by steam turbines, gas turbines, or a combination of the two. The efficiency of a thermal power...

forward and reverse turbines. Both turbines were driven by intermediate pressure exhaust steam from the original cylinders. A condenser in the tender provided...

as a turbo-expander or an expansion turbine, is a centrifugal or axial-flow turbine, through which a high-pressure gas is expanded to produce work that...

to increase the work extracted (decreasing the ending pressure, as is done with steam turbines by exhausting into a vacuum, is likewise effective). The...

they were mostly replaced by gas turbines. Large naval vessels and submarines continue to be operated with steam turbines, using nuclear reactors to boil...

and supersonic. An advanced technology engine is a turbine engine that allows different turbines to spin at different, individually optimum speeds, instead...

steam turbine in thermal power stations. These condensers are heat exchangers which convert steam from its gaseous to its liquid state at a pressure below...

turbine engines can also fail, such as ground-based turbines used in power plants or combined diesel and gas vessels and vehicles. Turbine engines in...

steam, rather than its pressure. The nozzle, now known as a de Laval nozzle, is used in modern rocket engine nozzles. De Laval turbines can run at up to 30...

in fluid mechanics and engineering normally is the phenomenon in which the static pressure of a liquid reduces to below the liquid's vapor pressure,...

furl. Other turbines use an electric servomotor for every blade. They have a battery-reserve in case of grid failure. Small wind turbines (under 50 kW)...

expanded back to atmospheric pressure through a propelling nozzle. Compression may be provided by a gas turbine, as in the original turbojet and newer...

engines) compression ratio for piston engines, overall pressure ratio for jet engines and gas turbines Once ignited and burnt, the combustion products—hot...

they suffered. The change only began in the 1830s, usually by compounding through adding another (high-pressure) cylinder. Another limitation of early...

It can use simpler, single casing body designs while steam turbines require multiple turbine stages and associated casings, as well as additional inlet...