Turbine

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A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow. Claude Burdin coined the term from the Latin turbinis, or vortex, during an 1828 engineering competition. The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor-blade assembly. Moving fluid acts on the blades to spin them and impart energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples are windmills and water wheels.

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Engine - Energy - Latin - Vortex - 1828 - Windmill - Water wheel

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A turbine operating in reverse is called a compressor or Turbopump.

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Compressor - Turbopump

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Gas, steam and water turbines usually have a casing around the blades that focuses and controls the fluid. The casing and blades may have variable geometry that allow efficient operation for a range of fluid flow conditions.

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Gas - Steam - Water turbines

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