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impulse turbine

noun

  1. a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.


impulse turbine

noun

  1. a turbine in which the expansion of the fluid, often steam, is completed in a static nozzle, the torque being produced by the change in momentum of the fluid impinging on curved rotor blades Compare reaction turbine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of impulse turbine1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

With pure so-called impulse turbines, where the blade clearances are comparatively large, the preliminary blade inspection should be devoted to the mechanical condition of the blade edges and passages.

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