turbomachinery
thumb|Mounting of a steam turbine produced by [[Siemens, Germany]] thumb|Aircraft engine, in this case on a Boeing 777 Turbomachinery, in mechanical engineering, describes machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid, including both turbines and compressors. While a turbine transfers energy from a fluid to a rotor, a compressor transfers energy from a rotor to a fluid. It is an important application of fluid mechanics.
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Classification
- Turbomachines
- Definition
- Categorization
- Energy conversion
- Fluid flow
- Physical action
- Dimensionless ratios to describe turbomachinery
- Applications
- Power Generation
- Marine
- Auto
- General
- Aerospace
- Partial list of turbomachine topics
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Mounting of a steam turbine produced by [[Siemens, Germany]] thumb|Aircraft engine, in this case on a Boeing 777 Turbomachinery, in mechanical engineering, describes machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid, including both turbines and compressors. While a turbine transfers energy from a fluid to a rotor, a compressor transfers energy from a rotor to a fluid. It is an important application of fluid mechanics.
These two types of machines are governed by the same basic relationships including Newton's second law of motion and Euler's pump and turbine equation for compressible fluids. Centrifugal pumps are also turbomachines that transfer energy from a rotor to a fluid, usually a liquid, while turbines and compressors usually work with a gas.