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WATER-PUMPING WINDMILL [2 records]

Record 1 2013-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy
  • Pumps
DEF

A machine that converts the kinetic energy of the wind to mechanical power for pumping underground water.

OBS

American windmills from the Great West represent the most famous types of water-pumping wind turbines.

Key term(s)
  • wind mill pump

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne
  • Pompes
DEF

Machine qui transforme l'énergie cinétique du vent en énergie mécanique destinée à pomper l'eau souterraine.

OBS

Les modèles les plus connus d'éoliennes de pompage sont les moulins américains des grandes plaines de l'Ouest américain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas - tipos
  • Energía eólica
  • Bombas
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Record 2 1985-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
CONT

Windmills have a wide range of possible applications. Water-pumping windmills have been used and will likely continue to be used in agriculture for irrigation and in the production of mechanical power, such as that required for feed grinding, shredding of vegetable materials and crop residues or wastes and sawing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types

Spanish

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