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TURBINA ACCION [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydraulic Turbines
DEF

A prime mover in which water, steam or a hot gas under pressure is directed against the blades of a rotor causing it to rotate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Turbines hydrauliques
CONT

Une turbine [hydraulique] est à axe vertical ou horizontal, à passage axial ou radial. On distingue également les turbines à actions, dans lesquelles les pressions à l'entrée et à la sortie de la roue mobile sont les mêmes (turbine Pelton), et les turbines à réaction, dans lesquelles la pression à l'entrée est plus grande que la pression à la sortie de la roue (turbine Francis).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Turbinas hidraúlicas
CONT

[...] en una turbina de acción, el fluido no llena el espacio entre el elemento fijo y el elemento móvil y solamente empuja a éste en razón de su fuerza cinética [...]

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