Examples of turbine in the following topics:
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- Possible sources of mechanical energy include: a reciprocating or turbine steam engine , water falling through a turbine or waterwheel, an internal combustion engine, a wind turbine, a hand crank, compressed air, or any other source of mechanical energy.
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- Energy of tides can be extracted by two means: inserting a water turbine into a tidal current, or building ponds that release/admit water through a turbine.
- In the first case, the energy amount is entirely determined by the timing and tidal current magnitude, but the best currents may be unavailable because the turbines would obstruct ships.
- While some generation is possible for most of the tidal cycle, in practice, turbines lose efficiency at lower operating rates.
- Tidal energy generator that works like a wind turbine, but with the ocean currents providing the energy.
- The circle in the middle is the turbine.
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- Gasoline and diesel engines, jet engines, and steam turbines are all heat engines that do work by using part of the heat transfer from some source.
- Most heat engines, such as reciprocating piston engines and rotating turbines, use cyclical processes.
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- For example, the theoretical limit of the energy efficiency of a wind turbine (converting the kinetic energy of the wind to mechanical energy) is 59%.