What does turbine mean?

A turbine is a machine that converts the energy contained in a fluid into mechanical work. Also known as a turbine or turbine. Turbine is the transliteration of the English word turbine, derived from the Latin word turbo, meaning a rotating object. Due to the varying operating conditions and working fluids of turbines, their structural designs are diverse, yet their basic working principles remain similar. The main component of a turbine is the rotating element (rotor or impeller), which is mounted on the turbine shaft and has blades arranged evenly around the circumference. The energy possessed by the fluid is converted into kinetic energy as it flows through the nozzle; as the fluid passes over the rotor, it impacts the blades, causing the rotor to rotate and thereby driving the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft drives other machinery directly or through a transmission mechanism to deliver mechanical work. Turbines can be classified according to the working fluid they use into hydroturbines (used as power sources in hydropower stations), steam turbines (used in thermal power plants, ship propulsion, etc.), gas turbines (used as propulsion for jet engines and ships, as well as in power plants and small power stations for peak load requirements), and air turbines (which can only be used for very small amounts of power). Turbine -- As water flows from a reservoir at a higher elevation through a channel to a turbine located at a lower elevation, the potential energy of the water at the higher elevation is converted into kinetic energy, which drives the turbine to rotate. The tail water flowing through the turbine moves along the channel. The only purpose of modern hydroturbines is to serve as a power source in hydropower stations, driving generators to produce electricity. Turbine -- its working medium is steam, which possesses thermal energy. The steam comes from boilers that burn fossil fuels, or from steam generators heated by nuclear power plants. The high-temperature, high-pressure steam generated by them is sent at high speed through nozzles to the steam turbine, driving the rotor to rotate and generate power. The steam flow rate is very high and the turbine rotor is small, so the speed can reach 10,000 revolutions per minute. Turbines are primarily used in thermal power plants to drive generators to produce electricity ； It is also used in large ocean-going ships and submarines as the main engine to drive the propellers and propel the vessels. Gas turbine – along with the compressor and combustion chamber, it constitutes the three main components of a gas turbine engine. Air is fed into the compressor, where it is compressed to higher pressure and temperature to become compressed air. This compressed air then flows into the combustion chamber, where it mixes with fuel and burns, resulting in a high-temperature, high-pressure, high-speed gas stream. This gas stream enters the gas turbine, driving it to rotate and generating mechanical power through the turbine shaft. Gas turbines can rotate at speeds of tens of thousands of revolutions per minute. The most widespread use of modern gas turbines is as propulsion for jet aircraft. Some are used as power sources for ships, power plants, and small power stations for handling peak loads, and they also serve as the power source for gas pumps used in the long-distance transportation of natural gas. Gas turbines used as power for locomotives and automobiles are still under development and testing. There is also a type of gas turbine used in rocket engines; it serves as the power source for the pumps that transport rocket propellant (fuel and oxidizer). A gas generator generates the high-temperature gases required through chemical reactions, which then drive the turbine to rotate and thus operate the pumping pumps. Additionally, there are turbines that use compressed air as the working medium to drive rotation; they can only be used for small amounts of power, and such turbines are known as air turbines.

Just think of it as a steam turbine; “turbine” is a transliteration, while “steam turbine” is a free translation.

Turbine compressor: Introduction to turbine compressors: A turbine compressor is a dynamic compressor equipped with a high-speed rotating impeller. A turbine compressor increases gas pressure by relying on the force of interaction between the rotating impeller and the gas flow; this interaction accelerates the gas flow, granting it kinetic energy. The gas flow then slows down in the diffuser, where its kinetic energy is converted into pressure energy, further raising the pressure. During compression, the gas flow is continuous. The turbo compressor evolved from the ventilator. Applications of turbine compressors: Turbine compressors are widely used in various processes to convey air and various gases and to increase their pressure. :lol

Our factory has recently installed a hydraulic turbine for generating electricity

Turbo compressors refer to machines that all have rapidly rotating blades. ““ Turbine is the transliteration of the English word “TURBINE”; its meaning in Chinese is “a machine with blades”. For this English word, transliteration is used in all languages around the world

I see, I used to think it was a turbine; it’s a bit different

““Turbine” is the transliteration of the English word “TURBINE”; it can be considered a steam turbine, that is, a machine equipped with impellers. This is a simple explanation; for more details, see the explanation on the second floor

Turbines include both expanders and compressors; their core functionality lies not in pressurization and depressurization, nor in driving or being driven, but rather in their mechanical structure and rotational speed.

It can be simply understood as a general term for machines in which fluids (gases, liquids) drive machinery equipped with impellers to perform work externally.

The original posters have provided very accurate explanations; thank you