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Turbine

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002348

A machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the energy of a stream of fluid (such as water, steam, or hot gas). Turbines convert the kinetic energy of fluids to mechanical energy through the principles of impulse and reaction, or a mixture of the two.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002348
FieldEnergy
SubjectElectricity
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002348",
  "term": "Turbine",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the energy of a stream of fluid (such as water, steam, or hot gas). Turbines convert the kinetic energy of fluids to mechanical energy through the principles of impulse and reaction, or a mixture of the two.",
  "subject": "Electricity",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/turbine/"
}

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