steam turbine

collocation in English

meaningsofsteamandturbine

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steam
noun[U]
uk
/stiːm/us
/stiːm/
the hot gas that is produced when ...
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turbine
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɜː.baɪn/us
/ˈtɝː.bɪn/
a type of machine through which liquid or gas flows and turns a special wheel with blades in order to ...
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(Definition ofsteamandturbinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The third loop is asteamturbinecycle.
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Thesteamturbinehas eight regenerative take-offs.
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Additional means of meeting the demand for energy, such as combined gas andsteamturbineplants, can also be discussed, of course.
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The vibration is greater than thesteamturbine, but it is not objectionable.
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As with the wheel, thesteamturbineand the jet engine it would be impossible to get rid of a generation of technology.
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By this class of engine a greater range is obtained than can be obtained by thesteamturbine.
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I would not say that the weight is yet as light as that of thesteamturbineinstallation.
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Steamturbine-driven propelling machinery will be fitted in the cruisers of the 1931 programme.
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Mention has been made of the pass-outsteamturbine, which can effect a great saving in fuel.
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Thesteamturbineis only about half as efficient as a water turbine.
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It is only on the largest scale that thesteamturbineis capable of giving a full yield.
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It developed thesteamturbineand gave our mercantile marine an advantage.
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In the combined cycle gas turbine, gas is burned in gas turbines and the exhaust heat is used to heat steam to drive asteamturbine.
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Its engine will be roughly the same except that it will be asteamturbinerather than the slow running diesel with which so many ships are now powered.
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She was powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, of 308 nhp, supplemented by asteamturbine.
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A breakthrough came in 1863 when he introduced a furnace mechanical draught system which used asteamturbinedriven axial flow fan.
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It will consist of four gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators and onesteamturbine.
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The engine house with thesteamturbineis usually structurally separated from the main reactor building.
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