impulse turbine

noun

a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.

Compare reaction turbine.

Origin of impulse turbine

First recorded in 1880–85

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British Dictionary definitions for impulse turbine

impulse turbine

noun

a turbine in which the expansion of the fluid, often steam, is completed in a static nozzle, the torque being produced by the change in momentum of the fluid impinging on curved rotor bladesCompare reaction turbine

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