Water turbine
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A water turbine is a rotary machine that converts kinetic energy and potential energy of water into mechanical work.
The runner of the small water turbine
The construction of a Ganz water Turbo Generator in Budapest in 1886
Roman turbine mill at Chemtou, Tunisia. The tangential water inflow of the mill race made the submerged horizontal wheel in the shaft turn like a true turbine.
A Francis turbine runner, rated at nearly one million hp (750 MW), being installed at the Grand Coulee Dam, United States.
Turbine
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A turbine is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced can be used for generating electrical power when combined with a generator. A turbine is a turbomachine with at least one moving part called a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades so that they move and impart rotational energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples are windmills and waterwheels.
A steam turbine with the case opened.
Turbine inlet guide vanes of a turbojet
Three types of water turbines: Kaplan (in front), Pelton (middle) and Francis (back left)