Turbomachinery

Mounting of a steam turbine produced by Siemens, Germany
Aircraft engine, in this case a Boeing 777 engine

Turbomachinery, in mechanical engineering, describes machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid, including both turbines and compressors. While a turbine transfers energy from a fluid to a rotor, a compressor transfers energy from a rotor to a fluid.[1][2] It is an important application of fluid mechanics.[3]

These two types of machines are governed by the same basic relationships including Newton's second Law of Motion and Euler's pump and turbine equation for compressible fluids. Centrifugal pumps are also turbomachines that transfer energy from a rotor to a fluid, usually a liquid, while turbines and compressors usually work with a gas.[1]

  1. ^ a b Logan, Earl. "Handbook of turbomachinery". 1995. Marcel Deckker.
  2. ^ Vandad Talimi (Original author unknown). "Mechanical Equipment and Systems". 2013. Memorial University of Newfoundland. http://www.engr.mun.ca/~yuri/Courses/MechanicalSystems/Turbomachinery.pdf
  3. ^ Çengel, Yunus A.; Cimbala, John M. (2006). Fluid mechanics: fundamentals and applications. McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill Higher Education. p. 735. ISBN 978-0-07-247236-3.