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4. Glossary
tur bomachine; turbomachinery
A mechanical assembly whose role is to ensure energy exchange between a flowing fluid and a rotor animated by a generally uniform rotational movement around its axis.
expansion turbomachinery; expansion turbomachinery
Turbomachinery receiving energy from the fluid.
compression turbomachinery; turbomachine génératrice ou de compression
Turbomachine communicating energy to the fluid.
stator; stator
Fixed part of the machine.
rotor; rotor
Rotating machine part or wheel.
diffuser; diffusion vane
Divergent part of a pipe, generally designed to convert kinetic energy into pressure energy....
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General view
To fix the orders of magnitude and summarize this chapter quantitatively, we can propose, for all compressors, the approximate pressure-flow classification shown in figure 1 .
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