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Turbine vs Boiler - What's the difference?

turbine | boiler |

As nouns the difference between turbine and boiler

is that turbine is any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft while boiler is an apparatus that generates heat (usually by burning fuel) and uses it to heat circulating water (or sometimes another liquid) in a closed system that is then used for space heating, swimming pool heating, or domestic hot water or industrial processes.

turbine

English

(wikipedia turbine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines' have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a ' turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}

    Derived terms

    * wind turbine * gas turbine * steam turbine * water turbine * turbo-

    Related terms

    * turbid * turbojet, turbo-jet * turbomachinery

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    boiler

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An apparatus that generates heat (usually by burning fuel) and uses it to heat circulating water (or sometimes another liquid) in a closed system that is then used for space heating, swimming pool heating, or domestic hot water or industrial processes.
  • Less commonly , a hot water heater.
  • (approximate definition'') A fuel burning apparatus in which water is boiled to produce steam for space heating, power generation, or industrial processes.
    (''more precisely'') An apparatus in which a heat source other than a hot liquid or steam (most commonly burning fuel, exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine or gas turbine, waste heat from a process, solar energy or electricity) is used to boil water (or ''rarely     another liquid), under pressure to provide steam (or other gas) for use as a heat source in calorifiers, heat exchangers or heat emitters, or for use directly for humidification, in an industrial process, or to power steam turbines.
  • A kitchen vessel for steaming or boiling food.
  • (UK, informal) A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
    • Derived terms
    (terms derived from boiler) * boil * boiled * boilerplate * boiler room * boiling * boiling plate * donkey boiler * double boiler * steam boiler

    See also

    * steam generator * water heater

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of

    Noun

  • (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
  • * 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, " Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?", in comp.databases.oracle, Usenet :
    • While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.
  • * 2003 December 7, Tom Potter, " Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet :
    • Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.
  • * 2007 , Jim Casey, " Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars", in tx.guns, Usenet :
    • Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
  • * 2009 March 30, "hughess7" (username), " Re: Mail merge to PDF", in microsoft.public.access, Usenet :
    • Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!

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