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Originally Posted by dcb
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Variable vane turbines have been around a LONG time, even in the consumer market.
Turbines run off of the energy contained in the fluid stream - typically heat, but pressure also contributes.
There is a relationship between Pressure, volume, mass, and temperature -
PV=nRT
This thread has caused me to rethink a few ideas I had, and gave me some new ones.
I think there is an opportunity to avoid pumping losses and increase efficiency in a measurable way using ideas grown from this thread, and I plan to test them this spring.