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  2. Blisk - Wikipedia

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    A CNC-milled, single piece axial compressor blisk. A blisk (portmanteau of bladed disk) is a turbomachine component comprising both rotor disk and blades as a single part instead of a disk assembled with individual removable blades.

  3. Inverter-based resource - Wikipedia

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    An inverter-based resource (IBR) is a source of electricity that is asynchronously connected to the electrical grid via an electronic power converter ("inverter"). The devices in this category, also known as converter interfaced generation ( CIG ), include the variable renewable energy generators (wind, solar) and battery storage power stations ...

  4. Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system

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    Failure Reporting (FR). The failures and the faults related to a system, a piece of equipment, a piece of software or a process are formally reported through a standard form (Defect Report, Failure Report). Analysis (A). Perform analysis in order to identify the root cause of failure. Corrective Actions (CA).

  5. Blade off testing - Wikipedia

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    The tests require engine manufacturers to carry out at least two tests of the engine, to make sure that the engine can survive a compressor or fan blade breaking off within the engine and a turbine blade breaking off within the engine, without fragments being thrown through the outside enclosure of the engine, creating a contained engine failure.

  6. Comparison of orbital rocket engines - Wikipedia

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    Engine Origin Designer Vehicle Status Use Propellant Power cycle Specific impulse (s) [a] Thrust (N) [a] Chamber pressure (bar) Mass (kg) Thrust: weight ratio [b] Oxidiser: fuel ratio

  7. IBR - Wikipedia

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    IBR may refer to: Science and technology. Image-based modeling and rendering; Internet background radiation; Integrally bladed rotor, a turbomachinery component;

  8. Steam and water analysis system - Wikipedia

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    Steam and water analysis system (SWAS) [1] is a system dedicated to the analysis of steam or water. In power stations , it is usually used to analyze boiler steam and water to ensure the water used to generate electricity is clean from impurities which can cause corrosion to any metallic surface, such as in boiler and turbine .

  9. Pancake engine - Wikipedia

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    The nickname pancake engine has been applied to several types of internal combustion engine, including: Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar jet engine; Detroit Diesel Series 71 (horizontal version) Electro-Motive Diesel#EMD 'pancake' diesels 16-184 and 16-338 engines; Nordberg Manufacturing Company radial diesel engine; Volkswagen air-cooled engine