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turbo-supercharger
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Turbo-supercharger
An exhaust-driven supercharger, the advantage of which is that it can maintain sea-level engine performance at great heights. Disadvantages are high working temperature and excessive turbine speed.
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turbosupercharger
(from the article `supercharger`) ...supercharging compensates for the reduced atmospheric pressure at high altitudes. Development of the gas turbine, which requires constant flow of ... In the United States, Sanford A. Moss, an engineer with the General Electric Co., came close to inventing a jet e... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/93
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turbosupercharger
turbocharger, turbosupercharger 1. A specialized turbine driven by the exhaust gases of an engine that supplies air under pressure to the engine for combustion. 2. An exhaust gas-driven device consisting of a shaft with two vaned fan-type wheels at each end. At the hot end, the turbine wheel is dr... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2197/3
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