Curtis Turbine

Japanese: カーティスタービン - かーてぃすたーびん
Curtis Turbine

…After studying civil engineering and law, and working as a patent attorney for eight years, he founded the Curtis Motor Company, which produced electric motors and electric fans. In 1896, he developed the Curtis turbine, a high-efficiency impulse turbine that had a fixed blade with a row of movable blades, which reduced the steam speed in stages and made the steam pressure passing through the rotating blades constant. It became popular as a prime mover for power plants and marine engines. He also invented the Curtis scavenging system for two-stroke engines. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Curtis turbine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…土木工学,法律学を学び,8年間特許弁理士を務めた後,カーティス電動機製造会社を設立し,電動機や扇風機を生産した。1896年,等蒸気圧式の速度複段式タービン(カーティスタービン)を開発,これは,固定羽根に可動羽根の列をつけ加え,蒸気速度を段階的に減少させて,回転羽根を通る蒸気圧を一定にした高効率の衝動タービンで,発電所用原動機,船舶用機関として普及した。ほかに2サイクル機関用のカーティス掃気システムの発明もある。…

※「カーティスタービン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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