Air Turbine

An air turbine is a turbine driven by airflow. Various forms include:

  • Wind turbine, a renewable energy source
  • Ram air turbine (RAT), an emergency power system for aircraft
  • Small air turbines, used as high-speed pneumatic motors in tools such as dentist's drills.

Famous quotes containing the word air:

    “A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.”
    —O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] (1862–1910)