Kevin
So, using your theory, a wind "turbine" should be able, with the same amount of rpm as a power station turbine, to provide the same amount of electrical power.
Where did I say that? I spent many years maintaining and operating steam turbines and very large turbochargers on marine diesel engines and spent years at college studying the theory of how they work. Turbines don't amplify power.
Wrt what I say, just look at what the turbo in your car does...
The turbine in the turbocharger under the bonnet of your car harnesses the energy from the flow of exhaust gases and uses this to drive a compressor to force air under pressure into the engine. A greater mass of air equals more oxygen which means you can burn more fuel and hence get more power from a given displacement. Nothing to do with "amplifying power".
A turbine is a device used to convert a flow of fluid into work. A windmill is one form of a turbine as are those great big things that are sprouting up all over the place to harness wind energy to generate electricity.
Now I will give myself a warning for going off topic. But I do like windmills and hope that the update gives us many of them.
1. Apologies for any minor innaccuracies. Maybe I should have said part of power amplification circuits rather than calling turbines the power amplifiers themselves.
2. I did not know your background, so , sorry for any unintended condesention or rudeness. Personally, I have studied Mechanical Engineering upto undergraduate level, but with life and all, I have become, maybe, a little rusty in the subject.
3. Anything that can be used in a positive feedback loop to increase the overall power output of a system is a power amplifier. Ergo your description of a turbocharger is in accordance with my saying that turbines can amplify power output. I may not have put this as clearly and succinctly as I should have, so once again, my apologies...
In general, sorry mate.
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