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DIS-ADVANTAGE WITH THE POPULAR THREE ELEMENT TORQUE COVERTER ITS STALL TORQUE RATIO IS ONLY IN THE REGION OF 2:1 WHICH IS INSUFFICENT FOR SOME APPLICATIONS BUT THIS TORQUE MULTIPLICATION CAN BE DOUBLED BY INCREASING THE NO OF TURBINE & STATOR MEMBERS,WITH THE CONVERTER MORE STAGES OF CONVERSION
MULTI-STAGE (SIX ELEMENT) TORQUE CONVERTER IT IS COMPRISED OF ONE IMPELLER THREE INTERLINKED OUTPUT TURBINES TWO FIXED STATOR MEMBERS TRACING THE CONVERSION VORTEX CIRCUIT, STARTING FROM THE INPUT ROTATING MEMBER
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TWO VELOCITY COMPONENTS Vt & Vr MAKING UP THE RESULTANT VELOCITY Vp Vp ENTERS BETWEEN THE FIRST TURBINE BLADES T1 AND SO, IMPARTS SOME OF ITS HYDRO-KINETIC ENERGY TO THE OUTPUT r= RADIAL t= TANGENTIAL FLUID THEN PASSES WITH A VELOCITY Vt1 TO THE FIRST FIXED STATOR S1
RESULTANT VELOCITY Vs1 MADE UP FROM THE RADIAL & TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES Vr & Vt
TO THE SECOND SET OF TURBINE BLADES T2 SO THAT THE MOMENTUM IS GIVEN TO THIS MEMBER FLUID IS NOW TRANSFERD FROM THE EXIT OF THE SECOND TURBINE T2 TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE SECOND STATOR S2 HERE THE REACTION OF THE CURVEST BLADES DEFLECT THE FLUID TOWARDS THE THIRD TURBINE BLADES T3, WHICH ALSO ABSORBS THE FLUID S THRUST FINALLY THE FLUID COMPLETES ITS CIRCULATION CYCLE BY AGAIN ENTERING THE IMPELLER PASSAGES