How to Use nacelle in a Sentence

nacelle

noun

• Black smoke and flames poured from the left engine nacelle.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2017
• The motion of wind rotates the large blades of the turbine, which in turn rotates a rotor in the square box at the top of the turbine, called a nacelle.
  — London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
• On one of these retrofits, each of the two nacelles would house an electric motor of about a megawatt as well as a turbine engine.
  — Amy Jankovsky, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2023
• The nacelles that house the generator for each wind turbine are there, too.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
• What's next: a saucer section and warp-capable nacelles on the X-37B, like the ones that adorn the Starship Enterprise?
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 27 Jan. 2020
• The plane apparently has a defect that could cause an engine nacelle to break up.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2024
• Boeing decided two years ago to make some of its own nacelles after years of buying them.
  — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
• The Osprey is 57 feet long and 22 feet high with its engine nacelles rotated upward.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2019
• Kane credits the show’s cast and crew for explicating to her why Pelia would, say, request that the Enterprise vent plasma out of the warp nacelles.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 June 2023
• Because of the tilt rotor design, which places two large propellers and engine nacelles to the left and right of the fuselage, machine guns cannot be safely fired from the side of the aircraft.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2018
• One is to angle the nacelles forward rather than leaving them vertical, which would allow the aircraft to remain for about half an hour.
  — David Hambling, WIRED, 5 June 2009
• As a result, sections of the wings are much thicker than on a normal passenger jet, with a pair of engine nacelles mounted above the rear trailing edges.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 4 June 2019
• After the airplane landed safely back in Sydney, emergency crews found a gaping hole in the front part of the engine nacelle's structural casing, known as the nose cowl.
  — Jon Ostrower, CNN, 11 June 2017
• While the turbines will be supplied by General Electric, the cabinlike structures called nacelles, which house the gearing and electronics, will be made in France.
  — Stanley Reed and Ivan Penn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• The kits swap the engine in its streamlined housing (also known as nacelle) for a fuel-cell stack, power electronics, and a 2-MW electric motor.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2023
• Workers watch the unveiling of a nacelle for a wind turbine at the inauguration of a Siemens Gamesa plant in northern Germany.
  — Erin Ailworth, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
• Modern turbines are designed to detect wind speed and direction, enabling their nacelle — the top portion of the turbine that connects the blades to the tower — to rotate around the tower to better catch the wind.
  — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
• The engine includes a composite fan more than 11 feet in diameter, tucked into a 14-and-a-half-foot engine capsule, or nacelle.
  — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2019
• The company will spend about $1 million to start up an operation that builds and installs jet engine nacelles, the components that wrap around a jet engine.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• According to a Chamber news release, the company will produce and install aircraft engine nacelles at the site.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• The refueling port on the left nacelle is also exposed—either the jet was de-fueled after being declared safe or the shock of the landing knocked the door into the downward position.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2020
• The set also features adjustable and motorized turbine blades and a movable nacelle with aircraft warning lights.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2018
• At the center of the turbines are the nacelles, weighing more than 500 tons and containing the generators that convert the wind’s power into electricity.
  — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Tower sections, blades and nacelles are expected to begin arriving in New London as early as this spring.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
• Once elevated, the vessel becomes a platform where an immense crane, capable of lifting more than 1,600 tons, can install the tower sections, nacelle, and blades for each turbine.
  — Thomas Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• Momentum purchased the wind farm and upgraded the nacelles, blades, and control systems while leaving the towers, foundations, and transmission equipment.
  — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2018
• The generator weighs 40 percent less than conventional units, and the nacelle—the housing for the generator and other machinery—is 25 percent smaller.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2023
• The cool, glowing-blue circular deflector dish, the streamlined nacelles, and the tapered nacelle supports all make the ship look more futuristic and elegant, enhancing the attractive profile of the original design.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2023
• Foreign wind vendors, such as Danish turbine producer Vestas, built factories in China and instructed Chinese workers and contractors how to fabricate blades, assemble nacelles and build complex electronic controls and generators.
  — Roselyn Hsueh, Washington Post, 23 June 2017
• Take the airplane manufacturers’ recent entry into nacelle production.
  — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024