Informations and news about steam turbines
The steam turbine is a type of impulse reaction turbine which converts the thermal energy into mechanical energy. The history of this turbine goes back to the first century but Sir Charles Parsons invest the modern manifestation of the steam engine in 1884. This turbine has applications in transport mediums which use steam engines like trains and ships…
The efficiency of any turbine or engine can be defined as its ability to convert the input energy into useful output energy which is expressed in the form of the following equation. Efficiency (ɳ) = Output / Input An ideal turbine with 100% efficiency is the one which converts all its input energy into output work without dissipating…
All steam turbines can be classified into two categories; extraction (condensing) steam turbine and non-condensing steam turbine also known as back pressure steam turbines. Both of these steam turbine types have their own operating schemes and benefits which are described here in detail. Extraction Steam Turbine Figure 1: Extraction (condensing) steam turbine The extraction turbine…
What is a Turbine? There are a lot of definition of turbine. We sort of turbine definitions from different sources. Turbine : A turbine has blades at one end and electromagnets at the other which create electricity as the blades move. Turbines are using in creating electricity from wind, water and steam power. Biomass Turbine : The part…
De Laval, Parsons and Curtis developed the concept for the steam turbine in the 1880s. Modern steam turbines use essentially the same concept but many detailed improvements have been made in the intervening years mainly to improve turbine efficiency. Steam turbines are used in all of our major coal fired power stations to drive the generators or alternators, which produce electricity.…
