Informations and news about steam turbines
Demystifying Turbines: Powering Our World, One Spin at a Time Turbines, those enigmatic machines humming away in power plants and jet engines, might seem like complex marvels of engineering. But their core principle is surprisingly simple: harnessing the power of moving fluids to spin and generate energy. From the colossal hydroelectric giants to the miniaturized…
What is turbine used for? Turbines, those enigmatic whirring machines, are the workhorses of our modern world. But beyond their impressive size and complex engineering lies a fundamental principle: converting the power of flowing fluids into usable energy. This simple concept, however, translates into a vast array of applications, impacting nearly every facet of our…
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 (ษณ) = 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…
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.…
