July 15, 2019
CategoriesGas Turbines

Engineering advancements pioneered the development of gas turbines in the early 1900s, and turbines began to be used for stationary electric power generation in the late 1930s. Turbines revolutionized airplane propulsion in the 1940s, and in the 1990s through today have been a popular choice for new power generation plants in the United States. Gas turbines are available in…

June 6, 2019
CategoriesSteam Turbines

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…