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Description: This is a low pressure steam turbine from the nuclear power plant Philippsburg/Germany. It has a weight of 190t, is 11.47m long and has a maximum diameter of 5.62m. Input is 480kg per second of steam with an entry pressure of 10.54 bar, output pressure of 0.0456 bar. The shaft rotated at 25 turns per second and the entire plant had a power of 1400 MW.
Title: Turbine Philippsburg-1
Credit: Flickr photo page "Dampfturbine"
Author: Christine und David Schmitt from Vienna, Austria, Austria
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
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