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Steam turbine

A steam turbine is a machine that gets thermal energy from pressurised steam. It uses the energy to do mechanical work by rotation. It is usually connected to a generator to produce electricity.

Sizes

There are many sizes of steam turbines, from small ones (less than 0.75 kW) for pumps and other devices, to larger ones (1,500,000 kW) for producing electricity.

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Images for kids

  • TMW 773 - Steam turbine generator set

    A 250 kW industrial steam turbine from 1910 (right) directly linked to a generator (left)

  • Dampfturbine Montage01

    A steam turbine without its top cover

  • AEG marine steam turbine (Rankin Kennedy, Modern Engines, Vol VI)

    Diagram of an AEG marine steam turbine circa 1905

  • BalNPP m st2

    A low-pressure steam turbine in a nuclear power plant. These turbines exhaust steam at a pressure below atmospheric.

  • Turbine Philippsburg-1

    A two-flow turbine rotor. The steam enters in the middle of the shaft, and exits at each end, balancing the axial force.

  • TurbineBlades

    A selection of impulse turbine blades

  • Edited blade design 1

    Velocity triangle

  • Edited cdn

    Convergent-divergent nozzle

  • Edited efficiency impulse

    Graph depicting efficiency of impulse turbine

  • Edited blade design

    Velocity diagram

  • Edited comparing efficiencies

    Comparing Efficiencies of Impulse and Reaction turbines

  • Modern Steam Turbine Generator

    A modern steam turbine generator installation

  • Turbine generator systems1

    Diagram of a steam turbine generator system

  • Rankine cycle with superheat

    T-s diagram of a superheated Rankine cycle

  • Dampfturbine 5 MW mit ELIN Generator

    A direct-drive 5 MW steam turbine

  • Turbinia At Speed

    Turbinia, 1894, the first steam turbine-powered ship

  • SS MAUI high and low pressure turbines 1917

    High and low pressure turbines for SS Maui

  • Wirnik turbiny parowej ORP Wicher

    Parsons turbine from the 1928 Polish destroyer Wicher

  • 50letPob pole

    NS 50 Let Pobedy, a nuclear icebreaker with nuclear-turbo-electric propulsion

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Turbina de vapor para niños

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