There are two basic types of steam turbines: impulse and reaction. Impulse turbines are used for smaller power-generation applications. Reaction turbines are used for industrial-scale power generation ...

Mr. Tesla maintains that in the turbine which forms the subjprt of this article, he has carried the steam and gas motor a long step forward toward the maximum attainable efficiency, both ...

In a steam turbine, high-enthalpy (high pressure and temperature) steam is expanded in the nozzles (stationary blades) where the kinetic energy is increased at the expense of pressure energy (increase ...

Lord Kelvin once described the work done by the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons in connection with the steam turbine as ranking in importance with the work of James Watt. The council of the Royal Society ...

Specifically excluded from consideration are extraction turbines, automated start up/shutdown systems, turbine supervisory instrumentation, steam bypass systems and turbine water induction prevention ...

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Back in the early 2000s, some controversy emerged about the practice of spraying large amounts of fog directly into the ...

The generator stator has been hoisted into place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang ...

The Kirov-class battlecruisers were developed during the Cold War to counter U.S. naval dominance, particularly the threat ...

Steam turbine technology is also becoming increasingly versatile and is able to accommodate the specific requirements of facilities, he explains. At the Sappi Saiccor mill, for instance, there is ...

Valmet retrofits turbine automation systems and training simulator at Fortum’s nuclear power plant in Loviisa, Finland. 13/09 ...

By 2033, the sulfuric acid industry sales are anticipated to reach a valuation of USD 26,586.30 million. The global market ...