THE history of the steam turbine previous to the reign of Parsons, whose first patents were applied for in 1884, may be made out from chapters i. and ii. But descriptions of inventions in the ...

The majority of the world’s electricity is produced by steam turbines consisting of a cascade of turbine blades designed to optimize the efficient conversion of kinetic steam energy to ...

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 ...

Turbines are prime movers used for driving rotating equipment like pumps and compressors or for generating electricity required for process industries. Turbines using steam as the motive power are ...

The retirement of aging steam turbine liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers is accelerating as LNG freight rates continue to ...

The theoretically perfect turbine would be one In \ybich the ... in the side of the casing. In operation, the steam, or gas, as the case may be, is directed on the periphery of the disks through ...

Steam is commonly used across the chemical process industries (CPI) for a variety of end uses, including process heating, ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation (MCO-I), a leader in the design and manufacturing of ...