A steam turbine is designed and optimized for a specific set of steam conditions. After long term operations either the steam path components deteriorate or due to changes in steam conditions, a ...

Over the last 20 years, the power industry has experienced a shift in steam turbine (ST) maintenance strategies driven by two compounding factors. The first factor has become the overwhelming task of ...

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

Pilsen (02/11/2020) Pilsen steam turbine manufacturer Doosan Škoda Power will supply a steam turbine to Japan for the first time. Doosan Škoda Power has signed a contract to supply a two-core steam ...

Steam gets scary in many ways at very high temperatures, and a Rankine cycle isn't all that efficient (although can be (and generally is) improved with "reheat" cycles ... which are needed in the ...

Steam turbine technology took a leap in June as Siemens revealed a 10-MW prototype that uses magnetic force to suspend a rotor weighing several tons. The innovation means that instead of needing ...

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TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has received an order to supply two sets of steam turbine and generators (STG) for the Norte III Combined Cycle Power ...

Steam turbines have helped drive a large chunk of our technological development over the last century or so, and they’ll always make for interesting DIY. [Hyperspace Pirate] built a small turbine and ...

MitsubishiHeavy Industries (MHI) has announced the expansion of its facilitiesfor producing turbines for power generation. Plans include a new plantspecifically for steam turbines for nuclear power ...

GE Steam Power announced today that it has designed and manufactured the largest-ever (75-inch) last-stage blade for its Arabelle low-pressure rotor. The blade will enable the Hinkley Point C nuclear ...

Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines. Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while ...