Recent technological advances in mechanical and aerodynamic design of the turbine steam path are resulting in higher reliability and efficiency. Historically, utility steam turbine design has been ...

The row of last-stage blades (LSBs) in a steam turbine’s low-pressure (LP) section is a key element of the turbine’s design because it defines the machine’s overall performance, dimensions, and number ...

Steam turbines are often regarded as something classic, motionless, and having reached the terminal of their evolution. Nevertheless, they continue to evolve, and Douglas J. Smith’s article in the ...

ASME’s latest revision of its Recommended Practices for the Prevention of Water Damage to Steam Turbines Used for Electric Power Generation: Fossil-Fuel Plants, ASME TDP-1-2006, contains much ...

Steam turbine blades are critical components in power generation, and their failure can have profound economic and safety implications. Recent studies have underscored the importance of understanding ...

GE Steam Power has delivered the first Arabelle steam turbine module for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey. Manufactured at its factory in Belfort, France, the turbine module ...

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 ...