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Topic : Study and explain different types of turbines and

their applications in various field.

Submitted To: Guravtar Singh sir

Submitted By:
Name: Md Mehtab Khan
Class:B.Tech,CSE4A
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 Contents
1.Turbines.

1.1 Theory of operation .

1.1.1 Impulse turbines
1.1.2 Reaction turbines

2 Types of Turbines
2.1 Stream turbines.
2.2 Gas turbines.
2.3 Transonic turbine.
2.4 Contra-rotating.
2.5 Statorless turbine.
2.6 Ceramic turbine.

3 Application of turbines.
Turbine

A steam turbine with the case opened.

A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful
work.

The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum
with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades, or the blades react to the flow, so that
they move and impart rotational energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples
are windmills and water wheels.

Gas, steam, and water turbines usually have a casing around the blades that contains and
controls the working fluid. Credit for invention of the steam turbine is given both to the
British Engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931), for invention of the reaction turbine and to
Swedish Engineer Gustaf de Laval (1845-1913), for invention of the impulse turbine. Modern
steam turbines frequently employ both reaction and impulse in the same unit, typically
varying the degree of reaction and impulse from the blade root to its periphery.

A device similar to a turbine but operating in reverse, ie. driven, is a compressor or pump.
The axial compressor in many gas turbine engines is a common example. Here again, both
reaction and impulse are employed and again, in modern axial compressors, the degree of
reaction and impulse will typically vary from the blade root to its periphery.
 Theory of operation

A working fluid contains potential energy (pressure head) and kinetic energy (velocity
head). The fluid may be compressible orincompressible. Several physical principles are
employed by turbines to collect this energy:
Impulse turbines
These turbines change the direction of flow of a high velocity fluid or gas jet. The
resulting impulse spins the turbine and leaves the fluid flow with diminished kinetic
energy. There is no pressure change of the fluid or gas in the turbine rotor blades (the
moving blades), as in the case of a steam or gas turbine, all the pressure drop takes place
in the stationary blades (the nozzles).
Before reaching the turbine, the fluid's pressure head is changed to velocity head by
accelerating the fluid with a nozzle. Pelton wheels andde Laval turbines use this process
exclusively. Impulse turbines do not require a pressure casement around the rotor since
the fluid jet is created by the nozzle prior to reaching the blading on the rotor. Newton's
second law describes the transfer of energy for impulse turbines.
Reaction turbines
These turbines develop torque by reacting to the gas or fluid's pressure or mass. The
pressure of the gas or fluid changes as it passes through the turbine rotor blades. A
pressure casement is needed to contain the working fluid as it acts on the turbine stage(s)
or the turbine must be fully immersed in the fluid flow (such as with wind turbines). The
casing contains and directs the working fluid and, for water turbines, maintains the
suction imparted by the draft tube. Francis turbines and most steam turbines use this
concept. For compressible working fluids, multiple turbine stages are usually used to
harness the expanding gas efficiently. Newton's third lawdescribes the transfer of energy
for reaction turbines.

In the case of steam turbines, such as would be used for marine applications or for land-
based electricity generation, a Parsons type reaction turbine would require approximately
double the number of blade rows as a de Laval type impulse turbine, for the same degree
of thermal energy conversion. Whilst this makes the Parsons turbine much longer and
heavier, the overall efficiency of a reaction turbine is slightly higher than the equivalent
impulse turbine for the same thermal energy conversion.

Steam turbines and later, gas turbines developed continually during the 20th Century,
continue to do so and in practice, modern turbine designs will use both reaction and
impulse concepts to varying degrees whenever possible. Wind turbines use an airfoil to
generate lift from the moving fluid and impart it to the rotor (this is a form of reaction).
Wind turbines also gain some energy from the impulse of the wind, by deflecting it at an
angle. Crossflow turbines are designed as an impulse machine, with a nozzle, but in low
head applications maintain some efficiency through reaction, like a traditional water
wheel. Turbines with multiple stages may utilize either reaction or impulse blading at
high pressure. Steam Turbines were traditionally more impulse but continue to move
towards reaction designs similar to those used in Gas Turbines. At low pressure the
operating fluid medium expands in volume for small reductions in pressure. Under these
conditions (termed Low Pressure Turbines) blading becomes strictly a reaction type
design with the base of the blade solely impulse. The reason is due to the effect of the
rotation speed for each blade. As the volume increases, the blade height increases, and
the base of the blade spins at a slower speed relative to the tip. This change in speed
forces a designer to change from impulse at the base, to a high reaction style tip.

Classical turbine design methods were developed in the mid 19th century. Vector
analysis related the fluid flow with turbine shape and rotation. Graphical calculation
methods were used at first. Formulae for the basic dimensions of turbine parts are well
documented and a highly efficient machine can be reliably designed for any fluid flow
condition. Some of the calculations are empirical or 'rule of thumb' formulae, and others
are based on classical mechanics. As with most engineering calculations, simplifying
assumptions were made.
Velocity triangles can be used to calculate the basic performance of a turbine stage. Gas
exits the stationary turbine nozzle guide vanes at absolute velocity Va1. The rotor rotates
at velocity U. Relative to the rotor, the velocity of the gas as it impinges on the rotor
entrance is Vr1. The gas is turned by the rotor and exits, relative to the rotor, at
velocity Vr2. However, in absolute terms the rotor exit velocity is Va2. The velocity
triangles are constructed using these various velocity vectors. Velocity triangles can be
constructed at any section through the blading (for example: hub , tip, midsection and so
on) but are usually shown at the mean stage radius. Mean performance for the stage can
be calculated from the velocity triangles, at this radius, using the Euler equation:

Whence:

where:

specific enthalpy drop across stage

turbine entry total (or stagnation) temperature
turbine rotor peripheral velocity
change in whirl velocity

The turbine pressure ratio is a function of and the turbine efficiency.

Modern turbine design carries the calculations further. Computational fluid

dynamics dispenses with many of the simplifying assumptions used to derive classical
formulas and computer software facilitates optimization. These tools have led to steady
improvements in turbine design over the last forty years.

The primary numerical classification of a turbine is its specific speed. This number
describes the speed of the turbine at its maximum efficiency with respect to the power
and flow rate. The specific speed is derived to be independent of turbine size. Given the
fluid flow conditions and the desired shaft output speed, the specific speed can be
calculated and an appropriate turbine design selected.

The specific speed, along with some fundamental formulas can be used to reliably scale
an existing design of known performance to a new size with corresponding performance.
 Types of turbines
1.Steam turbine

A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant

A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam,
and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles
Parsons in 1884

It has almost completely replaced the reciprocating piston steam engine primarily because of
its greater thermal efficiency and higherpower-to-weight ratio. Because the turbine
generates rotary motion, it is particularly suited to be used to drive an electrical generator –
about 80% of all electricity generation in the world is by use of steam turbines. The steam
turbine is a form of heat engine that derives much of its improvement in thermodynamic
efficiency through the use of multiple stages in the expansion of the steam, which results in a
closer approach to the ideal reversible process.
Types of stream turbine
Steam turbines are made in a variety of sizes ranging from small <1 hp (<0.75 kW) units
(rare) used as mechanical drives for pumps, compressors and other shaft driven equipment, to
2,000,000 hp (1,500,000 kW) turbines used to generate electricity. There are several
classifications for modern steam turbines.
Steam Supply and Exhaust Conditions
These types include condensing, noncondensing, reheat, extraction and induction.

Noncondensing or backpressure turbines are most widely used for process steam applications.
The exhaust pressure is controlled by a regulating valve to suit the needs of the process steam
pressure. These are commonly found at refineries, district heating units, pulp and paper
plants, and desalination facilities where large amounts of low pressure process steam are
available.

Condensing turbines are most commonly found in electrical power plants. These turbines
exhaust steam in a partially condensed state, typically of a quality near 90%, at a pressure
well below atmospheric to a condenser.

Reheat turbines are also used almost exclusively in electrical power plants. In a reheat
turbine, steam flow exits from a high pressure section of the turbine and is returned to the
boiler where additional superheat is added. The steam then goes back into an intermediate
pressure section of the turbine and continues its expansion.

Extracting type turbines are common in all applications. In an extracting type turbine, steam
is released from various stages of the turbine, and used for industrial process needs or sent to
boiler feedwater heaters to improve overall cycle efficiency. Extraction flows may be
controlled with a valve, or left uncontrolled.

Induction turbines introduce low pressure steam at an intermediate stage to produce

additional power.
 Casing or Shaft Arrangements
These arrangements include single casing, tandem compound and cross compound turbines.
Single casing units are the most basic style where a single casing and shaft are coupled to a
generator. Tandem compound are used where two or more casings are directly coupled
together to drive a single generator. A cross compound turbine arrangement features two or
more shafts not in line driving two or more generators that often operate at different speeds.
A cross compound turbine is typically used for many large applications.
Principle of Operation and Design
An ideal steam turbine is considered to be an isentropic process, or constant entropy process,
in which the entropy of the steam entering the turbine is equal to the entropy of the steam
leaving the turbine. No steam turbine is truly “isentropic”, however, with typical isentropic
efficiencies ranging from 20%-90% based on the application of the turbine. The interior of a
turbine comprises several sets of blades, or “buckets” as they are more commonly referred to.
One set of stationary blades is connected to the casing and one set of rotating blades is
connected to the shaft. The sets intermesh with certain minimum clearances, with the size and
configuration of sets varying to efficiently exploit the expansion of steam at each stage.

2.Gas turbine

A typical axial-flow gas turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right,
multistage compressor on left, combustion chambers center, two-stage turbine on right

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary engine that extracts energy from
a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstreamcompressor coupled to a downstream turbine,
and a combustion chamber in-between. (Gas turbine may also refer to just
the turbine element.)

Energy is added to the gas stream in the combustor, where fuel is mixed with air and ignited.
In the high pressure environment of the combustor; combustion of the fuel increases
the temperature. The products of the combustion are forced into the turbine section. There,
the high velocity andvolume of the gas flow is directed through a nozzle over the turbine's
blades, spinning the turbine which powers the compressor and, for some turbines, drives their
mechanical output. The energy given up to the turbine comes from the reduction in the
temperature of the exhaust gas.

Energy is extracted in the form of shaft power, compressed air and thrust, in any
combination, and used to power aircraft, trains, ships,generators, and even tanks.
Theory of operation
Gas turbines are described thermodynamically by the Brayton cycle, in which air is
compressed isentropically, combustion occurs at constant pressure, and expansion over the
turbine occurs isentropically back to the starting pressure.

In practice, friction and turbulence cause:

1. non-isentropic compression: for a given overall pressure ratio, the compressor

delivery temperature is higher than ideal.
2. non-isentropic expansion: although the turbine temperature drop necessary to
drive the compressor is unaffected, the associated pressure ratio is greater, which
decreases the expansion available to provide useful work.
3. pressure losses in the air intake, combustor and exhaust: reduces the expansion
available to provide useful work.

Brayton cycle

As with all cyclic heat engines, higher combustion temperature means greater efficiency. The
limiting factor is the ability of the steel, nickel, ceramic, or other materials that make up the
engine to withstand heat and pressure. Considerable engineering goes into keeping the
turbine parts cool. Most turbines also try to recover exhaust heat, which otherwise is wasted
energy. Recuperators are heat exchangers that pass exhaust heat to the compressed air, prior
to combustion.Combined cycle designs pass waste heat to steam turbine systems.
And combined heat and power (co-generation) uses waste heat for hot water production.

Mechanically, gas turbines can be considerably less complex than internal combustion piston
engines. Simple turbines might have one moving part: the
shaft/compressor/turbine/alternative-rotor assembly (see image above), not counting the fuel
system. However, the required precision manufacturing for components and temperature
resistant alloys necessary for high efficiency often make the construction of a simple turbine
more complicated than piston engines.

More sophisticated turbines (such as those found in modern jet engines) may have multiple
shafts (spools), hundreds of turbine blades, movable stator blades, and a vast system of
complex piping, combustors and heat exchangers.

As a general rule, the smaller the engine the higher the rotation rate of the shaft(s) needs to be
to maintain top speed. Turbine blade top speed determines the maximum pressure that can be
gained,this produces the maximum power possible independent of the size of the engine. Jet
engines operate around 10,000 rpm and micro turbines around 100,000 rpm.

Thrust bearings and journal bearings are a critical part of design. Traditionally, they have
been hydrodynamic oil bearings, or oil-cooled ball bearings. These bearings are being
surpassed by foil bearings, which have been successfully used in micro turbines and auxiliary
power units.
Industrial gas turbines for electrical generation

GE H series power generation gas turbine. This 480-megawatt unit has a ratedthermal
efficiency of 60% in combined cycleconfigurations.

Industrial gas turbines differ from aeroderivative in that the frames, bearings, and blading is
of heavier construction. Industrial gas turbines range in size from truck-mounted mobile
plants to enormous, complex systems. They can be particularly efficient—up to 60%—when
waste heat from the gas turbine is recovered by a heat recovery steam generator to power a
conventional steam turbine in a combined cycle configuration. They can also be run in
acogeneration configuration: the exhaust is used for space or water heating, or drives
an absorption chiller for cooling or refrigeration. Such engines require a dedicated enclosure,
both to protect the engine from the elements and the operators from the noise.

The construction process for gas turbines can take as little as several weeks to a few months,
compared to years for base load power plants. Their other main advantage is the ability to be
turned on and off within minutes, supplying power during peak demand. Because they are
 less efficient than combined cycle plants, they are usually used as peaking power plants,
which operate anywhere from several hours per day to a few dozen hours per year, depending
on the electricity demand and the generating capacity of the region. In areas with a shortage
of base load and load following power plant capacity, a gas turbine power plant may
regularly operate during most hours of the day and even into the evening. A typical large
single-cycle gas turbine may produce 100 to 300 megawatts of power and have 35–
40% thermal efficiency.

The most efficient single-cycle turbines have reached 40% efficiency. "Combined-cycle
power plants, in which exhaust heat from a gas turbine driving an electrical generator is used
to make steam to power a separate [steam] turbine driving yet another electrical generator,
can see efficiencies as high as 58 percent."

3.Transonic

F/A-18 flying at transonic speed

Transonic is an aeronautics term referring to the condition in which a range of velocities of

airflow exist surrounding and flowing past an air vehicle or an airfoil. Air flow velocities are
concurrently below, at, and above the speed of sound at the pressure and temperature of the
airflow of the air vehicle's local environment (about mach 0.8–1.2). It is formally defined as
the range of speeds between the critical Mach number, when some parts of the airflow over
an air vehicle or air foil are supersonic, and a higher speed, typically near Mach 1.2, when all
of the airflow is supersonic. Between these speeds some of the airflow is supersonic, and
some is not.

Most modern jet powered aircraft are engineered to operate with as high a transonic air speed
as possible, before their air foils experience the onset of transonic wave drag, which is
prevalent and really defines the beginning of the transonic speed ranges. The importance of
transonic wave drag lies in the fact that it is both an unpredictable and non-linear
phenomenon. That is the behavior of an airfoil, or an airframe, is very difficult to predict at
the onset of transonic wave drag. Also the rate of increase in drag is almost never linearly
related to an increase in speed. In the transonic region an air foil’s speed may increase by say
2%, but the increase in drag (in the transonic region) may be 8%. Worst of all in the transonic
region for an airfoil an increase in speed that goes from a 2% to 3% increase; can yield an
increase in transonic drag that rises from 8% to 16%. Attempts to combat wave drag can be
seen on all high-speed aircraft; most notable is the use of swept wings, but another common
form is a wasp-waist fuselage as a side effect of the Whitcomb area rule.

Severe instability can occur at transonic speeds. Shock waves move through the air at the
speed of sound. When an object such as an aircraft also moves at the speed of sound, these
shock waves build up in front of it to form a single, very large shock wave. During transonic
flight, the plane must pass through this large shock wave, as well as contending with the
instability caused by air moving faster than sound over parts of the wing and slower in other
parts. The difference in speed is due to Bernoulli's principle.

Transonic speeds can also occur at the tips of rotor blades of helicopters and aircraft.
However, as this puts severe, unequal stresses on the rotor blade, it is avoided and may lead
to dangerous accidents if it occurs. It is one of the limiting factors to the size of rotors, and
also to the forward speeds of helicopters (as this speed is added to the forward-sweeping
(leading) side of the rotor, thus possibly causing localized transonics).

Interesting facts

Transonic flow patterns on an airfoilshowing flow patterns at and above critical Mach
number.

 At transonic speeds intense low-pressure areas form at various points around an

aircraft. If conditions are right (i.e. high humidity) visible clouds will form in these low-
pressure areas as shown in the illustration; these are called Prandtl-Glauert singularities.
These clouds remain with the aircraft as it travels. It is not necessary for the aircraft as a
whole to reach supersonic speeds for these clouds to form.
 Transonic flow patterns on F-16 fighter aircraft

Transonic flow patterns on F-16 fighter aircraft

Transonic Flows in Astronomy and Astrophysics

In Astrophysics, wherever there is evidence of shocks (standing, propagating or oscillating),

the flow close by must be transonic as only supersonic flows form shocks. Interestingly all
the black hole accretions are transonic (S.K. Chakrabarti, ApJ, 1996, v. 471, p. 237), many of
the flows also have shocks very close to the black holes.

The outflows or jets from young stellar objects or disks around black holes can also be
transonic since they start subsonically and at a far distance they are invariably supersonic.
Supernovae explosion is accompanied by super sonic flows and shock waves. Bow shocks
formed in solar winds around the earth is a direct result of transonic wind from the sun.

4.Contra-rotating
 Contra-rotating propellers on a Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered P-51 unlimited racer.

Contra-rotating, also referred to as coaxial contra-rotating, is a technique

whereby propellers or fan blades mounted on a common axle rotate in opposite directions. It
is used in aircraft engines, resulting in the maximum power of a
single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in opposite rotation. Contra-rotating
propellers are also common in some marine transmission systems, in particular for large
speed boats with planing hulls. Two propellers are arranged one behind the other, and power
is transferred from the engine via planetary gear transmission. The configuration can also be
used in helicopterdesigns, where similar issues and principles of torque apply.

Contra-rotating propellers should not be confused with counter-rotating propellers, a term

which describes non-coaxial twin-propellered craft with each propeller on its own shaft; one
turning clockwise and the other counter-clockwise.

The efficiency of a contra-rotating prop is somewhat offset by its mechanical complexity.

Nonetheless, coaxial contra-rotating propellers and rotors are moderately common
in military aircraft and naval applications, such as torpedoes, where the added maintenance is
not a primary concern to government budgets.
Aircraft propulsion

While several nations experimented with contra-rotating propellers in aircraft, only the
United Kingdom and Soviet Union produced them in large numbers. The U.S. worked with
several prototypes, including the tail-sitting Convair XFY and Lockheed
XFV "Pogo" VTOL fighters, but jet engine technology was advancing rapidly and the
designs were deemed unnecessary. Kaman Aircraft designed theH-43 Huskie and K-
Max light utility helicopter with intermeshing contra-rotating blades.

Tandem-rotor designs such as the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-47 Chinook use
a counter-rotating arrangement to offset torque; the rotors do not share a common coaxial
hub.

A new usage of contra-rotating propulsion in aircraft can be found in the F-35B variant of the
new F-35 Lightning II strike fighter, which uses a lift fan with contra-rotating blades.
 Marine propulsion

A Mark 46 Mod 5A torpedo is inspected aboard the guided missile destroyer USSMustin in
April 2005

Contra-rotating propellers have benefits in providing thrust for boats for the same
reasons. ABB have provided an azimuth thruster to ShinNihonkai Ferries in form of
the CRP Azipod,[1] claiming efficiency gains from the propeller itself (about 10% increase)
and the more simple hull design. Volvo Penta have launched the IPS (Inboard Performance
System) an integrated diesel, transmission and pulling contra-rotating propellers for motor
yachts. Torpedoes have commonly used contra-rotating propellers to give the maximum
possible speed within a limited diameter as well as counteracting the torque that would
otherwise tend to cause the torpedo to rotate around its own longitudinal axis.
Advantages

 The propeller-induced heeling moment is compensated (negligible for larger ships).

 More power can be transmitted for a given propeller radius.
 The propeller efficiency is usually increased.

Disadvantages

 The mechanical installation of coaxial contra-rotating shafts is complicated, expensive

and requires more maintenance.
 The hydrodynamic gains are partially reduced by mechanical losses in shafting.

Contra-rotating propellers are used on torpedoes due to the natural torque compensation and
are also used in some motor boats. The cost of boring out the outer shafts and problems of
mounting the inner shaft bearings are not worth pursuing in case of normal ships.
 5.Stator

Rotor and stator of electric motor

The stator is the stationary part of a rotor system, found in an electric generator or electric
motor

Depending on the configuration of a spinning electromotive device the stator may act as
the field magnet, interacting with the armature to create motion, or it may act as the armature,
receiving its influence from moving field coils on the rotor.

The first DC generators (known as dynamos) and DC motors put the field coils on the stator,
and the power generation or motive reaction coils on the rotor. This was necessary because a
continuously moving power switch known as the commutator is needed to keep the field
correctly aligned across the spinning rotor. The commutator must become larger and more
robust as the current increases.

The stator of these devices may be either a permanent magnet or an electromagnet. Where the
stator is an electromagnet, the coil which energizes it is known as the field coil or field
winding.

An AC alternator is able to produce power across multiple high-current power generation

coils connected in parallel, eliminating the need for the commutator. Placing the field coils on
the rotor allows for an inexpensive slip ring mechanism to transfer high-voltage, low current
power to the rotating field coil.

It consists of a steel frame enclosing a hollow cylindrical core (made up of laminations of

silicon steel). The laminations are to reduce hysteresis and eddy current losses.
 6.Ceramic

A ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent
cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may
be amorphous (e.g., a glass). Because most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of
ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline
glasses.

The earliest ceramics were pottery objects made from clay, either by itself or mixed with
other materials. This clay is often times fired in a kiln and then glazed and re-fired to create a
colored, smooth surface. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial and building products
and art objects. In the 20th century, newceramic materials were developed for use in
advanced ceramic engineering; for example, in semiconductors.

The word ceramic comes from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos) meaning pottery,
which is said to derive from the Indo-European word ker, meaning heat. Ceramic may be
used as an adjective describing a material, product or process; or as a singular noun, or, more
commonly, as a plural noun,ceramics.

7.Shrouded
Shrouded turbine. Many turbine rotor blades have shrouding at the top, which interlocks with
that of adjacent blades, to increase damping and thereby reduce blade flutter. In large land-
based electricity generation steam turbines, the shrouding is often complemented, especially
in the long blades of a low-pressure turbine, with lacing wires. These are wires which pass
through holes drilled in the blades at suitable distances from the blade root and the wires are
usually brazed to the blades at the point where they pass through. The lacing wires are
designed to reduce blade flutter in the central part of the blades. The introduction of lacing
wires substantially reduces the instances of blade failure in large or low-pressure turbines.

Other
 Velocity compound "Curtis". Curtis combined the de Laval and Parsons turbine by
using a set of fixed nozzles on the first stage or stator and then a rank of fixed and
rotating blade rows, as in the Parsons or de Laval, typically up to ten compared with up to
a hundred stages of a Parsons design. The overall efficiency of a Curtis design is less than
that of either the Parsons or de Laval designs, but it can be satisfactorily operated through
a much wider range of speeds, including successful operation at low speeds and at lower
pressures, which made it ideal for use in ships' powerplant. In a Curtis arrangement, the
entire heat drop in the steam takes place in the initial nozzle row and both the subsequent
moving blade rows and stationary blade rows merely change the direction of the steam. It
should be noted that the use of a small section of a Curtis arrangement, typically one
nozzle section and two or three rows of moving blades is usually termed a Curtis 'Wheel'
and in this form, the Curtis found widespread use at sea as a 'governing stage' on many
reaction and impulse turbines and turbine sets. This practice is still commonplace today in
marine steam plant.

 Pressure Compound Multistage Impulse or Rateau. The Rateau employs simple

Impulse rotors separated by a nozzle diaphragm. The diaphragm is essentially a partition
wall in the turbine with a series of tunnels cut into it, funnel shaped with the broad end
facing the previous stage and the narrow the next they are also angled to direct the steam
jets onto the impulse rotor.

Applications of turbines.
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
Water turbines are used almost exclusively for generating electric power that can be
transmitted through high-voltage power lines to population centres. The United States and
Canada are among the leaders in hydroelectric power production, though many other
countries also have major production facilities. Until the late 1950s most single
turbogenerator units had capacities of less than 150,000 kilowatts. By the late 1980s
construction costs and the need for reliability pointed toward 250,000- to 300,000-kilowatt
 units, although some recent installations were equipped with turbines capable of up to
750,000 kilowatts.

PUMPED STORAGE
Electricity must be used as soon as it is generated; there are no economical means of storing
large quantities of electric energy. Thus hydroelectric plants built for near-maximum power
consumption during daytime peak hours would have to operate at low efficiency during
nighttime or weekend off-hours. To avoid this, water can be pumped to a second, higher
reservoir during off-hours for storage in the form of potential energy and then fed back
through power-generating turbines at times of high demand. Even though this system does
not generate new energy (there actually is a reduction in energy due to ...

TIDAL PLANTS
Although the majority of hydroelectric plants depend on the impoundment of rivers, tidal
power still could play a role, albeit minor, in electric power generation during the coming
years. Areas where the normal tide runs high, such as in the Bay of Fundy between the
United States and Canada or along the English Channel, can allow water to flow into a dam-
controlled basin during high tide and discharge it during low tide to produce intermittent
power. One such plant is located in France on the estuary of the Rance River near Saint-Malo
in Brittany.

COST OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER

Although large hydroelectric plants can be operated economically, the cost of land
acquisition and of dam and reservoir construction must be included in the total cost of power,
since these outlays generally account for about half of the total initial cost. Most large plants
serve multiple purposes: hydropower generation, flood control, storage of drinking water,
and the impounding of water for irrigation. If the construction costsare properly prorated to
the non-power-producing utility of the unit, electricity can be sold very cheaply.

Almost all electrical power on Earth is produced with a turbine of some type. Very high
efficiency steam turbines harness about 40% of the thermal energy, with the rest exhausted as
waste heat.

Most jet engines rely on turbines to supply mechanical work from their working fluid and
fuel as do all nuclear ships and power plants.

Turbines are often part of a larger machine. A gas turbine, for example, may refer to an
internal combustion machine that contains a turbine, ducts, compressor, combustor, heat-
exchanger, fan and (in the case of one designed to produce electricity) an alternator.
However, it must be noted that the collective machine referred to as the turbine in these cases
is designed to transfer energy from a fuel to the fluid passing through such an internal
combustion device as a means of propulsion, and not to transfer energy from the fluid passing
through the turbine to the turbine as is the case in turbines used for electricity provision etc.
 Reciprocating piston engines such as aircraft engines can use a turbine powered by their
exhaust to drive an intake-air compressor, a configuration known as
a turbocharger (turbine supercharger) or, colloquially, a "turbo".

Turbines can have very high power density (ie the ratio of power to weight, or power to
volume). This is because of their ability to operate at very high speeds. The Space Shuttle's
main engines useturbopumps (machines consisting of a pump driven by a turbine engine) to
feed the propellants (liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen) into the engine's combustion
chamber. The liquid hydrogen turbopump is slightly larger than an automobile engine
(weighing approximately 700 lb) and produces nearly 70,000 hp (52.2 MW).

Turboexpanders are widely used as sources of refrigeration in industrial processes.

Turbines could also be used as powering system for a remote controlled plane that creates
thrust and lifts the plane of the ground. They come in different sizes and could be as small as
soda can, still be strong enough to move objects with a weight of 100kg.

References
 Google.com

 Wikipedia.com

 Book name:Fluid mechanics