Steam turbine assembly. Photograph courtesy of Alstom. Click here to enlarge image In 1884, Sir Charles Parsons invented and developed a multi-stage steam turbine and in 1891 he fitted it with a ...

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 ...

Most of the electricity in the U.S. is produced by steam turbines. Worn and tattered after decades of operation, many of the rotating components in a steam turbine must be replaced to extend the life ...

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 rotational ...

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 ...

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has successfully employed 3D printing to create large rotating steam turbine blades for power plants, in collaboration with Siemens ...

Wire arc additive manufacturing allowed this robot arm at ORNL to transform metal wire into a complete steam turbine blade like those used in power plants. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s ...

Carbon emissions produced by the combustion of coal may be collected and stored in the future, but a better approach (in the near term at least) is to reduce the carbon produced through efficient ...

In the 'turbine' that uses the kinetic energy of fluids such as steam and water, there is also a type called 'Tesla turbine' that uses blades instead of blades to operate. Engineer and YouTuber ...