Steam is generated at high temperature and high pressure and passed to the turbine where it produces work in expanding down to vacuum conditions. Steam turbines operate by accelerating steam in fixed blades shaped like nozzles and by allowing it impinge upon moving blades which are driven by the steam. Turbines as used in electric power generating plants range in size nowadays from about 250 MW to about 1500 MW.
Steam is generated at high temperature and high pressure and passed to the turbine where it produces work in expanding down to vacuum conditions. Steam turbines operate by accelerating steam in fixed blades shaped like nozzles and by allowing it impinge upon moving blades which are driven by the steam. Turbines as used in electric power generating plants range in size nowadays from about 250 MW to about 1500 MW.
Steam is generated at high temperature and high pressure and passed to the turbine where it produces work in expanding down to vacuum conditions. Steam turbines operate by accelerating steam in fixed blades shaped like nozzles and by allowing it impinge upon moving blades which are driven by the steam. Turbines as used in electric power generating plants range in size nowadays from about 250 MW to about 1500 MW.