converted into force doing work on rings of blading mounted on a rotating part. The basic idea of steam turbines was conceived as early as 120 BC, yet it was not until 1883 that the first practical ...

There are two basic types of steam turbines: impulse and reaction. Impulse turbines are used for smaller power-generation applications. Reaction turbines are used for industrial-scale power generation ...

Such temperatures exceed the limits of traditional steam turbines, which rely on moving parts that can degrade at higher ...

THE history of the steam turbine previous to the reign of Parsons, whose first patents were applied for in 1884, may be made out from chapters i. and ii. But descriptions of inventions in the ...