OVERHAULING A STEAM TURBINE as part of a planned maintenance schedule is a regular task for many large-scale industrial enterprises that depend on these units to generate electrical power. However, ...
In the second of the two-part turbine series, Titan Enterprises shares the five critical design features for Pelton wheel turbine flowmeters. The design challenge for turbine flowmeters based on the ...
Engineers at the Southwest Research Institute have developed and built a radial flow gas turbine that is very rugged, low-cost and easy to repair. Engineers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) ...
Meeting increasing worldwide demand for wind energy depends on reliable turbine performance, and performance can significantly benefit from optimized main shaft and gearbox bearing selection. Wind ...
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 ...
Managing and Exploiting Thermal Energy in Heat Engines using Metal Additive Manufacturing. Invited Talk at KTH, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (2018). Additive Manufacturing for Radial Turbomachinery.