Practice - Analysis of Steam Turbines
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Practice Questions
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What is a steam turbine?
💡 Hint: Think about the energy conversion process.
Name the two types of turbines based on steam expansion.
💡 Hint: They describe how steam is processed.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of turbine uses stationary nozzles for steam expansion?
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of impulse.
True or False: In reaction turbines, pressure drops occur only across moving blades.
💡 Hint: Think about how reaction turbines operate.
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A steam turbine operates with an inlet steam velocity of 90 m/s and exhausts steam at 30 m/s. Calculate the work output per stage if m = 5 kg/s and blade speed is 10 m/s.
💡 Hint: Focus on substituting given values properly.
Discuss the efficiency difference between a single-stage impulse turbine and a multi-stage reaction turbine given a fixed input pressure.
💡 Hint: Think about how energy is managed in each format.
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