Manufacturing of Steam Turbine Power Generation Machinery

Technology Description

•  Steam is the utility used most frequently to operate turbines. Using steam from one pressure level and letting down into one or two lower levels is an economical selection.

•  In refineries and chemical plants, many uses for steam result in condensation at relatively low pressures. Steam from boilers is usually generated at highest pressure required in the plant. Various turbines in the plant extract low-cost energy out of the steam in letting down the pressure.

•  Steam turbines are most often selected as prime movers in a process plant because of the convenient and efficient fit with the overall plant steam distribution. The equivalent conversion efficiency of source fuel into useful work in a reducing steam turbine is the highest of all the prime movers.