On the performance of a cascade of turbine rotor tip section blading in wet steam. Part 1: Generation of wet steam of prescribed droplet sizes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 519-527

  Bakhtar, F ^a   Mashmoushy, H ^a   Buckley, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blow down tunnel; Nucleation; Steam turbines; Subsonic condensation; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; NUCLEATION; SUBSONIC FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BLOW DOWN TUNNELS; SUPERCOOLED STEAM; SUPERHEATED STEAM; WET STEAM;

STEAM TURBINES;

EID: 0031357628     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406971521908     Document Type: Article

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