Enhancement of energy efficiency and loading of steam turbines through retrofitting 2-d designs with 3-d designs

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Siddhartha Bhatt, M ^a  

^a CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

3 d blading; Energy efficiency; Isentropic efficiency; Stage efficiency; Steam turbines; Variable reaction blading

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HARDWARE; LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; TURBINE;

EID: 78651254976     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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