Steam turbine
device · 1884 · Electric age
Parsons’s turbine, driven by steam.
What it is made of
- Boiler — has part. Steam from the boiler.
Principles and materials it uses
- Steel — is made of. The rotor and blades are steel.
Where it is used
- Thermal power station — is part of. Turbines drive the generators.
- Solar concentrator — is part of. Heated steam turns a turbine.
- Geothermal power station — is part of. Steam from underground turns the turbines.
- Nuclear power plant — is part of. Steam turns the turbines — as at a thermal station.
- Nuclear submarine — is part of. A turbine turns the propeller.
- Aircraft carrier — is part of. Turbines (powered by a reactor on nuclear carriers).
- Destroyer — is part of. Turbines.
- Combined heat and power plant — is part of. Steam turns the turbine.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Watt steam engine — evolved from. The turbine replaced piston engines in large installations.
- De Laval nozzle — evolved into. De Laval invented the nozzle for a steam turbine.
What it is a kind of
- Turbine — is a kind of. A kind of turbine.