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Blading designs to improve thermal performance of HP and IP steam turbines

Conference ·
OSTI ID:549979
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  1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Orlando, FL (United States)
Improved blade designs are available for high pressure and intermediate pressure steam turbines for increased thermal efficiency. These designs and the technology used to develop and verify them are discussed in this paper. The blading designs include twisted blade designs and full three dimensional designs. Appropriate strategies are discussed for the application of these different types of blading for new and retrofit applications. The market place in the electric energy industry in the United States is changing. The impact of this change on the need for improved blade designs and application strategies for the use of this blading is also discussed.
OSTI ID:
549979
Report Number(s):
CONF-961006--; ISBN 0-7918-1796-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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