Visionary (and not-so-visionary) tinkerers and engineers have experimented with everything from steam to electricity ... showing few signs of wear. A new turbine nozzle design reduced the 7 ...

A recent grant has been awarded to develop a materials system for gas turbines that can operate ... ignited through small rocket-nozzle-shaped tubes, to generate hot, high-velocity gas and steam. This ...

Steam turbines ... a small turbine and boiler in his garage, turning fire into flowing electrons, and learning a bunch in the process. [Hyperspace Pirate] based the turbine design on 3D printed ...

The concerned nozzles were produced in 2011 based on a 2006 design file. The regulator has ... of the main secondary system - in which steam produced in the steam generator is conducted towards the ...

Once completed, this Arabelle steam turbine will be the most powerful nuclear steam turbine in operation. It was tested at GE's factory in Belfort, France. (Image: GE Steam Power) Inserted into a ...

Abstract: The article discusses the problem of reducing erosive wear of the blades of the flow parts of steam turbines operating in the wet steam ... system has been designed based on a combination of ...

Steam turbines still produce most of the world's power, but supercritical carbon dioxide promises to be much cheaper, and 10% more efficient as a medium than water, using 10X smaller turbines.