Beyond the large units driving generators, small steam turbines are commonly used in parallel with electric motors to power important assets such as pumps. Keeping these smaller turbines properly ...

Many power plant personnel are aware that chemistry upsets in a steam generator may cause severe corrosion and failure of boiler waterwall tubes and other components. These failures place the staff at ...

Steam turbine assembly. Photograph courtesy of Alstom. Click here to enlarge image In 1884, Sir Charles Parsons invented and developed a multi-stage steam turbine and in 1891 he fitted it with a ...

Experience gained by a project team during a steam blowing operation for a combined cycle power project in Indonesia is described in this article. A specific challenge faced by the commissioning team ...

Explore how combined cycle gas turbines hit 64% efficiency, capture waste heat for power, and how CCGT compares with coal and nuclear in grids ...