Turbine Definition and 515 Threads

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    Steam turbine: typical outlet velocity

    Hello, would someone know a real-life example value of the steam velocity at the turbine outlet? Also, an example mass flow (kg/s) at outlet? The typical pressure at outlet? If you know these for both high-pressure (HP) and low-pressure (LP) stage turbines, that would be great I have tried to...
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    Gas Turbine Engine Compressor Discharge Air Temperature Calculation

    Is this gas turbine engine compressor discharge air temperature calculation relatively accurate? Problem: Calculate the compressor discharge air temperature in ºF of the following gas turbine engine compressor core specifications. Gas Turbine Engine Compressor Core Specifications...
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    Wind Turbine: Min. Wind Speed for 6MW Generator

    Suppose I've got a 6mw wind turbine with a very small wing span - 5 meters-, what would the minimum wind speed needed to activate the generator ?
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    Difference Between a water wheel and a water turbine?

    Is the difference between a water wheel and a water turbine the fact that a water wheel is used to power a mechanical system where as a water turbine is connected to a generator to produce electricity? I understand that you can get undershot and overshot water wheels but do these also apply to...
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    An ideal simple gas turbine has a compression ratio of 5. What is its

    Homework Statement An ideal simple gas turbine has a compression ratio of 5. What is its Homework Equations c=r(γ-1/γ) η=1-(1/c) The Attempt at a Solution I'm stuck, I think I need to use the above equations and possibly more. I just don't know how to find a value for the ratio of...
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    Conservation of energy water turbine problem

    Homework Statement Homework Equations mgh=1/2mv^2 The Attempt at a Solution 7.1) 200*1000=200000kg 7.2) Must I use mgh? They asked for kinetic energy but energy is conserved so: 200000*9.8*150 = 2.9*10^8 J 7.3) Ep=Ek 2.9*10^8=1/2*200000*v^2 v=53.8 m.s 7.4) 85% of 2.9*10^8 = 2.5*10^8 J...
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    Calculating Wind Turbine RPM from Generator Voltage Fluctuations

    Hello, I am trying to build a SIMULINK model in Matlab in order to determine the RPM of a wind turbine. Can someone please tell me how I can obtain the RPM of a wind turbine from the voltage fluctuations of a generator? Any good sites in the subject are also welcome. Thanks in advance.
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    Has anyone experienced with the SST-9000 Steam Turbine by Siemens?

    Has anyone experienced with SST-9000 siemens steam turbine here? I am much astonished to see the steam parameter and the output. Main steam parameter- 290 Degree C/ 75 Bar Reheat steam parameter – 277 degree C / 9 Bar ST power Output is 1700MW. Can anyone explain, how is has been made...
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    Dissertation help, wind turbine output

    This is a question that i am struggling to find any answer to on the internet. Doing some research for my 4th year honours dissertation. I have a wind turbine capable of producing a certain output at say windspeed of 10mph. Meaning that the wind is moving towards the turbine at 10mph...
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    6MW offshore wind turbine - build me 300x please

    Nice toy... :!) A recent offshore wind turbine. 6MW peak power, the rotor has 120m or 154m diameter :-p The alternator rotates at the blades' speed, without a gearbox... With D=6.5m, it uses permanent magnets, its stator must be actively cooled, and the nacelle weighs 200t. Still not my...
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    Expanding a gas through a valve or through a turbine

    Can somebody explain to me why the temperature gets colder when expanding through a turbine versus expanding through a valve. Please explain with equations.
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    Thermodynamics Steam Turbine Internal Efficiency Question

    [b]1. Steam into a steam turbine at 7 MPa and 500 deg C. The turbine has an internal efficiency of 90 %. The steam exhausts at 20 kPa. 1) What is the exhaust enthalpy? 2) What is turbine work? 3) What is the quality of the exhaust steam? This is a question I got on a 2nd class boilers...
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    How Do You Calculate HP, Torque, and RPM for a Turbine?

    Hi Friends, Can someone help me find the Torque / RPM and HP from the following figures Turbine Blade Radius = 10 Meters Number of Blades = 3 Force on each blade = 351328 Newton Meters This is my working. Torque = 10539850 Newton Meters RPM = Cant Find ? If i assume RPM as 10...
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    Reduced load in a turbine generator

    Homework Statement A turbine generator is delivering a 20MW load at 50Hz, to a local load.; it is not connected to the grid. The load suddenly drops to 15 MW, and the governor starts to open the steam valve after 0.5s. Calculate the frequency to which the generated voltage rises, before the...
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    Engineering Thermodynamics Question about a generator and turbine as a system

    Hey guys, sAn industrial process discharges 200,000 cubic ft/min of gaseous combustion products at 400 F and 1 atm. As shown in the figure, a proposed system for utilizing the combustion products combines a heat-recovery steam generator with a turbine. At steady state, heat transfer from the...
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    Effect of Blade Angle on Power Output of wind turbine

    Homework Statement Hi all! I am been working on an EEI. Basically I recorded the power output (P=VI) of a wind turbine with the blades at different angles. I went from 0 degrees (flat) to 180 degrees in 15 degree increments. Averaging the data I see a graph like this: Also, just to...
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    Thermodynamics- Calculating work done by turbine.

    Hello, everyone I would very much appreciate some help on this Intro to Thermo 2 problem if someone could give advice even a little would be helpful.1. Air (for this example, an ideal gas) is being used to produce work in a turbine and then is expanded to atmospheric pressure (101.2 kPa)...
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    Sizing Wind Turbine Generator - 8,000 Nm's - Help Needed!

    I am attempting to size a wind turbine generator where the torque available is 8,000 Nm's. Can anyone save me doing the calculations? Regards AV8TUR.
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    Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Power Estimation

    Hello, Can some explain to me how to calculate the power coefficient of a vertical axis wind turbine. If you explain the steps invloved would be great or any external file location where I could refer. I have below information 1) Lift Coefficient. 2) Drag Coefficient. 3) Angle of...
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    Wind turbine blades and bearing calculation help

    Ok I have a design project that I am working on for the University this semester. Having a bit of problems trying to figure out and issue revolving around the wind force on our savonius blades. We are trying to make sure our blades will rotate with a wind speed of 10 mph. We have the blade total...
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    Gerotor style turbine , or gasoline engine

    Gerotor style "turbine", or gasoline engine Hi, I have read a bit about gerotor style pumps. It seems to me that there is only two rotating, balanced parts. If water pressure can enter on one side, the water have no where else to go than through the gerotor before it can continue. The...
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    Why Do Wind Turbines Have a Power Curve Limit?

    Hello, As wind speed rises, the power output of wind turbine also rises. However, after it reaches a certain value (rated power), it levels off, i.e., it doesn't increase any further. According to my teacher, there is a limit to the power generation capability of the generator and hence...
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    Opinions please - ME Senior Project - Solar or Turbine

    The fall semester just started and my team and I have to come up with a senior design project. Faculty projects and industry funded projects are very slim this year and it’s looking like our best bet will be to come up with (and fund) our own design. At this time I am torn between two ideas...
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    Mooring line for wind turbine model

    Hello, I am construction a floating wind turbine model which is going to be used in a wave tank experiment this fall. Currently I'm looking for a mooring line for this model. The line will go from the wind turbin down to the bassin floor, where it will go through a pulley and back up to...
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    Why does gas turbine efficiency increase with size?

    Thank you Regards
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    Ansys Guru Needed: Troubleshooting Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Units

    Hi! I'm doing my master thesis about designing a offshore wind turbine tower for subarctic conditions and I have a major problem with units I'm not much familiarised with Ansys, so I use Ansa as preprocessor and launch the solve in Ansys The problem I have is in units. I'm using Ansys...
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    Wind turbine efficiency question

    If we look at wind turbines used for power generation, they typically have 3 blades, and the blades are very slender compared to the blades of a house fan. I don't understand how such a slender blade can capture a significant amount of the wind's energy. The energy available in the wind is...
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    Wing and wind turbine blade aerodynamic center?

    Hello everyone, Now i am trying to model wind turbine blade using solidworks. I have the airfoil coordinates at each section of the blade, but the coordinates are distance per chord (x/c,y/c) so i have to scale it using the calculated chord. When i scale it with respect to the origin -...
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    Turbine Engine Questions: Squealer Tips & Classified Weights?

    I recently saw the terms "Squealer Tips" and "Classified Weights" in a text about turbine blades in an article on the Pratt & Whitney PT6A turbo-prop engine. Can anyone explain what is meant by these two terms? What are they and what do they "do"?
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    Turbine ECU starter voltage drop

    Hi Guys, I have a model gas turbine that is driven by an ecu ... the ecu starter output is 12.6volts but the starter motor is rated to 6volts. The ECU can easily supply 20amps although the starter motor is rated to 5amps max efficiency. I need to drop the voltage from 12.6volts to...
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    Why Use Cooling Air in Gas Turbines Instead of Lowering Fuel/Air Ratios?

    Gas turbine fuel/air ratio & cooling, help please! Hello Dear Colleagues, I am doing a gas turbine project and I wonder why we use cooling air instead of decreasing the fuel/air ratio after getting the following results from my gas turbine thermodynamic model. I have a mechanism in my model...
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    Is Turbine Work Calculated Using the First Law or Q - W = U2 - U1?

    So I'm just a little confused with turbine work. Generally I've been solving it with first law -W = H2 - H1, so W = H1 - H2 = Cp(T1 - T2) But what about Q - W = U2 - U1? Can't that make it W = U1 - U2 = Cv(T1 - T2) giving a different answer. I have a feeling my understanding of...
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    LM6000 Gas Turbine Outputs/Inputs

    I am doing research and was curioius as to how I would obtain useful numbers for efficiencies from the following information, concerning a CHP aero derivative turbine, Power KW = 43822 Heat Rate LHV KJ/kWH = 8980 From this, can I say that if I ran the machine for an hour I would use...
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    What is the Efficiency of a Centrifugal Pump Used as a Turbine?

    Centrifugal pump as turbine! Dear Friends, Francis turbine and centrifugal pump has got the same (reverse ofcourse) technologies rt. Have they both got the same manufacturing criterion? will centrifugal pumb, if used as a turbine, have the same efficiency as that of francis turbine?
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    What is the power output of an adiabatic turbine with given parameters?

    An adiabatic turbine ,steam saturated vapour P1=1MPa P2= 100kPa. Mass flow rate is 10kgs-1 of steam. i need to work out how much power is produced help :(
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    Power in a Turbine: 30 bar to 0.2 bar, 80% Isentropic Efficiency, 300 KG/s

    Homework Statement air at a pressure of 30 bar and a temperature of 400 degrees expands through a turbine to a pressure of 0.2 bar. if the isentropic efficency is 80% determine the power developed for a mass flow rate of 300 KG/s Homework Equations Cv=0.715 KJ/Kg. K, Cp= 1.004 KJ/Kg.K...
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    Gas turbine brayton cycle thermodynamic mass flow rate of air

    Homework Statement a gas turbine is designed to produce 3000hp when using air at a maximum inlet temperature of 650k and assuming a heat loss of 70 kj/s. if the exhaust temperature is desired to be no greater than 200 degrees celsius, determine the mass flow rate of air required. Homework...
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    Turbine suitable for exhaust waste heat recovery

    hey guys, i m new here, i m working at recovering waste heat from exhaust from an automobile using a heat exchanger and then turning a turbine using a working fluid such as steamor refrigerant but still mnot sure which turbine will be suitable for me to use considering the dimensions of the...
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    Calculate torque for a wind turbine

    density=1.2041 kg/m^3 Power 1.65 MW Rotor radius (blade length) = 37m calculated swept area = 4,301 m^2 wind speed 12m/s the rotor speed range is upto 20rpm i want to calculate the torque but not quite sure how to go about it Thanks for any help!
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    Wind Turbine Design: High Output for Low Wind Speeds

    please excuse the writing in some of these messages as I am typing this from my phone, but I am looking to build a high output wind turbine. I have a few questions. I am a high-school senior and have a large understanding in physics. my idea involves a 12 wing rotor as wind speeds are low in...
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    Wind Turbine generator on a camper

    I am building a "Tiny Home" on an old camper travel trailer. I am using all recycled materials and any leftover building supplies I can find. I am going to use solar power to generate most of my electric power (lights, outlets, etc.). I am considering using a hybrid system and utilizing wind...
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    Help in designing water turbine for given wattage

    We need to design an archimedes screw turbines to power a pump of 80 watts. Any tips to design this? I have tried a way, but I think it's very wrong. Thanks in advance :)
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    What are booster stages in aviation Gas Turbine

    Guys, I was reading about Turbofan and somewhere while browsing Defence Turbofan engines I came across Booster stages, but I didn't find any description or what are booster stages in Gas Turbine (Axial Compressor)
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    Compressor maps for mathematical model of a gas turbine

    Hello, I`m working on a mathematical model of a gas turbine and I need good compressor maps, especially function of efficiency vs. pressure ratio, inlet temperature, mass flow etc I`ve been looking for this for few days, but can`t find anything interesting. Do you know where I can...
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    Can a Wind Turbine Power Cars for Extended Travel?

    I have read some of the responses to the question of why a wind turbine would not be a useful source of energy for a car. Why could it not be used as a supplemental source to extend travel?
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    Calculate Power Produced by Cycle Dynamo

    Can anyone tell me how to determine the power produced by cycle dynamo? Let's say I am doing the project which use the water vortex force to push the turbine and above of the rotation shaft connected to the dynamo. So that i can determine the rpm, how could i calculate the power ? Any...
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    Experimentally Calculate Wind Turbine Torque

    Dear All, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I have recently booked out the local wind tunnel in order to run some simulations on three home made model wind turbines. I am aware of how to theoretically calculate the available power (0.5*p*A*V^3) and that P=Tw (Torque * Angular Velocity). Angular...
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    Why do wind turbines have such low durability compared to hydraulic turbines?

    It is a puzzle to see so many of the wind turbines that are idle. Even in active wind farms, such as at Altamount Pass, it is usual to see at least 20% of the turbines idle. Older installations are usually idle as well. Why is this? Hydraulic turbines routinely run flawlessly for decades...
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    How Can I Increase the Output of a Small Wind Turbine Generator?

    This is my first time posting in this forum so please have patience. I am working on a small wind turbine design that will output 6-22 kWh (30kWh would be ideal but is not very plausible) and will be used to charge a lithium ion battery. The turbine will be used with wind speeds of 35-80 mph...
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    Questions about the physics of turbine operation

    I'm no physicist, or grammar specialist so please go easy on me for my first posting here. I've been seeing a lot about wind turbines and hydro turbines. But I had an idea that I thought would be very obvious yet I can't find a topic on it when doing a quick search. And that is this; what would...
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