What is a steam turbine and how does it work? | Steam Turbines

How Do Steam Turbines Work?

Nuclear and coal-based thermal power plants together produce almost half of the world’s electric power, and steam turbines are the heart of these turbines in power plants. Steam turbines convert thermal energy into useful mechanical energy, which in turn rotates the steam turbine’s electric generator shafts to produce electricity. Charles Parsons first invented the modern steam turbine in 1884.

How Do Steam Turbines Produce Electricity?

A steam turbines and generator are made up of a series of stationary and spinning airfoil-shaped blades. The airfoil form of the blade creates a pressure difference as high-pressure steam travels over it. The pressure differential produces a lifting force, which causes the turbine to rotate. Thus, the conversion of energy takes place, which is from heat energy to mechanical energy to rotational energy. The rotation of the shaft drives the turbine that is connected to the generator. This is the basic how-to-work turbine principle, and the turbine manufacturers rely on it for the best turbine design.
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