Titanium steam turbine blading : workshop proceedings, Palo Alto, California, 9-10 November 1988 /
Application of titanium alloys to the long last stage and L-1 stage of low-pressure steam turbines has been in development for more than 30 years and now appears to be a commercial reality. Titanium blades are used in steam transition L-1 row because they are immune to pitting corrosion by the corro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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[Palo Alto, Calif.] :
Electric Power Research Institute : Pergamon Press,
[1990]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Application of titanium alloys to the long last stage and L-1 stage of low-pressure steam turbines has been in development for more than 30 years and now appears to be a commercial reality. Titanium blades are used in steam transition L-1 row because they are immune to pitting corrosion by the corrosive early condensates at the Wilson line. A disadvantage of titanium alloys is their low damping capacity, which requires blade designs that maximize mechanical and aerodynamic damping. Protection is not required in the L-1 row due to the water droplet erosion resistance of titanium alloys but the last stage rows operating at supersonic tip speeds require the use of erosion shields. |
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| Item Description: | "EPRI ER-6538 prepared for the Electric Power Research Institute." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 459 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781483287171 1483287173 0080373011 9780080373010 |