Parsons turbine

Richardson, A. (1911). The Evolution of the Parsons Turbine. London Offices of Engineering. 

The Curtis and the Parsons turbine designs are based on different fundamental principles of fluid flow. The Curtis turbine has an impulse design, where the steam expands through nozzles so that it reaches a... 

As the twentieth centui y began, two new prime movers were greatly extending the power of fossil-fueled civilization. Internal-combustion engines (Otto and Diesel varieties), developed and perfected by a number of French and German engineers between 1860 and 1900, opened the possibilities of unprecedented personal mobility, first when installed in cars, trucks, and buses, and later when used to propel the first airplanes. The steam turbine, invented by Charles Parsons, patented in 1884 and then rapidly... 

The Ai-mstrong company was not interested in producing the engine therefore in 1881, Parsons moved to Kitson s of Leeds who took it into production. At Kitsoii s he occupied himself with experiments in rocket powered torpedoes that, although unsuccessful, provided useful background for his next project, the steam turbine. 

Parsons realized that he could, by using multiple rings of turbine blades on the same shaft, allow the steam to expand in stages through the turbine, and therefore extract energy more efficiently from the... 

Parsons adopted this multistage design to reduce turbine operating speeds to a useful level. His initial turbine was developed to produce electricity onboard ships and had an output of about 7 kW. In 1888 he designed the first steam turbine generating unit for public utility sei-vicc. By the time of his death in 1931, his company manufactured turbines generating more than. 30,000 kW. 

See also Parsons, Charles Algernon Rankine, William John Macquorn Steam Engines Turbines, Gas Turbines, Wind. 

English engineer Charles Algernon Parsons invents his compound steam turbine. 

First practical steam turbine patented by Charles Algernon Parsons. 

PAMETRADA Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research Developme Assoc iation(Brit)... 

CANDU plants have operated with turbine-generators supplied by a variety of manufacturers including Parsons, GE, BBC and Hitachi. Turbine generators from different suppliers are readily accommodated by CANDU 6. 

Westinghouse-Parsons steam turbine. (Mark Sykes/Photo Researchers, Inc.)... 

Steam turbine (Charles Parsons) Designed for ships, Parsons s steam turbine is smaller, more efficient, and more durable than the steam engines in use. 

The subject of cavitation has stimulated the interest of engineers and scientists since the early experiments of Sir Charles Parsons in the late 19th Century, so eloquently described by Burrill. Since that time research effort has been roughly divided between that concerned with the effects of cavitation in fluid flow on the efficiency of hydraulic machines such as turbines, pumps and propellers, and that concerned with the problems of material erosion resulting from the collapse of the vapour bubbles. Several major texts have been publishedand excellent reviews have dealt with specific areas. The latter will be identified in the relevant sections. 

Mr Anderson came from the firm of the ParoUe Electrical Plant Company of Newcastle upon Tyne, and his report was entirely favourable. Parolle was owned equally by CA Parsons and A Reyrolle. (Charles Parsons had been the inventor of the steam turbine and had created a sensation when his Turbinia turbine-powered launch appeared unannounced at the 1897 Naval Review at Spithead, completely outpacing the naval picket boat sent to intercept it.)... 

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