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BACK-PRESSURE TURBINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steam Turbines
DEF

Turbine that exhausts steam at greater than atmospheric pressure.

CONT

Figure 4 shows the non-condensing turbine (also referred to as a back-pressure turbine) exhausts its entire flow of steam to the industrial process or facility steam mains at conditions close to the process heat requirements.

OBS

The backpressure turbine may also have bleed points and is then called a back-pressure bleeder turbine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Turbines à vapeur
DEF

Turbine à vapeur construite de façon telle que la vapeur qui en sort ne soit pas condensée mais transportée et utilisée dans une autre partie de l'usine.

Spanish

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