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The 40 pages that link to Steam turbine, each with the reason it gives.

• Steam engineBroader topic: It replaces reciprocating piston motion with continuous rotation in many modern power plants.

• Fossil fuelRelated: Many fossil-fuel power stations use combustion heat to make turbine-driving steam.

• Thermal efficiencyBroader topic: It converts heat supplied in a steam cycle into mechanical power.

• Combined-cycle power plantRelated: It converts recovered exhaust heat into additional electrical output.

• Latent heat of vaporizationRelated: Steam generation and condensation transfer large amounts of vaporization energy in power cycles.

• Heat engineBroader topic: It is a common heat-engine component in thermal power stations.

• Rankine cycleRelated: Steam expansion in the turbine supplies most of the cycle’s useful work.

• CondenserRelated: A condenser lowers turbine exhaust pressure, helping extract more work from steam.

• Nuclear power plantRelated: Steam from the plant turns this machine, which drives the generator.

• Coal-fired power stationRelated: High-pressure steam from the boiler spins the shaft that drives the generator.

• TurbineBroader topic: Steam turbines convert heat-cycle energy into electricity in many power stations.

• BoilerRelated: In power stations, boilers generate steam that drives turbines connected to generators.

• DreadnoughtRelated: Dreadnought used turbines to achieve higher speed than contemporary battleships with reciprocating engines.

• Nuclear submarineRelated: Steam produced by the reactor drives turbines that power propulsion or electrical generators.

• Synchronous generatorRelated: Steam turbines commonly drive high-speed synchronous generators in thermal power stations.

• Electricity generationBroader topic: Many thermal power stations use steam turbines to drive their generators.

• The GeysersBroader topic: Steam from The Geysers turns turbines that drive electrical generators.

• Nuclear marine propulsionRelated: Steam generated by reactor heat turns turbines that power propellers or generators.

• SteamBroader topic: It converts steam's energy into shaft rotation for electricity generation.

• BattleshipRelated: Steam turbines powered many battleships, enabling higher speeds than earlier reciprocating engines.

• Enthalpy of vaporizationRelated: Steam generation and condensation involve large enthalpy transfers tied to vaporization.

• Boiling water reactorRelated: Steam leaving the reactor vessel drives the turbine directly.

• Centrifugal governorRelated: Turbines use speed-control systems to regulate steam admission and protect against overspeed.

• Reciprocating engineCompared with: It is a major alternative to reciprocating steam engines for large-scale power generation.

• Thermal power stationBroader topic: Its shaft turns the generator in a steam-powered station.

• Concentrated solar powerRelated: Many concentrated solar plants use steam turbines to convert heat into electricity.

• Fossil fuel power stationRelated: It converts high-pressure steam from a boiler into shaft power for a generator.

• Thermodynamic efficiencyBroader topic: Its performance can be assessed by comparing actual work with an ideal expansion.

• Turbine bladeRelated: Its blades handle steam across stages with changing pressure and volume.

• CogenerationRelated: Steam turbines can generate electricity while their exhaust steam supplies process heat.

• Water turbineCompared with: Its working fluid is heated vapor, not naturally flowing or falling water.

• Superheated steamRelated: Superheated inlet steam can expand through turbine stages before condensation begins.

• Motor shipCompared with: Steam turbines powered many ships that used boilers instead of diesel engines.

• Gas-fired power plantRelated: In combined-cycle stations, it converts recovered exhaust heat into additional shaft power.

• Charles Algernon ParsonsNarrower topic: Parsons’s central invention used multiple stages to expand steam and drive a shaft.

• Gas-turbine engineCompared with: Unlike a gas turbine, it generally separates fuel combustion from the turbine’s working fluid.

• History of the steam engineRelated: Turbines eventually displaced reciprocating engines in most large-scale electricity generation.

• MenengaiRelated: Steam from the geothermal field can drive turbines in a power plant.

• Sylvester H. RoperCompared with: Unlike Roper’s reciprocating machinery, turbines produce rotation directly from a steam flow.

• Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'rufBroader topic: His treatise describes a steam-powered device for turning a spit, an early turbine-like design.