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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.