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7) Turbine Losses

1) Stage losses are due to friction and eddies on the turbine blades from the steam atmosphere. Windage loss also occurs from the drag of rotating blades through steam. 2) Partial admission losses happen in nozzle-controlled turbines where blades opposite blocked nozzles run at full steam, while other blades produce eddies and losses. 3) Interstage leaks and tip clearances between moving blades and casings cause efficiency losses, despite attempts to seal them with radial or axial seals and interstage seals.

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7) Turbine Losses

1) Stage losses are due to friction and eddies on the turbine blades from the steam atmosphere. Windage loss also occurs from the drag of rotating blades through steam. 2) Partial admission losses happen in nozzle-controlled turbines where blades opposite blocked nozzles run at full steam, while other blades produce eddies and losses. 3) Interstage leaks and tip clearances between moving blades and casings cause efficiency losses, despite attempts to seal them with radial or axial seals and interstage seals.

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Turbine Losses

1. Stage losses: These are due to


friction and eddies on blade surface.
2. Windage loss: Windage, disc friction
or rotational loses occur because
the rotors are revolving in steam
atmosphere. The windage loss
basically comes from the drag of
steam on revolving blades in the
steam atmosphere.

Turbine Losses (contd)


3. Partial admission loss: In nozzle
governing system,blades directly
opposite to the nozzle block are
running full of the steam but the
blades away from nozzles will
produce eddies and extra losses.
This loss which is found innozzle
controlled turbines due to steam
being admitted around part of the
periphery only is known as partial

Turbine Losses (contd)


4. Interstage Gland and Tip Clearance loss
In reaction stages, there is a pressure drop
across the moving blades and the clearance
between them and the casing is sealed by
providing radial or axial seals. Interstage seals are
also provided between root diaphragms and rotor.
5. External Gland loss : External gland leakoff also
causes loss of available energy. But this loss is
less as some heat value of leakoff is utilized in
gland steam cooler which is part of regenerative
feed heating system.

6. Wet steam also causes loss of efficiency


because of the water droplets lagging behind
the steam and thus reducing the efficiency
with which energy conversion takes place.
7. Leaving Loss : The kinetic energy of steam
represented by residual velocity of steam
leaving the turbine is known as leaving loss.It
is the energy which cannot bepractically
converted into mechanical work.

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