‘unner, Dhe turbine runner of a Parson's react
ing upon the type of turbine. The blades,
the steain to enter
turbine runneris, generally cast
i B is made up of separate ste! plates
welded together.
4, Draft ube. ‘The steam, after passin
pressive in reaction
‘in moving blades.
ixed blades, and is Pes"
3.4 represents Steam PresSUTe A pie 952. pressure andl
fhe iced blades, entace of enn
respectively
“eam at entrance ofthe fixed blade
23.4. Comparison betiveen Impulse Tur
Following are the few points of comparison betwech an impulse turbine anda reactor
Se. pads turbine
{| The steann flows sirough-the nozzles and
impinges on the moving blades,
blades.
2. | treneamimpingesonihebuckets withkintc | The stam glides over the moving
emery restore and kinetic energy
+3, | ‘the seam may ormay notte admitedoverthe | The steam most be admited over
‘whole clrewhference. ircomforece.
44... | The teat pressore remains constaniduring is | ‘The steam presire is reduted dk
flow through the moving blades through the moving blades
15, | othe relaive velocity of steam while pliding |The relative vel
“ver the Blades remains constant (assuming no | -overthenoving blades increases
‘setion), OS) | fction. vg
6c |), The blades ar symmetial. ‘The lades are not symmetvica:
7. |. he number of stages required are ess forthe | "Themuimber of tages required
same power develope. sae power developed.
Blades of a Reaction Turbine
‘a reaction t inset ‘steam enters at one énd iy
i tnejeten dover tiniest
Srpya shown fe 233 Tray be ted
for showudess entry ard exit,
ty Tetangles for Movi
Vy. B.@ = Conesponding values at
Consider steam, in the form of a jet, entering the curved blade (after leaving the fixed blade)
{tthe jet glides over the inside surfce and leaves the blade atD, as shown in Fig. 23.3. Now
aw the vel
iy triangles at inlet and outlet tips ofthe moving blade, as shown in Fig. 233,
Mey e.
Mt Outlot we triangle:
a
Lei
Fig.23.3, Velocity tingle fora reaction turbine.
Vy = Linear velocity ofthe moving bade (2).
{6 = Angle which the relative velocity of jet (V,) makes withthe direction
‘of motion of the blade.
‘the moving lade,
VV, Vj» ¥q)stand for inlet triangle
lades without any shock (rin other words tangentially), therefore shape
and outlet
enters the blades along BC with a velocity (V) at an angle 0. with the direction
fe. The axial component of V (i.e. CE) which does no work onthe
le, is known
‘causes the steam (0 flow through the blade and also an