{"id":42594,"key":"Steam_turbine","title":"Steam turbine","latest":{"id":1205874,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:06:33Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Modified Tesla Turbine.png|thumb|Modified Tesla Turbine concept]]\n\n[[File:Tesla turbine.png|thumb|Final Tesla Turbine model]]\n\nA '''steam turbine''' is a bladed rotor that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work.\n\n== Energy losses ==\n\nSince the steam often needs to be produced from a fuel (ie [[biofuel]], nuclear material), a additional energy conversion (fuel-thermal energy) needs to be done before the thermal energy can be used to produce steam from water. This extra conversion brings a significant energy loss.\n\n== Types ==\n\nSeveral types of steam turbines exist including:\n\n* the Tesla turbine (a very robust bladed rotor which uses metal discs rather than actual blades)\n* the Parsons turbine\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Fuel-powered turbine]]\n\n== External links ==\n\n* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_turbine\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Energy conversion, energy, steam\n| sdg = SDG07 Affordable and clean energy\n}}\n\n[[Category:Energy]]"}