Q. In an impulse turbine steam expands
Solution:
- An impulse turbine is a turbine that is driven by high velocity (K.E) jets of water or steam from a nozzle directed on to vanes or buckets attached to a wheel.
- The impulse turbine is the simplest type of turbine.
- It consists of a group of nozzles followed by a row of blades.
- The gas is expanded in the nozzle, converting the high thermal energy into kinetic energy.
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