THE history of the steam turbine previous to the reign of Parsons, whose first patents were applied for in 1884, may be made out from chapters i. and ii. But descriptions of inventions in the ...

Steam turbines are used in industry for several critical purposes: to generate electricity by driving an electric generator and to drive equipment such as compressors, fans, and pumps. The particular ...

Generation systems at the source describe the traditional, electric power production model. The systems take ... are combusted to create heat. Generators can be driven directly from combustion as in ...