Steam turbines: how big can they get?
MHI steam turbines of this class have LSBs with a length of 1169 mm (46 in) long, Examples are the 1050 MW turbine with steam conditions of 24.5 MPa, 600/610°C at Tachibana-wan unit 2, commissioned in December 2000 (see MPS, November 2001, pp 41-47), and two earlier 1000 MW turbines, with somewhat lower steam temperatures, at …
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