METHODS, SYSTEMS AND/OR APPARATUS RELATING TO STEAM TURBINE EXHAUST DIFFUSERS

An axial flow steam turbine flow path that includes a rotor and a casing defining the axial steam flow path; and a toroidal diffuser for diffusing the exhaust steam and turning the exhaust steam from a generally axial flow direction to a generally transverse or vertical and tangential direction; whe...

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Hauptverfasser: SHARROW EDWARD J, LATHROP NORMAN D, OVERBAUGH, JR. RAYMOND K
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An axial flow steam turbine flow path that includes a rotor and a casing defining the axial steam flow path; and a toroidal diffuser for diffusing the exhaust steam and turning the exhaust steam from a generally axial flow direction to a generally transverse or vertical and tangential direction; wherein the toroidal diffuser comprises a diffuser that, at least in part, incorporates the shape of a toroid or a section of a toroid; and wherein a toroid comprises the shape generated by revolving a circular or oval shape in three dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circular or oval shape, which does not touch the circular or oval shape.