To identify the preferred rotation direction, a blower performance analysis is needed. A blower is usually an enclosed multiblade rotor that compresses air to a higher discharge pressure. Blower is also known as fan, but, traditionally, blowers do not discharge air at low pressure as some fans do. Figure 1.6 – CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER Dryers use centrifugal blower, where air is radially discharged from the impeller, (or fan wheel), so turns 90° from its inlet to its outlet (Figure 1.6). Air…
The analysis of turbines is no easy feat to accomplish. With an ever expanding need to generate efficient energy, a way to increase efficiency is to find ways to improve turbine technology. The best way to analyze different turbine set ups is the usage of a turbine test rig. There are multitudes of types of these rigs with reasons for and against them. These rigs are incredibly expensive to build and keep up. But they provide vital information about turbine performance and enable the improvement…
Heat Recovery Steam Generator is a part of a power plant, which generates steam. The heat recovery steam generator used a gas turbine to operate, by using the flue (gas) from the exhaust of the gas turbine Figure 1. The heat exchanges process occurs between the boiler and exhaust gas, which is used to heat water in a boiler to raise the pressure of the steam. [1] In addition, the gas turbine is used for power source due to it has some advantages such as can be started quickly, can be easily…
“Build everything to last forever,” declared Ernest "Mooney" Warther and it could not describe the man behind the name any better. Mooney Warther was an incredible wood carver whose ingenuity helps to give us a glimpse into not only the steam era, but also the death of our sixteenth president. I visited the Warther Museum and was amazed at what one man was able to accomplish. This man’s character and accomplishments had a profound effect on me. Who is the man behind the name Mooney Warther?…
Introduction : Steam engines were one of the best inventions of all kind which had a major part of use during Industrial Revolution. It freed mankind on total dependence of power sources like wind, water, muscle.It is widely used to power factory machineries,trains,ships and automobiles. With steam engines as a mode of transportation, it is more reliable and can move materials more faster than we could with the animals. And so it was a big transformation in the mankind during the late 17th…
With innovation even in its early stages, the original DOOM video game is one of the most renowned video games of all times for being the first to implement one of if not the most popular video game styles, the first person shooter. This style has become a staple, but not a requirement, in the genre of dystopian science fiction in video games many gamers know and love today.(DOOM, 1993) Franchises that followed in DOOM’s footsteps include the Half Life series, which follows a scientist named…
power, the more greenhouse gases are emitted into the air, destroying the Earth’s ozone layer. Wind power is not the single or immediate solution to this problem, but it is a start. Unlike power plants that combust fossil fuels to create energy, wind turbines don’t release carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide,…
cancer, and global warming etc. Green house emission can be reduced by the use of wind turbines, which gets its energy from the wind. It is clean, cost-effective and reliable, but some people oppose it. Wind is a clean source of energy that does not pollute the air compared to fossil fuels usage, which could lead to emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The use of wind energy through wind turbines is a safer method of getting clean and safe energy, as it reduces the effects of…
transformed into a wind turbine. Today the world is starting to realize that wind power is a clean promising new energy source which can serve as an alternative to fossil fuels. Wind energy turbines can be used as stand-alone applications connected to a utility power grid. For utility-scale sources of wind energy, turbines are usually built close together to form a wind farm that provides bulk power. Several electricity providers use wind farms to supply power to their…
earth. Most notably, wind energy is harnessed through wind turbines, and these turbines can be seen throughout the American southwest.…