Thermal Analysis of a Steam Turbine Blade

Abstract

Steam turbine is an excellent prime mover to convert
heat energy of steam to mechanical energy. Of all
heat engines and prime movers the steam turbine is
best and it is widely used in power plants and in all
industries where power is needed for process. In
power generation mostly steam turbine is used
because of its greater thermal efficiency and higher
power-to-weight ratio. Because the turbine generates
rotary motion, it is particularly suited to be used to
drive an electrical generator–about 80% of all
electricity generation in the world is by use of steam
turbines. In this project we are going to design a
turbine blade assembly in Catia V5 R21 and thermal
analysis is done in Ansys. In order to evaluate the
effectiveness of steam turbine blade by using FEA
(ANSYS).software Thermal analysis is performed on
both Aluminum and composite materials to find out
the heat flux and thermal error.