STEAM ENGINE
Title: STEAM ENGINE
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2627 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
STEAM ENGINE
Category: /Science & Technology
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was designed by the Swedish engineer Carl Gustaf de Laval in
1882. A later American design had multiple impulse wheels mounted on the same shaft with
nozzle sections located between each wheel. Subsequent advances in the design of steam
turbines and boilers allowed for higher pressures and temperatures. These advances led to the
huge and efficient modern machines, which are capable of converting more than 40 percent of
the energy available in the fuel into useful work.