Abstract
Small-scale turbine rotors made from composites offer several technical advantages for a Claude (open) cycle ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power system. Westinghouse Electric Corporation has designed a composite turbine rotor/disk using state-of-the-art analysis methods for large scale (100-MW) open cycle OTEC applications. Near-term demonstrations using conventional low-pressure turbineblade shapes with composite material would achieve feasibility and modern credibility of the open cycle OTEC power system. Application of composite blades for low-pressure turbo machinery potentially improves the reliability of conventional metal blades affected by stress corrosion.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 8 |
State | Published - 1985 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-252-2792
Keywords
- ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
- open-cycle systems
- steam turbine