Types Of Steam Turbine On The Basis Of Different Factor

(i) Impulse Turbine: If the steam available at the inlet has only kinetic energy, the turbine is called an impulse turbine.

(ii) Reaction Turbine: If the steam available at the inlet has kinetic energy as well as pressure energy, the turbine is called a reaction turbine.

(i) Axial Flow Turbine: if the steam flows through the runner in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the runner, the turbine is called an axial flow turbine 

(ii) Radial Flow Turbine: If the steam flows through the runner in the radial direction, the turbine is called a radial flow turbine.

(i) Condensing Turbine: A turbine in which the steam is condensed, when it comes out of the turbine is called condensing turbine. It produces large output with a single unit.

(i) Single-Stage Steam Turbine: In a single-stage steam turbine, the steam after leaving the nozzle, impinges on one end of the blade, glides over the inner surface, leaves the blades and exhausts into the condenser.

(ii) Multi-Stage Steam Turbine: In a multi-stage turbine, sometimes the steam after leaving the moving blade is again made to flow through a fixed blade ring and again impinges on a second moving blade. Here the fixed blade ring is used to make the steam flow at the desired angle. In a multistage steam turbine, more than one set of rotor blades is used.