Pressure compounding in turbines

Diagram of a Rateau turbine

Pressure compounding is the method in which pressure in a steam turbine is made to drop in a number of stages rather than in a single nozzle. This method of compounding is used in Rateau and Zoelly turbines.[1]

  1. ^ "Pressure Compounding - Rateau Turbine - Zoelly Turbine". Nuclear Power. Retrieved 2024-08-06.