This paper reviews some of the technical achievements of steam turbine engineering, looks at some of the traditional uses of steam turbines and some new opportunities arising from novel developments and compares different forms of energy sources. Until technologies using the direct conversion of energy into electricity in stationary elements progress further, steam turbine generators will continue to be the main source of electric power.
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