Turbine: work out steam consumption without hunting through steam tables
You know the power a steam turbine has to deliver and roughly how efficient it is. What you need is how much steam it will draw and what condition that steam is in when it leaves. Doing that by hand means looking up enthalpy and entropy values at two sets of conditions. Turbine from Katmar Software does that calculation for you.
Quick facts
- Version: 2.4
- Platforms: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11
- Price: Free
- Download size: about 895 kb
- Disk space once installed: about 1.0 Mb
Key features
Steam consumption from power and efficiency
You enter the turbine's known power and efficiency. You also enter the inlet steam pressure and temperature and the exhaust pressure. The program returns both the specific and the actual steam consumption.
Exhaust steam conditions in the same run
The results include the outlet enthalpy, entropy, temperature and quality of the exhaust steam. You can see whether the exhaust is wet without a second calculation.
Steam properties are built in
You don't need to bring your own tables or add-ins. All the required steam properties are built into the program.
Choose your units and keep them
You can set units of measure separately for each input and result field. The program remembers your choices from run to run.
One window for everything
All input fields and results sit in a single calculation window, so you can change a value and see the effect straight away.
Who it's for
It suits process, chemical and power engineers who need a quick steam consumption figure for a turbine of known duty. It's also useful for checking a figure from a hand calculation.
Pros and cons
- Pro: Free to download and use.
- Pro: Small install, with install and uninstall routines and help files included.
- Pro: Units are remembered between sessions.
- Con: It does one job, which is a single turbine calculation. It isn't a full steam system model.
- Con: It's Windows-only.
FAQs
Is Turbine free?
Yes. The vendor describes it as a free program.
What data do I need to enter?
You need the turbine power and efficiency, the inlet steam pressure and temperature, and the exhaust pressure.
What results do I get?
You get the specific and actual steam consumption, plus the outlet steam enthalpy, entropy, temperature and quality.
Which Windows versions does it run on?
Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11.
System requirements
- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11
- About 1.0 Mb of disk space once installed