Saturday, 11 January 2014

Studying The Workings Of Turbomachinery Products

By Marissa Velazquez


If you are deciding upon the type of career that you will follow, perhaps you are thinking of studying an engineering course that has to do with steam turbines. There are various courses available that will teach students all about mechanical design techniques, tools and systems engineering, and thereafter the student can work as a steam turbine assembler, or in other related positions. These positions entail great knowledge regarding turbomachinery products, and how they all work.

Firstly, make sure that you are interested in steam turbines, and are keen to work with them. As a quick explanation, they are machines designed to cause thermal energy to make something else mechanical work, or rotate. A good example that most people can relate to is the steam engine. Steam engines have reciprocating pistons designed with a pumping motion.

There are many different types of steam turbines in the world. Some are small while others are huge, and able to generate electrical power. The large ones operate with up to 1.5 million kW, while the smaller ones operate on just 0.75 kW. All sizes are considered as high performance machines, but the big ones are found in power stations. Smaller-sized turbines run compressors and pumps.

Most things nowadays can be studied offline or online. The choice will depend on your lifestyle and how much time you have to devote to your studies. A brick and mortar college will have classes at certain times that you will have to attend, but studying online will allow you more flexibility in regards to time. The prices may also vary quite considerably.

While studying online is convenient, you might be missing out on some practical work that can only be done at a college with a physical location. Practical work can be very beneficial to see how the machines work. Find out from your college what the courses involve, and then compare them to the ones offered on the internet.

To study various kinds of engineering, such as mechanical, industrial or marine, you can consider education from GE Energy, or a similar establishment. You can take a graduate course that offers a variety of subjects, including the workings of heavy-duty rotary equipment, generators, thermodynamics and motors. Students will need to be computer literate as well, familiar with the general computer operating systems.

Your education can also be in the line of design if you are interested in the making of turbines. Students will learn how to make turbines run at the lowest cost possible, and how they can be made to work at their best. Blade design, gas dynamics and turbine thermodynamics will be studied.

A few courses will also focus on the classification of turbines, which enables the learner to gain insight regarding the governing systems that control them. The student will learn how to maintain these systems and how to develop them. Regardless of the course chosen, students will need to know a lot about turbomachinery products. To enroll for training, a high school diploma is also usually required.




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