1.What is the differential expansion of steam turbine?

Answer:
When the high temperature steam flows the turbine, the turbine casing and the rotor gets heated
up. The turbine cylinders as well as the rotor both expand. The difference of expansion
between turbine cylinder and the rotor is called as the Differential Expansion.
When the rotor expansion is more than the cylinder, the Differential is said to be positive and
vice-versa
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Differential expansion is refer to differential distance between rotor blade and fix blade.
Rotor expands to ward generator and casing expand toward control valve. When
temperature increase, expansion in casing and rotor. So rotor mass is less than casing
which rotor expand more than casing.

2. What is the difference between back pressure steam turbine and condensate steam
turbine?

Answer:

In a back pressure turbine all available energy from the inlet steam is NOT used to
generate power; steam exhausts at a tangible pressure and is then used for, usually,
heating or chemical processing. In a condensing turbine, all the inlet steam does
mechanical work right down to the lowest pressure after which it is condensed in a heat
exchanger.

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