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Steam Turbines

The Swiss Steam Centre has a number of smaller steam turbines of different origins.

Parallel to the piston steam engine begins the history of the steam turbine. In 1551, the Ottoman scholar Taqi al-Din first described a steam turbine as a drive for a spit.

The first usable steam turbines was developed by Carl Gustav Patrik de Laval (1883) (action principle) from Sweden and Charles Parsons (1884) (reaction principle) from England.

 

Laval-Turbine
002a
Bild: P. Nussbaumer

machine type
Laval-Turbine
action steam turbine 3 HP
Gear box 10:1 30'000/3'000 rpm.

manufacturer
Aktiebolaget de Laval Ångturbin Stockholm, (S)

year of manufacture
1899

in use
Power unit for paddle steamer „Giessbach III“ lac of Brienz (BE)

status
ready for use

inventory id 002a

double-stage Parson-Turbine, BBC
006
Bild: P. Nussbaumer

machine type
Parson-Turbine 29 kW
Gear box 2:1
6'000/3'000 rpm.

manufacturer
BBC, Brown Boveri & Cie Baden (AG)

year of manufacture
1932

in use
Technical school Biel/Bienne (BE)

status
ready for use
assembled with measuring machines

inventory id 006
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Adress

Dampfzentrum Winterthur
Lagerplatz 27, 8400 Winterthur
IBAN CH26 0070 0110 0038 4949 1
E-Mail: info@dampfzentrum.ch
Phone: +41 32 511 74 08

Opening hours

The steam center opens its doors 
each 2nd Saturnday a month
from 13:00 to 16:00
you can find the exact dates here