跟讀練習: How does a Steam Turbine Work? - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Nuclear and coal -based thermal power plants together produce almost half of the world's power.
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Steam turbines lie at the heart of these power plants.
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They convert thermal energy in the steam to mechanical energy.
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This video will explain the inner workings of the steam turbines
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and why they are constructed in the manner they are in a step -by -step, logical manner.
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To understand its basic workings, let's first observe one of their blades.
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You can see that the blade of a steam turbine has an airfoil shape.
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When the high energy fluid passes over it, this airfoil shape will create a pressure difference.
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This will subsequently create lift force.
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The lift force will rotate the turbine.
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In short, the energy in the fluid transfers to the mechanical energy of the rotor.
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To further understand steam turbine operation, let's understand fluid energy in greater depth.
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A fluid has three forms of energy, due to its speed, pressure, and temperature.
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As the blades absorb energy from the fluid, all three forms of energy come down.
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The low -velocity jet is of no use to produce effective lift force.
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To increase velocity, the fluid is passed through a stator section.
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The stator set is stationary and attached to the turbine casing.
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You can see that flow area decreases along the stator and the speed thus increases.
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In short, the stator acts like a nozzle.
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As the speed of the jet increases in the stator, kinetic energy increases.
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As there is no net energy transfer in the fluid in stator section,
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the pressure and temperature of the jet should decrease to keep the total energy constant.
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Now, the next row of rotors is added.
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The stator also makes sure
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that the flow coming out of it will be at an optimum angle of attack to the next rotor set.
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After that, another nozzle set is added.
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Many such sets are used in a steam turbine.
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There is an important term while designing steam turbines, namely degree of reaction.
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This term is calculated by dividing pressure and temperature energy by the total energy change in the rotor.
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Pressure and temperature energy together is called enthalpy.
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The degree of reaction decides what type of steam turbine it is.
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As the pressure of the steam undergoes a drastic reduction during steam turbine operation, its volume increases proportionally.
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To accommodate such an expanded steam, we have to increase the flow area.
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Otherwise, the flow speed will become too high.
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This is the reason why the steam turbine blades are too long towards the outlet.
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You can see how long the last stage turbine blades are compared to the first stage blades.
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The tips of such long blades will have very high velocity compared to the root.
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A twist is given to it so that all blade cross sections will remain at an optimum angle of attack.
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This kind of large turbine uses two such symmetrical units.
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You can see how the steam is equally divided between these units.
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High -capacity power plants use different stages of steam turbines, such as high -pressure turbine,
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intermediate -pressure turbine, and low -pressure turbines.
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All these units are attached to a single rotating shaft.
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The shaft in turn is connected to a generator.
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The reason for such different stages is quite interesting.
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With greater steam temperature comes greater power plant efficiency.
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This is according to the second law of thermodynamics.
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But we cannot have temperature greater than 600 degrees Celsius, since the turbine blade material will not withstand temperature more than that.
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Temperature of the steam decreases as it flows along the rows of the blade.
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Consequently, a great way to increase power plant efficiency is to add more heat after the first stage.
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So after the first stage, the steam is bypassed to the boiler and more heat is added.
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This is known as reheating.
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This will increase the steam temperature again, leading to higher power plant efficiency and output.
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One challenging problem in power plant operation is to keep the speed of the steam turbine constant.
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This is important since frequency of the electricity produced is directly proportional to the generator speed.
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However, depending on the load or power demand, the steam turbine speed will vary.
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To keep the steam turbine speed constant, a steam flow governing mechanism is used.
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If the steam turbine rotates at a higher speed,
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the control valve will automatically reduce the steam flow rate to the turbine until the speed becomes normal.
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If the turbine rotates at a low speed, the inverse will be done.
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In this way, the balance of power demand and power supply will be perfectly synchronized.
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To learn more about degree of reaction and its implications, please check the next video.
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Please help us at patreon .com so
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that we can add one more member to the team and we will be able to release two educational videos per month.
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Thank you!
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“How does a Steam Turbine Work?”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：turbine, steam, energy, speed, blade。 這段影片共有 65 個句子、822 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 5:42。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 144 個詞，很適合跟讀。 只有 80% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙難度較高。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| turbine 名詞 | /ˈtɜː.baɪn/ | 渦輪機 /渦輪機, 輪機 /輪機 |
| blade 名詞 | /bleɪd/ | 刃, 刀身 |
| fluid 名詞 | /ˈflu.ɪd/ | 流體 /流體, 液體 /液體 |
| rotate 動詞 | /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/ | 旋轉, 轉動 |
| efficiency 名詞 | /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/ | 效率, 效能 |
| decrease 動詞 | /dɪˈkɹiːs/ | 減少 /減少, 下降 |
| velocity 名詞 | /vəˈlɑsəti/ | 速度 |
| compare 動詞 | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | 比, 比較 /比較 |
| angle 名詞 | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | 角, 角度 |
| divide 動詞 | /dɪˈvaɪd/ | 分, 分裂 |
| generator 名詞 | /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ | 發電機 /發電機 |
| shaft 名詞 | /ˈʃɑːft/ | 杆 |
| attach 動詞 | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | 附上, 附 |
| output 名詞 | /ˈaʊtpʊt/ | 輸出 /輸出 |
| equally 副詞 | /ˈiːkwəli/ | 一樣地 /一樣地, 同樣地 /同樣地 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| come down 動詞 | 下來 /下來, 降 |
需要注意的發音
- “th” 音: thermal /ˈθɜːməl/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/, enthalpy /ˈɛn.θəl.piː/, thermodynamics /ˌθɜː(ɹ)moʊdaɪˈnæmɪks/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, shaft /ˈʃɑːft/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, velocity /vəˈlɑsəti/, mechanical /məˈkænəkəl/, generator /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: velocity /vəˈlɑsəti/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, vary /ˈvɛəɹi/, valve /ˈvælv/, convert /kənˈvɝt/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: blade /bleɪd/, fluid /ˈflu.ɪd/, rotate /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/, decrease /dɪˈkɹiːs/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, proportionally /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəli/, symmetrical /səˈmɛtrək(ə)l/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 turbine, blade, fluid 這類單詞。
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