Aeolipile _ The First Ever Steam Turbine (How it works!)

A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Charles Parsons in 1884.

The steam turbine is a form of heat engine that derives much of its improvement in thermodynamic efficiency from the use of multiple stages in the expansion of the steam, which results in a closer approach to the ideal reversible expansion process. Because the turbine generates rotary motion, it is particularly suited to be used to drive an electrical generator—about 85% of all electricity generation in the United States in the year 2014 was by use of steam turbines.

The first device that may be classified as a reaction steam turbine was little more than a toy, the classic Aeolipile, described in the 1st century by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. this video is about the working principle of the first invented steam turbine, the Aeolipile.

[石神千空-xl]

I will try building this in the next few days, I hope i don't mess this up

[komedikervanii]

Isn't the steam turbine in the GIF rotating inverse direction ?

[Frisbinator]

Could have been used as a steam engine but apparently the ancients in 100AD only used it as a toy.