Compound Turbine - Tandem Compound or Cross Compound

Tandem Compound or Cross Compound

The rotor arrangement can be either tandem-compound in which the two axles are joined end to end, or cross-compound in which the two turbines have separate axles. In the cross-compound case two separate generators are usually supplied, although a gearbox can reduce this to one.

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