The Dortmund Family of Hypermedia Systems

A diaphragm for a steam turbine stage comprises hollow guide blades with one end of each blade being fixed to a diaphragm rim and with the other - to a diaphragm body. Each blade is provided with at least one slot for removal of liquid phase from wet steam, said slot being communicated with the interior of a blade and located in a moisture collecting groove made on the flat surface of the blade profile from the intake side of the wet steam main flow.