Which constraint becomes significant when turbines enter the Leidenfrost regime?

💡 Explanation

High turbine temperatures lead to liquid water flash-boiling into a vapor layer via the Leidenfrost effect; this mechanism rapidly increases blade erosion because cavitation bubbles collapse violently close to the blade surface, therefore erosion intensifies, rather than nucleate boiling.

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