Sentences with phrase «using gas turbines»

The GTV used the Gas Turbine II engine.

The newly privatised companies invested in the new combined cycle generating technologies, which used gas turbines and were gas fired.

Not exact matches

The facilities make large gas turbines and turbine generator sets used by power plants.

Avista owns a 15 - per - cent - stake in two of the four units at the Colstrip plant in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.

The tunnel boring machine from Germany is being used to construct a 1.2 km pipeline for sea water intake to be used as a cooling system for the Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plant.

«Part of the money from the sale of the gas turbine was used to fund the All Progressives Congress campaign.

Simpson and Shue also criticized NYPA for writing its initial call for developers — called a request for proposal (RFP), which was made in early 2017 — that limited responses only to projects using natural gas turbines.

Dakuku explained that the money realised from sale of gas turbines were paid into the account of Rivers state and the money used for projects.

He also wanted to create a research program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems that convert heat into energy.

The hydrogen would be stored for use overnight to superheat water and run the steam turbines, or it could be used for other applications, producing zero greenhouse - gas emissions.

Gas turbines are also attractive because natural gas is relatively cheap and abundant, due in part to the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, which uses high - pressure water to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible shale deposiGas turbines are also attractive because natural gas is relatively cheap and abundant, due in part to the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, which uses high - pressure water to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible shale deposigas is relatively cheap and abundant, due in part to the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, which uses high - pressure water to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible shale deposits.

A mixture of gas turbine and diesel generators should be used, he says, and water and air cooling systems should both be considered for diesel generators in case a shortage of air or water might be an issue at the generator location.

The efficiency gains from using ultrahigh temperature materials in gas turbines and jet engines could have a real impact on CO2 emissions and global warming.»

Rocket engines, gas turbines and diesel engines experience conditions in their combustion chamber that exceed the critical conditions of their fuel, and supercritical finely atomized sprays are used to coat tablets in the production of medicines.

But so is the cost of any method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a similar difference — whether it's doubling the fuel efficiency of every single car and truck on the road (which would cost a few trillion dollars and take at least 15 years) or building scores of new wind turbines for each turbine already turning today or erecting hundreds of new solar cell arrays for every array in use today.

It hopes to make less use of coal - burning stations and more of combined - cycle gas - turbine stations.

Gas turbines are used for the production of electricity and in aircraft engines.

Torrid exhaust gases from the turbine are captured and used to heat water, which is fed to a separate steam turbine to yield another 125 megawatts.

Often these sites generate electricity as a byproduct of other industrial processes such as using gas from landfills to drive turbines.

The Patriot will also be unusual in the type of fuel it uses: the turbine runs on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The idea is that the new layer will be used in both aircraft engines and gas turbines within two years.

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays.

Forget wind turbines and nuclear power stations — the world could cut greenhouse gas emissions just using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Ultimately this concept car (we used to call them dream cars, an arguably better term for minimally functional showpieces) is directly comparable in its impressive unreality to General Motors» 1953 XP - 21 Firebird 1 gas turbine car.

This lets the engine efficiently use exhaust scavenging techniques, which decreases exhaust gas temperatures and NOx emissions, improves turbine efficiency, and reduces turbo lag evident at low engine speeds.

The batteries driving these motors are recharged using two diesel - fed micro gas turbines instead of a conventional four - stroke engine.

[10][11] Among other advantages, the micro turbines used in the C - X75 can be run on a range of fuels including diesel, biofuels, compressed natural gas and liquid petroleum gas.

When combined with modern - day turbocharging — which uses waste energy from the exhaust gas to drive the turbine — direct injection provides the best of both worlds: the responsiveness of a larger - displacement engine with fewer trips to the gas pump.

Whether the discussion turns to replacing coal - fired power plants with wind turbines and using electric cars instead of gas - driven SUVs, converting industrial agricultural practices to organic permaculture, or reversing the decline of ocean life though international regulations, it is an article of faith in the reform movement that we know what we need to do and all that's lacking is a sufficiently visionary leader to put more planet - friendly solutions in place.

With a methane economy we could heat and cool our homes, produce electric power at home using a small gas turbine generator, and fuel our vehicles all from our own home tank at far lower cost than using gasoline.

There is no hint that the Interior Department will cease using the Endangered Species Act and other laws to shut down oil and gas drilling while ignoring the growing slaughter of eagles and whooping cranes by wind turbines.

How CHP works is by using the heat that would otherwise be wasted in exhaust gases from fossil combustion systems, such as flue gases from a coal - or biomass - fueled boiler or exhaust from a gas turbine or reciprocating engine, to produce steam and / or hot water for various industrial or commercial needs.

Thermal plants using nuclear energy or gas turbines to run steam - electric units are among these technological advances.

After the energy integration more than 30 MW of process heat is used directly for heating up the feed gas to the reactor R1 and for producing electricity via a steam turbine.

Electrolysers ought to be much cheaper than gas turbines which could be used for the gas to power.

In a finding with direct relevance to Australia, the study by University of Edinburgh economics professor Gordon Hughes warns that using wind turbines to cut emissions costs 10 times the price of a gas - fired power station.

The first projects using floating wind turbines are also now entering into operation, based on concepts widely deployed in the offshore oil and gas sector; cost - competitive floating technologies would widen the economic resource base for offshore electricity generation considerably.

• Strong R&D focus on inexpensive ways to convert energy and ambient CO2 to fuel, so that when the cost becomes feasible it can be rolled out to use extra solar capacity to generate the gas or liquid fuel needed by the backup turbines.

The project, which will take up to three years to complete, will increase its capacity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 10 percent, by eliminating all use of fuel oil (except for emergencies) and installing newer, more efficient turbines.

Absorption and particularly extraction will require the use of a gas turbine that naturally emits more carbon dioxide, to the tune of 785,000 tons.

GWP could buy solar panels from other companies in the US and complete the manufacturing doing only the back - end of the panels at Grayson, use only the new technology gas turbine built in 2003 and invest in storage.

city editor Jonathan Ford, in an article that also repeated a GWPF talking point on the steel use of wind turbines compared to gas plants.

Hydrogen, produced from electricity when it isn't needed on the grid, which can be used to power a gas turbine to generate electricity

(Sec. 175) Requires the Secretary to implement a multiyear, multiphase program of research, development, and technology demonstration to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65 %.

The reason is that the efficient Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT) are used for baseload and intermediate load.

The usual backup in California is natural gas - fired plants that use combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technology.

The scenario combines the following elements: efficient electricity end - use; hydroelectric power; nuclear power; efficient gas turbine technologies fired with natural gas; use of coal - derived hydrogen in fuel cells; and biomass - integrated gasifier / gas turbine technologies.

More gas turbine are being installed but these only have a relatively small output and are used for peak loads, not load control.

[1] An NGCC plant first uses a gas combustion turbine to generate electricity, then uses the waste heat to make steam to generate additional electricity in a steam turbine.

If gas turbines are used for backup, startup time is about 30 min from dead stop, less from a low load situation where fuel consumption and emissions are low, less for combustion systems.