Sentences with phrase «combustion turbines which»
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Fossil fuel electric generation: Electric generation in which the prime mover is an internal combustion engine or a turbine rotated by high - pressure steam produced in a boiler or by a hot exhaust gas produced from the burning of fossil fuels.
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Energy from combustion is used to heat water, which in turn powers a steam turbine.
One scenario includes heat pumps — which are used in place of combustion - based heaters and coolers — but no hot or cold energy storage; two add no hydropower turbines to existing hydropower dams; and one has no battery storage.
Internal combustion may be able to fight back for a time by moving to gas turbines, which are potentially about twice as efficient as a conventional diesel.
These are followed by the combustion turbine (9.30 quads), which is primarily for power generation and transportation (aviation), and the compression - ignition engine (6.78 quads), which is primarily for transportation but also has some uses in power generation.
Combined cycle: An electric generating technology in which electricity is produced from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more gas (combustion) turbines.
The combustion of coal in power generating plants is used to make steam which, in turn, operates turbines and generators.