Sentences with phrase «first steam turbine»
The first steam turbine caused a maritime sensation nearly a century ago, and went on to electrify the world.
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First coal is burned, boiling water and producing steam that drives a turbine to generate electricity.
The tiny steam boat was named Turbinia, and the secret of its success was a turbine engine, the first of its kind.
And at 11:08 A.M. local time Wednesday, this concentrated light heated steam in those towers to turn a turbine — the first «power towers» in the U.S. to convert the sun's heat into electricity for commercial use.
The 19 - megawatt tower will be the first in the world to use a mixture of molten salts to transfer heat from the receiver on top of the tower to a heat exchanger where steam to drive the turbines is generated.
Built in 1905, the SS Maheno was one of the first turbine - driven steamers.
Constructed back in 1905, this ship used to be among the very first steamers driven by turbine.
On the other hand, if two states each choose the R2 compliance approach, they may only trade ERCs if they first coordinate with each other to establish a common state - average emission performance rate that represents the weighted average of both states» fossil steam and combustion turbine generation and submit a joint compliance plan.
After running the steam turbine successfully on January 9th, project synchronization of the first 10 MW was achieved on the 10th.
Look historically to see how long it has taken for us to get from the first engines (petrol, diesel, steam turbine, jet engine, solar thermal engine) and nuclear power plants to where we are at now.
[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.