Wike claimed that the money was the proceeds of the sale of
gas turbines by ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who was his predecessor in office.
Nigeria Politics Online had earlier reported that the Rivers state government has claimed that its investigations revealed that the money was the proceed from the sale of
gas turbines by the immediate past Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Dakuku, an All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart in Rivers State, while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, dismissed Wike's claimed that the money found in Lagos were part of proceeds the Rivers State Government realised from sale of
gas turbines by the Rotimi Amaechi's administration.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said N13bn ($ 43.4 m, N23m and # 27,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, belongs to the Rivers state government claiming that investigations by the government revealed that the money was the proceed from the sale of
gas turbines by the immediate past Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday night, Wike said the $ 43m was part of the proceeds from the sale of
a gas turbine by the immediate past administration, adding that the gas turbine was initially built by the Peter Odili administration.
Not exact matches
The facilities make large
gas turbines and
turbine generator sets used
by power plants.
Natural
gas turbines replaced solar power capacity during the August 21st solar eclipse, highlighting the carbon - light fossil fuel's emerging role as a gateway «green» energy in the coming decades, according to a report
by Fortune released before the sun took its proverbial nap.
Further, the aluminum market is expected to double its 2010 level
by the end of this decade, driven
by robust markets such as aerospace, automotive, and industrial
gas turbines.
The Greek corporation informed that its wholly - owned Turkish subsidiary will be providing Ghana with ten brand new
gas turbines manufactured
by General Electric (GE).
Documents exclusively available to Citi News show that, the agreement for the 400MW combined cycle
gas turbine power plant to be situated in Tema, will be executed
by Early Power Limited, a company incorporated in Ghana only in October 27, 2014.
The $ 1.5 billion power plant is expected to produce 275 megawatts of electricity
by turning coal into
gas, thereby removing impurities including CO2, and burning the resulting pure
gas to turn
turbines to produce power.
If natural
gas — fed
turbines could increase efficiency
by just another 5 percent, it would save $ 180 billion
by 2040 in electricity costs.
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center estimates that the
turbines will reduce annual greenhouse
gas emissions
by 2.4 million tons.
By comparison, today's simple cycle power plants (
gas turbine generator only) operate with efficiencies ranging between 33 and 44 percent depending on the size and model.
Many «hummers» believe the noise is caused
by low frequency resonance along high pressure
gas pipes, caused
by the
turbines that pump the
gas.
As part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), the Obama administration unveiled a plan in September to build wind farms off of nearly every U.S. coastline
by 2050 — enough
turbines to generate zero - carbon electricity for more than 23 million homes.
The Patriot will be powered
by a complex combination of elements: a
gas turbine, a high - speed flywheel, and an electric traction motor.
At the same time, old, inefficient «peaker» units — so - called because they run no more than 77 hours a year when electricity demand in the state is at its highest — will be shut down or replaced
by newer natural
gas — fired
turbines.
The company plans to recover some of this energy
by fitting a
turbine inside the tailpipe: the fast - moving exhaust
gases coming straight from the engine drive the
turbine, generating electricity.
To avoid losing energy generated
by wind
turbines, for example, hydrogen
gas must be generated quickly.
Inside a
gas turbine engine, a combustor is fed high pressure air that is heated
by constant pressure.
The Volt model could very well be the standard of the future: a smartly sized battery backed
by a frugal range extender, whether that's a diesel, a
turbine, or a
gas engine.
Twin - scroll
turbines also aid power delivery
by eliminating the interference between exhaust -
gas pulses.
A turbocharger creates boost (pressure) through the spinning of a small
turbine (pushed
by exhaust
gases) that shares a shaft with a similar - looking compressor, which delivers the extra air to the engine.
The roadster is powered
by a natural -
gas turbine that spun a conventional flywheel, acting as a power reserve for an electrical motor that powered the wheels.
Gas turbines operate at extremely high RPM
by comparison, and exhibit narrow powerbands, and poor throttleability and throttle response.
The power unit of the new 911 GT2 is based on the six - cylinder boxer engine of the 911 Turbo, with air supply
by two exhaust
gas turbochargers featuring variable
turbine geometry (VTG).
Only a relatively small power loss is caused
by the turbocharger's
turbine restricting the flow of exhaust
gases and increasing back - pressure.
Turbocharger technology was improved greatly
by developments during World War II and subsequent development of the
gas turbine.
The Toyota GTV (
Gas Turbine Vehicle) was a concept vehicle by Toyota with a gas turbine engi
Gas Turbine Vehicle) was a concept vehicle by Toyota with a gas turbine
Turbine Vehicle) was a concept vehicle
by Toyota with a
gas turbine engi
gas turbine turbine engine.
Due to its specially designed
turbines, the midsize
gas engine's turbocharger provides response that is usually generated
by twin - scroll
turbines on larger engines, Opel says.
Twin - scroll turbocharger designs have two exhaust
gas inlets divided
by split walls inside the
turbine housing, with both
gas passages controlled
by a wastegate.
Unlike the earlier Chrysler
Turbine Car, the GTV had a de-coupled gas turbine (i.e. output was by a separate turbine) with a two - stage heat exchanger designed to reduce the exhaust gas tempe
Turbine Car, the GTV had a de-coupled
gas turbine (i.e. output was by a separate turbine) with a two - stage heat exchanger designed to reduce the exhaust gas tempe
turbine (i.e. output was
by a separate
turbine) with a two - stage heat exchanger designed to reduce the exhaust gas tempe
turbine) with a two - stage heat exchanger designed to reduce the exhaust
gas temperature.
The heart of this most exclusive high - performance athlete is of course a six - cylinder boxer boosted
by two exhaust
gas turbochargers with variable
turbine geometry, with an increase in power over the 911 Turbo
by 30 to 530 bhp (390 kW).
Twin - scroll turbocharger designs have two exhaust
gas inlets divided
by split walls inside the
turbine housing, with both
gas passages controlled
by a waste-gate.
Downstream of the HP
turbine, the two exhaust
gas streams join up again, and any remaining exhaust
gas energy drives the HP
turbine at a maximum speed of up to 185,000 revolutions per minute.To protect against overloading, the LP
turbine is also equipped with a bypass, which is opened or closed
by means of a wastegate.
Twin - scroll turbocharger designs have two exhaust
gas inlets that are divided
by split walls inside the
turbine housing with both
gas passages controlled
by a waste-gate.
When complemented
by the precision of the engine's valvetrain, that separation leverages exhaust scavenging techniques to optimize
gas flow, which decreases exhaust
gas temperatures, improves
turbine efficiency and reduces turbo lag.
After cooling of the thermally stressed exhaust
gas turbine can be individually controlled in the case of a turbocharger whose temperature is controlled
by the thermal management module.
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Why do you ignore
gas turbine generators powered
by hydrogen to recover the energy stored in the hydrogen and convert it to electric power?
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.
Norwegian oil and
gas company Statoil's Batwind project in Scotland, combining wind
turbines with energy storage, will have a battery system installed
by system integrator Younicos.
GE Power in early December 2017 said its 9HA.02
gas turbine reached a new milestone
by exceeding 64 % efficiency in combined cycle power plants.
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.
The NRDC cites the «2016 State of the Market» report
by PJM, the largest grid operator in North America, as showing that «new entrant natural
gas - fired combined cycle plants, combustion
turbine plants, and solar are economical, but that new coal and nuclear plants are not.»
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.
• 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 open cycle consists of the following steps: (i) flash evaporation of a fraction of the warm seawater
by reduction of pressure below the saturation value corresponding to its temperature (ii) expansion of the vapor through a
turbine to generate power; (iii) heat transfer to the cold seawater thermal sink resulting in condensation of the working fluid; and (iv) compression of the non-condensable
gases (air released from the seawater streams at the low operating pressure) to pressures required to discharge them from the system.