Sentences with phrase «gas turbines by»

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.

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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 engiGas Turbine Vehicle) was a concept vehicle by Toyota with a gas turbine Turbine Vehicle) was a concept vehicle by Toyota with a gas turbine engigas 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 tempeTurbine 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 tempeturbine (i.e. output was by a separate turbine) with a two - stage heat exchanger designed to reduce the exhaust gas tempeturbine) 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.
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