Sentences with phrase «typical steam turbine»

But going from heat to electrical or mechanical energy involves considerable losses; typical steam turbine generators run at about 33 % conversion efficiency — i.e. only 1/3 of the thermal energy gets converted to electricity.

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But Siemens, a supplier, gave some examples for a typical combined - cycle natural gas power plant, one that burns the fuel in a gas turbine to drive one generator, then makes steam from the exhaust to drive a second generator.

The light heats water in a boiler at the top of the tower, creating steam, which is used to run a conventional steam turbine like those in a typical fossil - fired power plant.

CSP plants are more like typical power plants and require incorporating large steam turbines and storage tanks, plus a large, flat area for the solar array.

Variation across gas plants is less, though still substantial, with the best combined - cycle plants having nearly twice the efficiency (and hence roughly half the damages) of typical steam or centralized turbine plants, and lower damages even than the cleanest coal - fired plants.