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To: MountainWalker

I have (yet another) dumb question

The engines on an Areleigh Burke class destroyer generate 78,000 kW but the Ohio class reactors produce 190 mega watts.

Why the huge difference?

23 posted on 05/04/2023 9:42:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)

To: BenLurkin

“The engines on an Areleigh Burke class destroyer generate 78,000 kW but the Ohio class reactors produce 190 mega watts.”

Different ships. .. bit the 78 MW in the destroyer is shaft hp and the sub is reactor power.

Ballpark:

190 MW x 35% = 67 MW.

35 posted on 05/04/2023 10:17:43 AM PDT by TexasGator

To: BenLurkin

One’s nuclear (Ohio) and the other is gas turbine.

37 posted on 05/04/2023 10:21:05 AM PDT by AFreeBird

To: BenLurkin

The Burkes most likely have two gas turbines.

GE sells gas turbines as large as 500 MW to utilities. That won’t fit in a destroyer.

48 posted on 05/04/2023 10:57:15 AM PDT by meatloaf

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