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To: Presbyterian Reporter

A combined-cycle power plant uses both a gas and a steam turbine
together to produce up to 50 percent more electricity from the same
fuel than a traditional simple-cycle plant. The waste heat from the
gas turbine is routed to the nearby steam turbine, which generates
extra power.


87 posted on 02/17/2021 8:10:49 AM PST by deport ( )
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To: deport

So both types of plants require natural gas as the feedstock. Am I correct?


88 posted on 02/17/2021 8:13:21 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: deport
Yep. At one of my past jobs we installed a co-gen unit. It was fueled by natural gas I don't remember the output, but it made both electrical power and steam in such savings that the investment paid for itself in 5 years.
91 posted on 02/17/2021 8:24:49 AM PST by WhoisAlanGreenspan? (Keep looking up.)
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