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Is it feasible/economical to have a secondary power plant to convert all that heat into electricity?
by superkarn 16y ago
Is it feasible/economical to have a secondary power plant to convert all that heat into electricity?
- cstross 16y agoNot unless you repeal the second law of thermodynamics -- the 1.5Gw of heat was already used to generate 0.5Gw of electricity. In general, no thermal power plant can convert much more than about 40% of the input heat into useful work. See also: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rankine_cycle https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rankine_cycle