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Would an approach like this generate a useful amount of electricity if used in a power plant setting? I.e. From the steam/condensed-but-still-hot water after i
by Sosh101 5y ago
Would an approach like this generate a useful amount of electricity if used in a power plant setting? I.e. From the steam/condensed-but-still-hot water after it leaves the turbine?
- writeslowly 5y agoGas turbines in power plants can get very complicated when it comes to recovering waste heat. Some of them can hit something over 60% efficiency (vs cars where I think a typical ICE gets somewhere over 20%?). I think it’s mainly comes down to being worth the additinoal cost and complexity in a large power plant but not so much in an office building or road vehicle. Wikipedia has a list of some of the devices in use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_heat_recovery_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_heat_recovery_unit