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That reduces your efficiency. The same amount of total heat energy is "worth less" at 500C than at 2000C.
by caf 5y ago
That reduces your efficiency. The same amount of total heat energy is "worth less" at 500C than at 2000C.
- aidenn0 5y agoBut you can get 36-40% efficiency with a steam turbine in a fossil-fuel plant, and IIRC coal flame temperatures can exceed 1000C (presumably the steam is much cooler; 500C sounds like a reasonable guess; I could only find that nuclear plants have a relatively low steam temperature of around 280C). [edit] Efficiencies of over 40% in steam turbines with temperatures between 500 and 600C from an article in 2002: https://www.power-eng.com/news/new-benchmarks-for-steam-turbine-efficiency/ https://www.power-eng.com/news/new-benchmarks-for-steam-turb...