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What's to say that demand needs to be met with waste heat? Couldn't a plant tap off and sell some of the steam that would otherwise be sent to the turbines?
by robonerd 4y ago
What's to say that demand needs to be met with waste heat? Couldn't a plant tap off and sell some of the steam that would otherwise be sent to the turbines?
- jamincan 4y agoYes, and that has been done in the past. It comes at the cost of lower power production, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nuclear_Generating_Station#Bruce_Bulk_Steam_System,_1972%E2%80%932006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nuclear_Generating_Stati...
- robonerd 4y ago> It comes at the cost of lower power production Lower electrical production, not lower power production.