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> Secondly, within a limit of my understanding, the efficiency of a turbine system hot-to-cold is affected by the climate it operates in. The ambient temperatur
by kumarvvr 4y ago
> Secondly, within a limit of my understanding, the efficiency of a turbine system hot-to-cold is affected by the climate it operates in. The ambient temperature, humidity and pressure affects the final stage.
Usually this is only partially true. Systems have enough margin to account for such conditions (cooling pumps have to pump more water to compensate for higher temps). Also to note that the output of a turbine can be kept constant. Only the efficiency will come down slightly.
- ggm 4y agoI wasn't sure about the slightly. What I read elsewhere indicated that for safety reasons, gas and coal fired steam turbines back off load when the ambient heat rises. I had assumed it was the output cool/evaporate efficiency but it might be something else.