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You're thinking about this the wrong way...use them the way they are supposed to be used: drive turbines with them. Steam engines, treated as powerplants, are
by angersock 12y ago
You're thinking about this the wrong way...use them the way they are supposed to be used: drive turbines with them.
Steam engines, treated as powerplants, are actually remarkably efficient.
- TheLoneWolfling 12y agoYep. There's a reason why fossil fuel power generation is mainly steam turbine based. There are other problems with steam turbines, however. The efficiency band can be relatively small, and it doesn't change power levels particularly quickly.
- beachstartup 12y agosteam generators are also used in nuclear power plants.