Combined-Cycle Power Plant
- Combined-Cycle Power Plant
A power plant that uses two thermodynamic cycles to achieve higher overall system efficiency; e.g.: the heat from a gas-fired combustion turbine is used to generate steam for heating or to operate a steam turbine to generate additional electricity.
Energy terms .
2014.
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