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minus-squarePlutoniumAcidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoYeah but photovoltaic has a yield of less than 50% even for the best panels. Lots of waste there, compared to steam.
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoWhat is the peak efficiency of steam turbines?
minus-squareSavinDWhaleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 days agoSurprisingly high… Up to 90% https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-07/documents/catalog_of_chp_technologies_section_4._technology_characterization_-_steam_turbines.pdf
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days agoSupercritical steam is nothing to fuck with. Even old school sub critical steam will happily kill you as if it were fire instead of water. Edit Utility steam turbines operate with inlet steam pressures up to 3500 psig and exhaust at vacuum conditions as low as 2 psia Damn
Yeah but photovoltaic has a yield of less than 50% even for the best panels. Lots of waste there, compared to steam.
What is the peak efficiency of steam turbines?
Surprisingly high… Up to 90%
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-07/documents/catalog_of_chp_technologies_section_4._technology_characterization_-_steam_turbines.pdf
Supercritical steam is nothing to fuck with. Even old school sub critical steam will happily kill you as if it were fire instead of water.
Edit
Damn