• grue
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    13 hours ago

    That’s just burning a hydrocarbon with extra steps.

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      it replaces gas turbine with a fuel cell, which is a good couple % more efficient than CCGT. still under development. there is also another variant where hot offgas is generated under pressure and expanded directly. no steam, same effect