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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is the peak efficiency of steam turbines?

[–] SavinDWhales@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

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Utility steam turbines operate with inlet steam pressures up to 3500 psig and exhaust at vacuum conditions as low as 2 psia

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