How to Use steam turbine in a Sentence
steam turbine
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The age of steam relied on the same concept, as do modern steam turbines.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 5 May 2020
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At its core, the drinking bird is a heat engine, not that unlike a steam turbine or diesel engine.
—Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2018
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The only engine available is a honey-ham-burning brick oven with three steam turbines that weighs 3000 pounds.
—Jared Gall, Car and Driver, 24 Jan. 2020
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Either way, that heat can be used immediately to drive a steam turbine, or it can be transferred to molten salt, where the heat can be stored for hours.
—Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2017
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That was a $220 million drop from the same quarter last year, which the company said resulted from a steam turbine going offline in May.
—Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2022
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That material is then burned to run steam turbines that produce electricity (and heat as a by-product) that can be piped to homes.
—Jess Shankleman, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
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The heat is used to boil water and drive a steam turbine that generates electricity in large quantities.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2022
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GE Steam Power is the world's largest steam and coal power franchise, with 30% of the world's steam turbine capacity, according to its website.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Sep. 2020
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But the researchers note the efficiency is already higher than that of the average steam turbine generator in the US.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2022
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The onboard steam turbine, for instance, will be connected to a generator that charges the batteries to provide power to the azimuth thrusters.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2023
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Hot water coming out of a steam turbine can also be used to heat the isopentane, providing two layers of generation.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
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The repairs from that issue were made and the utility went to restart Eagle Valley’s steam turbine generator in November.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2022
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Here are other similarities: Both boats were steam turbines and their engine rooms were very similar.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2019
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There are numerous complex machines such as jet engines, steam turbines and many others that can be difficult to research and understand just by looking at sheets of paper.
—Abhinand Chincholi, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Combined-cycle power plants use gas and a steam turbines together to produce up to 50 percent more electricity from the same amount of fuel needed by traditional power plants.
—Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 22 May 2018
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Siemens employs about 1,650 at its Westinghouse Boulevard plant in Charlotte, where workers make steam turbines and electrical generators for energy firms.
—Katherine Peralta, charlotteobserver, 29 Jan. 2018
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Air Products also will build and operate in Texas City its largest-ever steam methane reformer to produce hydrogen, an air separation unit to supply nitrogen, and a steam turbine generator for the power and utilities.
—Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2020
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Siemens employs about 1,650 at its facility on Westinghouse Boulevard, where workers make steam turbines and electrical generators for energy firms.
—Katherine Peralta, charlotteobserver, 29 May 2018
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Thermal uses mirrors to focus incoming sunlight onto a location that reaches high temperatures, which can then be used to generate electricity by driving a steam turbine.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2019
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The steam turbine generator invented by Charles Parsons in 1884 revolutionized the production of electricity as well as marine transport.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2019
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Siemens employs about 1,650 people at its facility on Westinghouse Boulevard, where the company manufactures steam turbines and electrical generators for energy firms.
—Katherine Peralta, charlotteobserver, 12 Oct. 2017
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