Explore how combined cycle gas turbines hit 64% efficiency, capture waste heat for power, and how CCGT compares with coal and nuclear in grids ...

Gas turbines are found in aircraft, trains, ships, generators, pumps, compressors and all sorts of other places. They can run on a variety of fuels, but some 90 percent of them currently run on ...

Electricity demand is surging in the U.S., but there’s years-long wait on the turbines that are a critical component of natural gas power plants. U.S. electricity consumption is on the rise, in part ...

A highly anticipated decision on whether Platte River Power Authority can move forward with five gas-powered aeroderivative turbines was postponed.

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A stand-off over the return of a turbine that Russia says is ...

Gas turbine sales have been sluggish for years. Annual worldwide sales amounted to around 60 GW a decade or so ago. More recently, the range has sunk to 30 GW to 40 GW. 2022 saw a rebound back to 50 ...

Gas turbines have grown into a hallmark of the modern power system for their high efficiency, reliability, operational flexibility, fuel flexibility, and low-emission power options. But if gas ...

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...

The history of the gas turbine can be traced back to 150 BC, when a Greek inventor, philosopher, and geometrician, Hero, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, invented a toy called the “Aeolipile.” The toy ...

The rapid growth of AI and data centers is causing a significant increase in demand for electricity, leading to a global shortage of gas turbines needed for new power generation capacity. Despite the ...

Park Gee-won, chairman of Doosan Enerbility, oversees a full-load performance test of a large gas turbine at the company’s headquarters in Changwon, South Gyeongsang in March 2024. [DOOSAN ENERBILITY] ...

Back in the early 2000s, some controversy emerged about the practice of spraying large amounts of fog directly into the compressor. Some claimed that this led to blade erosion, pitting, and scaling.