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reheat unit.
FIGURE 37 Heat rate of a cross-compound four-flow steam turbine
with 3600/1800-r/min shafts.
Related Calculations. Use this general procedure for comparing stationary
and marine high-pressure steam turbines. The curves given here are typical of
those supplied by turbine manufacturers for their turbines.
With the price of all commonly used fuels on the rise, nuclear power is
increasingly being looked at by engineers worldwide. A number of nations—
the United States, Japan, France, England, and Germany—are currently
generating portions of their electricity needs by using nuclear energy.
Today’s nuclear plants use fission to generate the steam for their turbines.
Fusion is now being seriously investigated as the next source of nuclear
power. In June 2005, France was selected as the country in which an
experimental fusion reactor would be built. Test results will be provided to
participating countries. Fusion reactors produce much less nuclear waste than
fission-based reactors.
