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Light water nuclear plants like PWR and BWR have efficiency of about 33 percent, that is the ratio of electric output to reactor thermal output. Gas cooled reactors can be up to 40 percent as they work at higher temperature.
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Which power plants are considered highly efficiency?
hydropower plants
What is one benefit of hydroelectric power plants is that they?
low loss,,,,,,,,,,,high efficiency
What has the author John Bruce written?
John Bruce has written: 'Power station efficiency control' -- subject(s): Electric power-plants
How did renaissance cities produce power?
electricity produced by nuclear plants since 1990 could power 26 cities the size of Boston or Seattle. While efficiency has increased, the operating costs of nuclear power plants
What are high efficiency motors?
The efficiency of a motor is the output power divided by the input power. The difference is the lost power which appears as heat usually. High-efficiency motors produce very little lost power. But they tend to be more massive and expensive to make, so that most motor designs have to compromise on efficiency.
Which natural resource enables the operation of most of China's power plants?
Coal is thenatural resource that enables the operation of most of China's power plants.
Thermal efficiency in a coal fired power plant?
It can be up to 40 percent in modern plants, less in old ones
What has the author A B Gill written?
A. B. Gill has written: 'Power plant performance' -- subject(s): Efficiency, Electric power-plants, Heat engineering
Efficiency is a comparison of?
Efficiency is output power divide by input power.
How efficient is nuclear?
Nuclear power plants such as PWR and BWR have a thermal efficiency around 33 percent. The best fossil fired plants are around 40 percent efficient.
Why are power plants more efficient in the winter?
Temperature alone would do it; engines create heat, which must be removed for best efficiency.
How is the efficiency of a machine calculated?
Efficiency = useful output power / input power
