Simple cycle gas turbines provide efficiency levels of around 35% to 40%. Combined cycle units boost efficiency to 60% and beyond. But another option is emerging that combines the attributes of simple ...

Duke Energy’s Lincoln Combustion Turbine Station. Source: Duke Energy. Average capacity factors for simple-cycle, natural gas turbine power plants in the U.S. surpassed 20% for two consecutive summer ...

Figure 1. New silencer baffles are being hoisted to the duct. Simple cycle power plants are an integral part of our current electrical generating network, as they can be quickly started and stopped to ...

Microturbine technology has evolved from early systems of 30 kW to 70 kW to today’s systems, which can have individual ratings of 200 kW to 250 kW. Packages up to 1 MW are now available that can be ...

Engineering design makes all kinds of tradeoffs. Power trades off with torque, strength trades off with weight, and cost can ...