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Steam turbine

A steam turbine converts high-pressure steam into rotating shaft power. It is the core of coal, nuclear and the steam side of combined-cycle plants, fed by a boiler, reactor steam generator or HRSG.

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Where are steam turbines used?

In coal, nuclear, biomass, geothermal, CSP and the steam cycle of combined-cycle gas plants.

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