steam-electric power plant

The greatest variation in the design of steam-electric power plants is due to the different fuel sources.

Steam-electric power plants utilize a surface condenser cooled by water circulating through tubes.

Worldwide, most electric power is produced by steam-electric power plants, which produce about 86% of all electric generation.

Plant X is a steam-electric power plant located in the partially vegetated sandhills south of the West Texas town of Earth in Lamb County, Texas.

In the case of a conventional steam-electric power plant utilizing a drum boiler, the surface condenser removes the latent heat of vaporization from the steam as it changes states from vapor to liquid.

The electric efficiency of a conventional steam-electric power plant, considered as saleable energy produced at the plant busbars compared with the heating value of the fuel consumed, is typically 33 to 48% efficient, limited as all heat engines are by the laws of thermodynamics (See: Carnot cycle).