heat rate

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steam turbines

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    In turbine: Overall performance characteristics

    …measured in terms of its heat rate—i.e., the amount of heat that has to be supplied to the feedwater in order to produce a specified generator power output. In the United States the heat rate is given by the heat input in Btus per hour for each kilowatt-hour of electricity…

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