Can't be. Rossi's inlet temperature is 524K. With an outlet temperature at 373K (100C) the maximum Carnot efficiency is only 29%.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Alan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > SST-040 looks a good candidate : 300kW from 1MW > > http://www.energy.siemens.com/hq/en/power-generation/steam-turbines/sst-040.htm > > The newly developed predesigned steam turbine SST-040 is a generator drive > specially designed for the 75-300 kW power range. This favorably priced > turbine features a simple, extremely compact design, short start-up times > and a high degree of operational reliability. > > Application area of the SST-040: > > * Waste-heat recovery e.g. behind gas engines and biogas engines > * Small CHP plants > * Decentralized solar facilities > > Inlet pressure 2 up to 40 bar (a) > Inlet temperature dry saturated steam up to 400 °C > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Lynn" <[email protected]> > > This might be possible with supercritical CO2, though not in sizes > > less than about 100kW. Most definitely not steam > >
