turbogenerator
Britishnoun
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TVA had paid $34 per kilowatt for its Widows Creek turbogenerator; because of foreign competition and other factors, the price for similar generators has since dropped to about $14 per kilowatt.
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The steam, which is slightly radioactive, goes directly to a turbogenerator which turns its energy into electricity.
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Southern California Edison will get in return a new 80,000-kw. turbogenerator now being manufactured�and the U.S.S.R. will get its additional power supply that much earlier.
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They are also cheap, consisting essentially of a sheltered, shallow body of salt water that acts as a solar collector, plus a heat-exchanging system and turbogenerator.
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Most of the electricity generated by the system comes from the electrodes, but waste heat can be harnessed to drive a conventional turbogenerator, adding importantly to the system's efficiency.
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