Definitions for "Combined Cycle"
The combination of one or more gas turbines and steam turbines in an electric generation plant. An electric generating technology in which electricity is produced from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more gas turbines.
Running two heat engines in a row. The first heat engine generates electricity by using a gas turbine. The second heat engine generates elecctricity by using the wast heat from the first heat engine to make steam, which turns a steam turbine. By combining the two heat engines, more work can be extracted from the initial temperature difference, although implementing the second heat engine can often be costly.
The combination of a gas turbine and steam turbine in an electric generating plant. The waste heat from the first turbine cycle provides the heat energy for the second turbine cycle.
Two or more generation processes in series or in parallel, configured to optimize the energy output of the system.