(Power Journal, November/December 2003, pp. 29–31).
Today's combined-cycle power plants are attaining efficiencies near 50%. But a new technology promises levels of up to 60%. The Maisotsenko cycle -–which seems to defy the second law of thermodynamics – uses souped-up cooling and captures significant amounts of energy from the atmosphere. The result is higher efficiency and lower emissions.
Combined-cycle, Efficiencies, Thermodynamics, Emissions
