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Basic Principle
The burning of fuels such as oil, coal and LNG (liquefied natural gas)
fires a boiler to generate high-temperature, high-pressure steam.
This steam is used to drive a steam turbine. A generator attached to
the steam turbine generates electricity.
Types of Thermal Power Generation
Steam power generation
Fuels such as heavy oil, LNG (liquefied natural gas) and coal are
burned inside a boiler to generate steam at high temperature and
high pressure.
This steam is used to rotate the impeller of the steam turbine. This
drives the power generators connected to the turbine that generate
electricity.
This system has a thermal efficiency of around 42% to 46% and
functions as a base-to-middle-load supply.
Power stations utilizing steam power generation
Nanko Power Station
Maizuru Power Station
Ako Power Station
Aioi Power Station
Himeji No. 2 Power Station (Unit Nos. 5 & 6)
Kainan Power Station
Gobo Power Station
Tanagawa No. 2 Power Station (Under a long-term
planned outage)
Miyazu Energy Research Center (Under a long-term
planned outage)
Combined cycle power generation