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Old 11-04-2013, 01:34 PM  
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Originally Posted by AMSM View Post
the turbines are the two smaller round things pointing up in the first picture. They must be probably 150 - 200 yards in diameter
ha, can you imagine how much grunt it takes just to get one of those turning? dang.

+ to add to the thread,
under pressure water boils at something other than 100c. so they need the high pressure to turn the turbines, they need the different temp to keep the boiling point of h2o under pressure.
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