| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Combined Pumped-Storage Electric Power Plant | Energy | A pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant that uses both pumped water and natural stream flow to produce electricity. See Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant and Pure Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant. (references) | |
| Electric power plant | Energy | 1: A facility containing prime movers, electric generators, and auxiliary equipment for converting mechanical, chemical, and/or fission energy into electric energy. (references) | |
| 2: A facility or piece of equipment that produces electricity. (references) | |||
| 3: A station containing primer movers, electric generators, and auxiliary equipment for converting mechanical, chemical, and/or fission energy into electricity. (references) | |||
| 4: A station containing prime movers, electric generators, and auxiliary equipment for converting mechanical, chemical, and/or fission energy into electric energy. (references) | |||
| Gas-Turbine Electric Power Plant | Energy | A plant in which the prime mover is a gas turbine. A gas turbine typically consists of an axial-flow air compressor and one or more combustion chambers where liquid or gaseous fuel is burned. The hot gases expand to drive the generator and then are used to run the compressor. (references) | |
| Internal combustion electric power plant | Energy | 1: The generation of electric power by a heat engine which converts part of the heat generated by combustion of the fuel into mechanical motion to operate an electric generator. (references) | |
| 2: A power plant in which the prime mover is an internal combustion engine. Diesel or gas-fired engines are the principal types used in electric power plants. The plant is usually operated during periods of high demand for electricity. (references) | |||
| Nuclear electric power plant | Energy | A single-unit or multiunit facility in which heat produced in one or more reactors by the fissioning of nuclear fuel is used to drive one or more steam turbines. (references) | |
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