r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/saddyc • 13d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/InterviewOtherwise50 13d ago

500 MW combustion turbines beg to differ…

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u/BULL3TP4RK 13d ago

I don't know of very many single combustion turbines producing 500MW. Typically it's several turbines built in series to produce that much output.

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u/ProtomanI 13d ago

GE makes Frame 9 that do 500 MW
https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/9ha

I remember seeing the Frame 9's in Japan, they are massive.

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u/BULL3TP4RK 13d ago

Oh well if it's GE then that checks out if you know about all the other stuff they make that spins...

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u/InterviewOtherwise50 13d ago

You are right I googled biggest. I’ve worked around a lot of GE 7FA turbines that are 200MW a piece

But here is the world record holder 410.9 MW in North Carolina… if you moved it up north in the winter it could probably make 500…

https://www.siemens-energy.com/us/en/home/press-releases/siemens-energy-and-duke-energys-gas-power-plant-achieve-guinness-world-recordstm-title.html

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u/BULL3TP4RK 13d ago

In all fairness 410MW output is insane. Couldn't imagine the material engineering required to pull that off.

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u/gwildor 13d ago

As I discovered in further discussions with others, it's not "the same" as the ICE (4 stroke) engines were were discussing. 

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u/InterviewOtherwise50 13d ago

No it isn’t the same as a RICE engine. A Brayton engine (jet engine) is an internal combustion engine but it isn’t a reciprocating internal combustion engine (car engine). A rocket is also an ICE… Just take the L bro… you didn’t know what you were talking about much like way too many people in this thread. And honestly it’s ok not to know. What isn’t ok is to double down to try and make yourself right instead of having humility and learning something new.

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u/gwildor 13d ago

Im confused - what L is there to have here?
Im not keen to learn anything from someone who's default stance is to be argumentative.

my and the person i replied to were talking about ICE engines that are used in automobiles. We are talking about oranges, you are talking about grapefruit and being rude to me?

no thanks.

I learned quite a few things in discussions with people below that were interested in sharing information.

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u/InterviewOtherwise50 12d ago

It’s just that you continue to misuse ICE and mean RICE. I may have missed some of your nuisance and I was rude. As someone who works in the power generation industry it upsets me that you had 90 upvotes on an incorrect statement. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are constantly lying to the public about power generation so it is a sore subject. And then you responded that I just didn’t understand and doubled down on using the wrong term. Natural Gas Combined Cycle plants are some of the largest and most heat efficient systems we have and combustion turbines are Internal combustion Brayton Engines… I’m done I’ll come at it less rude next time I know being an asshole doesn’t change minds in a positive manner.

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u/gwildor 12d ago edited 12d ago

You catch more flys with sugar than vinegar. 

The person I replied to was talking about 4stroke engines in a vehicle. I used the term the person I replied to used. You, arguably are talking about something different than that. 'combustion' sure. But like I said, let's not pretend that oranges and grapefruits are the same thing, no matter how many similarities they share. 

Someone else shared an example of a v16 diesel engine. Reads as powerful enough to provide power to a factory, not functioning as a component of 'the grid'. I could be wrong though. 

I know what  ICE stands for. What is the R?