U.S. ArmyDisclosure: Rod Adams founded a now defunct company named Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. that worked on nuclear gas turbines from 1993-2010. It is a modern day truism that natural gas power plants are cheap while nuclear power plants are expensive. Simple Cycle Gas Turbines (Brayton Cycle Machines)Modern natural gas plants include Brayton Cycle gas turbines. Simple cycle gas turbines also save space and weight by using fuels that produce purely gaseous waste products with little, if any ash particles. One might logically ask if Brayton cycle machines are so obviously cheaper and simpler than Rankine cycle steam turbines, why are any steam turbines being built?

Source: Forbes August 26, 2017 15:22 UTC