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CAES Media Site
Turbine Train
Design Point
(T = 5 Hours)
Initial
Operation
T = 10 Hours
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Regenerator Flow Rate, LB/SEC
Œe above turbine output and heat rate values are as calculated and do not include margins.
FIGURE 5.10
Turbine performance characteristics for aquifer CAES based on EPRI design for Media, Illinois
site (From Electric Power Research Institute, Compressed-Air Energy Storage Preliminary
Design and Site Development Program in an Aquifer, EM-2351, November 1982.)
