3. Boiler plus steam turbine
3.1 General
This is the oldest and most widespread system, with several hundred installations in France, mainly in industry where there is a need for both motive power and process steam. There are also around fifty in district heating plants (CU), including around 30 in waste-to-energy plants (UIOM), and the remainder in conventional boiler plants burning coal or fuel oil.
There are two main types of heat production:
In industry, backpressure steam is used directly (figure 2 );
in the tertiary sector (e.g. district heating), superheated water is more commonly used (figure...
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