【整理版】火力发电厂常用英语词汇7.doc

1. Modern electric generating stations 1.现代发电厂 1.1 how power is generated 1.1 电是如何产生的 Virtually all the electric power in the United States today is generated by one of the methods depicted schematically in fig.1.1. 事实上，今天所有的美国电力都是由图1.1所示意的一种方法所产生的。 Approximately 90% of the electric power are generated by what is called the thermal-mechanical generation concept. In this concept, heat energy is converted into mechanical energy which powers an electric generator. Most of these power plants use the Rankine cycle for conversion of heat energy to mechanical power. 接近90%的电力是通过热机发电的理念而产生的。这个观念认为，