ChineseTiger1986
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It does seem likely Type 004 will be conventionally powered, if only to have enough ships to build up the force to be available and reliable.
It will use conventional power like gas turbines + smaller PWR.
A1B is a huge PWR with 700 MW thermal output, whereas Fujian and Type 004 only got smaller PWR with 385 MW thermal output.
However, smaller PWR + gas turbines can exceed the performance of huge PWR like A1B.
US10378389B2 - Gas turbine and pressurized water reactor steam turbine combined circulation system - Google Patents
Disclosed is a gas turbine and pressurized water reactor steam turbine combined circulation system, using a heavy duty gas turbine and a pressurized water reactor steam turbine to form a combined circulation system. Heat of the tail gas of the gas turbine is utilized to raise the temperature of...
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