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Combined-cycle power plant, an Uncommon card
A combined-cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Combined-cycle power plant quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Combined-cycle power plant card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Combining two or more ______ cycles improves overall efficiency, which reduces fuel costs.
Answer
thermodynamic. Combining two or more thermodynamic cycles improves overall efficiency, which reduces fuel costs. From the Combined-cycle power plant article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Combined-cycle power plant. Combined-cycle power plant 74 · Capacity factor 70 · Canes Venatici 67 · Annona reticulata 58 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined-cycle gas turbine plant, which is a kind of gas-fired power plant.
- The same principle is also used for marine propulsion, where it is called a combined gas and steam plant.
- Combining two or more thermodynamic cycles improves overall efficiency, which reduces fuel costs.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Combined-cycle power plant article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Combined-cycle power plant
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Combined-cycle power plant (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Eric Gaba ( Sting - fr:Sting ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
