Waste-to-Energy Equipment worked example

Turbine Output Estimate at 65% steam availability and turbine uptime: a worked example

Suppose steam availability and turbine uptime falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate turbine output estimate for waste-to-energy equipment using production-ready inputs so teams can confirm whether capacity can cover demand before committing the schedule.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Steam turbine gross output per generation cycle: 4 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available generation cycles in the period: 480 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Steam availability / turbine uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • On-spec generation first-pass yield: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross turbine output estimate capacity = turbine output estimate output per cycle × available turbine output estimate cycles.
  • Good turbine output estimate capacity works out to 1,211 units at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross turbine output estimate capacity works out to 1,920 units at these inputs.
  • Turbine output estimate downtime loss works out to 672 units at these inputs.
  • Turbine output estimate yield loss works out to 37.44 units at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where steam availability and turbine uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 1,211 units.
  • It computes good (net dispatchable) turbine output by discounting gross cycle capacity for steam/turbine uptime and first-pass yield. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Good turbine output estimate capacity: 1,211 units (headline result)
  • Gross turbine output estimate capacity: 1,920 units
  • Turbine output estimate downtime loss: 672 units
  • Turbine output estimate yield loss: 37.44 units

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Turbine Output Estimate calculator, set steam availability and turbine uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.