# Boiler heat recovery and Steam turbines and thermal power plants

Energy flows from steam turbines and thermal power plants to boiler heat recovery; energy flows from boiler heat recovery to steam turbines and thermal power plants; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/boiler-heat-recovery-and-steam-turbines-and-thermal-power-plants/

[Boiler heat recovery](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_boiler_recovery/) (energy) and [Steam turbines and thermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_steam_turbines/) (energy): 3 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Energy flow

*Physical flow · 78% of flow · Steam turbines and thermal power plants → Boiler heat recovery*

Economisers and air heaters reclaim flue heat in power plants.

- **78%** of Steam turbines and thermal power plants's energy goes this way

### 2. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · Boiler heat recovery → Steam turbines and thermal power plants*

Economisers raise efficiency in power-plant boilers.

### 3. Price link: steam system

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Boilers raise steam for turbines, so boiler and turbine orders rise together with thermal power building. Monthly moves correlate at 0.26, a modest link from shared projects and heavy fabrication.

- **0.26** monthly change correlation
- **0.17** 12-month change correlation
- **1.70** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.