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The high-pressure steam pipework in power stations is made from CrMoV (Chrome-Moly-Vanadium) steel which has anything from 0.5% to 8% of Vanadium in it. It is creep-resisting at temperatures up to about 600C. If you took the lagging off the pipework, the pipes would glow a dull red in the dark. A 500MW generating set has a boiler that contains about 3,000 tons of water at a temperature approaching 600C and a pressure of about 3,000psi. Not the sort of thing you want to have burst.
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Possibly best answered by Ophidian? How long does it take to bring a rotary kiln on-stream from stone cold? My experience with power stations would lead me to expect some timescale between six and 24 hours.
When there's one worth having that's affordable, I'll do it. I was a driver for a BMW dealership for a while last year and I loved the i3 as a car for driving, but it was priced at double its worth and it looked like the bastard offspring of a shoebox and a milk container. The range of 180 miles put the nail in its coffin.