##  [Heat Recovery Steam Generator](/heat-recovery-steam-generator) 

  ##  [Heat Recovery Steam Generator](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/heat-recovery-steam-generator-0) 

  

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Definition

A pressure-containing heat‑exchange assembly placed in the exhaust path of a gas turbine (or other high‑temperature exhaust source) that transfers heat from flue gas to feedwater to generate saturated or superheated steam for a steam turbine or industrial process in combined‑cycle or cogeneration plants.