Combustion Engineering
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Combustion Engineering was an American engineering firm known for designing and supplying nuclear reactors and other power generation equipment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Combustion Engineering canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3881056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Combustion Engineering Context triple: [Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, reactorSupplier, Combustion Engineering]
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A.
Gas Turbine Laboratory
The Gas Turbine Laboratory is an MIT research facility focused on advanced propulsion, energy conversion, and turbomachinery technologies.
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B.
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development
The National Centre for Combustion Research and Development is a premier Indian research hub focused on advanced combustion science, energy, and propulsion technologies.
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C.
AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
The AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum is a major technical conference that brings together aerospace professionals, researchers, and industry leaders to share advances in propulsion and energy systems for air and space applications.
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D.
ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes research and developments in gas turbine technology, power generation, and related mechanical engineering fields.
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E.
Fluids Engineering Division
The Fluids Engineering Division is a technical unit within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that focuses on advancing research, education, and professional practice in fluid mechanics and fluid engineering applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Combustion Engineering Target entity description: Combustion Engineering was an American engineering firm known for designing and supplying nuclear reactors and other power generation equipment.
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A.
Gas Turbine Laboratory
The Gas Turbine Laboratory is an MIT research facility focused on advanced propulsion, energy conversion, and turbomachinery technologies.
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B.
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development
The National Centre for Combustion Research and Development is a premier Indian research hub focused on advanced combustion science, energy, and propulsion technologies.
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C.
AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
The AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum is a major technical conference that brings together aerospace professionals, researchers, and industry leaders to share advances in propulsion and energy systems for air and space applications.
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D.
ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes research and developments in gas turbine technology, power generation, and related mechanical engineering fields.
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E.
Fluids Engineering Division
The Fluids Engineering Division is a technical unit within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that focuses on advancing research, education, and professional practice in fluid mechanics and fluid engineering applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering company
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nuclear technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | ABB ⓘ |
| acquiredIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| activity |
design of steam power plants
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engineering services for utilities ⓘ supply of power plant equipment ⓘ |
| basedIn | Connecticut ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developed |
System 80 nuclear reactor design
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System 80+ nuclear reactor design ⓘ |
| field |
mechanical engineering
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nuclear engineering ⓘ thermal power engineering ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1912 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Stamford, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalStatus | defunct company ⓘ |
| industry |
boiler manufacturing
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fossil fuel power ⓘ nuclear power ⓘ power generation equipment ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing fossil-fuel-fired power plants
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designing nuclear reactors ⓘ manufacturing boilers ⓘ supplying nuclear steam supply systems ⓘ |
| laterOwnedBy |
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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surface form:
Westinghouse Electric Company
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| notableDesign |
three-loop pressurized water reactor
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two-loop pressurized water reactor ⓘ |
| operatedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition | Asea Brown Boveri ⓘ |
| product |
boilers for coal-fired power plants
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heat recovery steam generators ⓘ industrial combustion systems ⓘ pressurized water reactors ⓘ steam generators ⓘ |
| providedTechnologyFor | Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant program ⓘ |
| providedTechnologyTo | Korea Electric Power Corporation ⓘ |
| servedClientType |
electric utilities
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industrial power users ⓘ |
| successor | ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power ⓘ |
| suppliedTo |
Kori Nuclear Power Plant units in South Korea
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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station ⓘ San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2 ⓘ San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 3 ⓘ Yonggwang (Hanbit) Nuclear Power Plant units in South Korea ⓘ |
| type | public company ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Combustion Engineering Description of subject: Combustion Engineering was an American engineering firm known for designing and supplying nuclear reactors and other power generation equipment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.