Msika wa jenereta wa nthunzi umagawika makamaka ndi mafuta, kuphatikiza ma jenereta a nthunzi ya gasi, ma jenereta a nthunzi ya biomass, ma jenereta otenthetsera amagetsi, ndi ma jenereta amafuta amafuta. Pakadali pano, ma jenereta a nthunzi amakhala makamaka ma jenereta a nthunzi, makamaka kuphatikiza ma jenereta a nthunzi ndi ma laminar flow steam generator.
Kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa jenereta ya nthunzi yodutsa pamtunda ndi jenereta yowongoka ndi njira zosiyanasiyana zoyatsira. The mtanda-otaya mpweya jenereta makamaka utenga mokwanira premixed mtanda-otaya nthunzi jenereta. Mpweya ndi gasi zimasakanizidwa bwino musanalowe m'chipinda choyaka moto, kotero kuti kuyaka kumakhala kokwanira komanso kutentha kwapamwamba, komwe kumatha kufika 100.35%, zomwe zimapulumutsa mphamvu.
The laminar otaya nthunzi jenereta makamaka utenga LWCB laminar otaya madzi utakhazikika premixed galasi kuyaka luso. Mpweya ndi mpweya zimasakanizidwa ndikusakanikirana mofanana musanalowe mutu woyaka, kumene kuyatsa ndi kuyaka kumachitika. Ndege yaikulu, lawi laling'ono, khoma la madzi , Palibe ng'anjo, osati kuonetsetsa kuti kuyaka bwino, komanso kuchepetsa kwambiri mpweya wa NOx.
Ma jenereta a nthunzi ya tubular ndi ma laminar steam jenereta ali ndi zabwino zawo, ndipo zonsezi ndizinthu zopulumutsa mphamvu pamsika. Ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kusankha malinga ndi momwe alili.