context: The Rankine cycle is the fundamental thermodynamic underpinning of the steam engine. The cycle is an arrangement of components as is typically used for simple power production, and utilizes the phase change of water (boiling water producing steam, condensing exhaust steam, producing liquid water)) to provide a practical heat/power conversion system. The heat is supplied externally to a closed loop with some of the heat added being converted to work and the waste heat being removed in a condenser. The Rankine cycle is used in virtually all steam power production applications. In the 1990s, Rankine steam cycles generated about 90% of all electric power used throughout the world, including virtually all solar, biomass, coal and nuclear power plants. It is named after William John Macquorn Rankine, a Scottish polymath.
question: What is William Rankine's nationality?
answers: Scottish Scottish Scottish
content_span_normalized_text: it is named after william john macquorn rankine, a scottish polymath.
question_normalized_text: what is william rankine's nationality?
context_asr: THE RAN TID SILE IS THE FUNDAMENTAL THORO DYNAMIC UNDER PINNING OF THE STEAM ENGINE THE SICLE IS AN ARRANGEMENT OF COMPONENTS AS IS TOPICALY USED FOR SIMPLE POWER PRODUCTION AND UTILISES THE FASE CHANGE OF WATER BOILING WATER PRODUCING STEAM CONDENSING EAST STEAM PRODUCING LIQUID WATER TO PROVIDE A PRACTICAL HEAT FLASH POWER CONVERSION ISTOM THE HEAT IS SUPPLIED EXTERNALLY TO A CLOSHED LOOP WITH SOME OF THE HEAT BEING CONVERTED TO WORK AND THE WASTE HEAT BEING REMOVED IN A CONDENSER THE RANKIN SICLE IS USED IN VIRTUALLY ALL STEAM POWER PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS IN THE NINETEEN NINETIES RANKING STEAM SICLES GENERATED ABOUT NINETY PERCENT OF ALL ELECTRIC POWER USED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING VIRTUALLY ALL SOLAR BIO MASS COAL AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IT IS NAMED AFTER WILLIAM JON MACKHORN RANKIN THE SCOTTISH POLLY MATH 
question_asr: WHAT IS WILLIAM RANKIN'S NATIONALITY 