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 |  |  |  | Old coal power plants?
< on 4/15/2009 4:01 PM >
|  | | | I recently read the chapter on coal power plants in this book:
It was really fascinating to read. One of my favorite locations (this place: http://www.uer.ca/...asp?threadid=65923 ) in my area is a coal power plant, and part of the reason I read it was because I want to learn more about what all that junk in there does. But the imformation just doesn't seem to apply to this power plant. The book, as well as all of the information I can find online (I've looked everywhere on Google and Wikipedia) about the inner workings of coal power plants are about ulta-modern, highly computerized, environmentally friendly, worker friendly plants. The place I'm interested in most certainly was not any of those. It was built in 1905. The company that owned it began having serious financial issues in the late 80's and shut down completely around '95. This power plant supplied the power for a massive rayon and polyester plant.
The walls of the furnaces are brick and don't appear to have pipes going through them. There are no large smoke stacks, just a small fat low one directly over each furnace. I can't figure out how the turbines were connected to the generator, since they are in completely different parts of the building with a strange angle between them and the furnaces in the way of some of the turbines. There is definitely a ton of unidentified machines there that I'd love to learn about, but they just don't seem to fit the coal power plant description that I find everywhere else. Does anyone know where I could find information on the detailed inner workings of an old coal power plant?
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holed-up
Location: Waycross, Ga
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| | Re: Old coal power plants?
<Reply # 1 on 4/16/2009 5:30 PM >
| | | | The older plants mainly differ from the newer plants in terms of 'efficiency'
and 'safety'. For example, when the plant was built in 1905 it would not have had combustion air preheaters or pollution control devices on the stacks- however, if it continued to operate from the 70's on through into the 90's, then they were required by law to meet emissions so it would be upgraded and the devices added. a new plant would be built with them as part of the design from the start. Otherwise, the old ones resemble the newer ones very closely, just with less efficiency, emissions, controls, and safety devices. Most likely, the site you posted pics of would have had taller stacks at some point- but they were removed after decommission. As power plants go, that site appears to have a number of smaller boilers instead of a few larger ones. What you stated about it supporting a production facility seems reasonable.
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Glass
Location: Chicago
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| | | Re: Old coal power plants?
<Reply # 2 on 4/16/2009 5:49 PM >
|  | | | There is a wonderful book a friend recently gave me that breaks down and explains infrastructure (sewers, power plants, etc) old and new. I'll try to track it down on amazon.com to share later...
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