Electrical Generating Stations

When heat-electric generating station turbine rotors are under operation there is a probability of forming surface cracks in axial canal and heat grooves. Evolution of the above defects can cause a serious crash. Therefore, in accordance with safety standards periodic inspection of the rotor component parts is required. 

Fig. 1. The energy cycle of a thermal electric generating station having two alternative cooling systems (—) the open-circuit or once-through system and (-------------------------------------) a representative closed-cycle, cooling-tower system. Reproduced by permission (3).

Develop an episode control scenario for a single large coal-fired steam electric generating station. 

Atomic electricity generating station in Shippingport, Louisiana. (Library of Congress)... 

Fluidised bed combustors are now common-place for large-scale operations and are extensively used in large electricity generating stations. More recently, smaller scale units have been developed for use by individual industrial concerns and in operating, as combined heat and power units, can give overall thermal efficiencies of up to 80 per cent. 

In common with the programs of other countries, AECL intends to develop and demonstrate the technology for the disposal of radioactive waste produced in the operation of nuclear electric generating stations. Two basic options are available as shown in Figure 1. Following storage either at the reactor sites or at a central storage facility one may ... 

Gladney, E. S. Trace Elemental Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants A Study of the Chalk Point Electric Generating Station, Ph.D Thesis, University of Maryland, 1974. 

Fig. 18. Electric generating station in central Pennsylvania is one of several large mine-mouth electric power generating plants in the area which consume coal front nearby mines. Clearly visihle arc the long conveyor lines required to move the coal once it is received at the plant. t.Veu1 York Slate Electric and Gan Corporation)...

Klusek CS, Miller KM, Heit M. 1983. Trace element and radionuclide mass balances at a coal-fired electric generating station. Environ Int 9 139-144. 

South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Austin Energy CPS Energy NRG Energy... 

Background concentrations of CDDs in fish were measured in the Mississippi River and Lake Orono in Elk River, Minnesota, a semi-rural location (Reed et al. 1990). No major industrial or commercial activity occurred in the area at the time of the study, and the survey was conducted as a baseline study prior to the operation of the Elk River Electric Generating Station (powered by refuse-derived fuel). 

Roosenburg, W.H. Greening and copper accumulation in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in the vicinity of a steam electric generating station. Chesapeake Scl. 10,... 

Industrial land uses are extremely varied, depending on the nature of the industry being considered. Urban-industrial land usage generally refers to the siting of factories or petroleum refineries, and of utilities such as electricity generating stations, and water- and sewage-treatment facilities. Industrial land use in rural areas can include mines, smelters, and mills for the production of... 

Electricity is the cleanest energy at the point of use. It is sought by many relatively small energy users to satisfy environmental restrictions. In essence they transfer their environmental problems to the electric generating stations. 

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