Power plant design

Fig. 3. MHD power plant design burning low heating value (LHV) gas produced from coal by chemical regeneration.

R. L. Loftness, Nuclear Power Plants Design, Operating Experience and Economics, D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc., Princeton, N.J., 1964. 

It has been observed that, in some older power plants designed with precoat filters installed ahead of deep-bed polishers, the deep-bed units were not needed because of effective filtration by the precoats. Where precoat filters are installed, it is sometimes the practice to make use of hydrazine (or hydrazine substitute) to convert amorphous iron oxides to crystalline iron oxides, which enhances filtration. 

Mixed plastics waste appears to be well suited for use in energy recovery, either as a co-eombustion fuel in a power plant designed for solid fuels, or as the sole fuel in speeially designed plants. This paper reports test results on the co-combustion of mixed household plasties with eoal. The tests were performed in a bubbling fluidised bed low-pressure steam boiler. The results show that both inorganic and organic total specific emissions were lower for mixed household plasties than for coal. Tabulated data are presented. 3 refs. 

Defense-in-depth concept, for nuclear power plant design, 17 534-536 Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), 14 201 Defensins, 18 258-259... 

A demonstration of a MCFC power plant at an automobile manufacturing plant site in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is planned for the first quarter of 2001. The 250 kilowatt system will feed the production facility power distribution grid. Four companies are teaming up to support the program Southern Company, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA), Fuel Cell Energy, and Mercedes Benz U.S. International, Inc. (MBUSI). The system will employ FCE s stack and MTU s power plant design, called the Hot Module. ... 

By taking into account the rate of heat transfer associated with the endoreversible cycle, the upper bound of the power output of the cycle can be found. This bound provides a practical basis for a real power plant design. The industrial view is that the heat engine efficiency is secondary to the power output in power plants whose worth is constrained by economic considerations. 

Dry Cooling Tower Power Plant Design Specifications and Performance Characteristics... 

Nuclear Power Plant Design, Construction Maintenance... 

Nuclear Power Plant Design Engineering Technology Training... 

The largest scrap tires combustion system is the Oxford Energy plant in Modesto, California. It consumes about 4.9 million tires per year and generates 14 MW of power. A second Oxford Energy power plant, designed to burn about 9-10 million tires per year, is under construction in Connecticut. Commercial operation is planned for 1991. 

The current trend in power plant design is to use plant waste water (e.g., cooling tower blowdown) for FGD system makeup. 

Although the duration of construction was influenced by various factors, including the accident at Three Mile Island, economic conditions and power needs, the history and trend of extended times to obtain operating licenses was a motivation for the development of an alternate licensing process, which is defined in 10 CFR Part 52. The licensing process in 10 CFR Part 52 involves the possible submittal of a nuclear power plant design for certification and the approval of specific sites via an... 

The solar-hydrogen power plant design shown in Figure 4.1 (gatefold) assumes that the RFCs will use liquid electrolytes. This is just an assumption based on the fact that on this large-scale proton-emitting solid membrane designs are not yet available. If the RFC becomes reality and its development is completed by the time this plant is built, it is possible that the liquid electrolyte will be replaced by a solid polymer. 

In terms of the impact on wildlife, the main concern is a dam s effect on fish, such as salmon.The industry is currently researching turbine and power plant designs that are kinder to aguatic life. 

Safety Series No. 50-SG-D5 (Rev. 1) External Man-induced Events in Relation to Nuclear Power Plant Design (1996). 

J. F. C. Snell, "Power Plant Design, Longnians-Green Co. 

Not all power plant designs fit into an upstream or downstream category. Integrated systems let carbon move through the entire process, but they prevent normal dilution of the output flue gas, so that the effluent is concentrated CO2. While most of the plants in this category are still in an early development phase, they promise to combine high efficiency, virtually zero atmospheric pollution, and complete capture of all CO2. All avoid the intake of air. 

Curlett, P.L. and Impagliazzo, A.M., 1981, The impact of condenser tube fouling on power plant design and enconomics, in Chenoweth, J.M. and Impagliazzo, A.M. eds. Fouling in Heat Exchange Equipment. HTD, Vol. 17, ASME. 

Owing to their outstanding properties, silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix (SiC/SiC) composites have been specified in several applications especially in recent fusion power plant design studies and have been considered internationally in several power plant studies. These characteristics include high-temperature properties and stability, corrosion resistance, as well as low induced radioactivity, quick decay of activity, low afterheat, low atomic number, good fracture resistance and more. 

In some countries the ambient temperature can vary significantly over a 24-hour period, and its average daily value can also vary widely over a 12-month period. The power plant designer should therefore ascertain the minimum and maximum ambient temperatures that apply to the plant. The maximum value will be used frequently in the sizing and specification of equipment. The minimum value will seldom be used, but it is very important when the sizing of generators and their prime movers are being examined. 

A, Sesonske, in Nuclear Power Plant Design Analysis," Ch. 9, Tech. Inform. Cent., USAEC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1973. 

This feature, along with the fact that sodium interacts chemically with water and air, results in three circuit reactor power plant design, including ... 

THE USE OF ENGINEERING FEATURES AND SCHEMATIC SOLUTIONS OF PROPULSION NUCLEAR STEAM SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DESIGN... 

Fig. 1. Power plant design based on the tokamak concept and proposed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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