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INSTITUTIONAL PUNT COftlJflMrf
F team, Fig. 6, feeds three 500-kw tur
bine-generators, Fig. 1, the i-d-fan
drives, and two of the three boiler-feed
pumps, plus* the two major pressure-
reducing stations, Fig. 7, operating in
series (or institution process and laun
dry needs. .Two lurbine-generstors are noncon
densing, one -is condensing, with space
for a later condensing unit Turbines
are all multistage (see equipment table,
p 83) and multivolve design for
throttle conditions of .250-psig pressure
and 750-F temperature*. The noricon-
denting' units discharge directly Into
the SO-psig.process header and the con- -
denting unit into'a surface condenser, -
Fig. 4, at 1 pila. An i-d codling tower,
Fig. 5, supplies the cooling water for
the 2-pass, nondivided condenser.
Pressurc-teducing stations hove two 'oir-operoted reducing votvo* running in
Clectnc energy, generated st 2400 v,
porollel with One pressure controller. Desuperheoters use otomiied iteom
feeds into* mets 1-clod switchgear onto
the station bus (or distribution. A
double-ended indoor substation, 2400-
480 v, supplies station power through desired pressure,and temperature, or
two 300-kvs transformers. A 2-section can be controlled'manually from the
. 480-v motor-control center contains . centralised control panels.
- breakers snd motor starters (nr all
Operation. Centralised.control -panels,
power-plant motors. Station lighting just mentioned, stand on the operating
comes from two 25-kvs, 480-120/240-v, floor, for the slenm- and eloctrical-gen-
logle-phste, 60-eycle trsnsformers.
crating equipment. They carry the nec
Daily peak electrical loads - occur essary controls for these major ele
when laundry and kitchen stoves are on ments, the pressure-reducing stations,,
the line. Crestest loads, develop in win building lighting, heating, ventilating
ter when heating-system ventilating fans and motor-driven auxiliaries. In addi
add their demands to laundry and tion, the boiler feed pump snd feedwater
kitchen peaks. In spring and fall one piping system are operated on this same
condensing and one noncondensing tur floor level. An annunciator notifies the
bine-generator in parallel balance proc 2-man crew of any irregularities.
ess steam, electrical loads.
With about a year and a half of
1
Steam-distributfon mains, electric service, 110-F water from two hot-water storage tanka in the power plant, cold softened water from three teollto watersofteners, compressed air and conden sate return mains reach the major-: buildings through underground tunnels. These tunnels also serve for employe traffic and food transportation.
Troubles have been few, relatively light. At the start, condensate, returned from part of healing system, was con taminated with oil, which had accumu lated from using steam engines in the old plant. This condensate we bypassed, to the sewer the first few weeks, but*
Power Atralllortes. To get the desired' operation under our belts results have now we Alter it for feed.
reliability ond continuity of services we proved good. All services--steam, elec In summer, the condensing turbine-
instolled duplicate power-plant auxilia ries, Including turbine-driven auxiliary drives on equipment-' needed fur emer gency start-up. The i-d fan ond its turbine drive, as mentioned, are built to give full-rated output under stoker and dust-collector operation.
Pressure-reducing stations, Fig. 7, employ two sir-opersted diaphragm-re ducing valves in parallel with a single pressure controller. Smaller valve opens
trical, energy, hot and cold water, com pressed air--tvary In demand from sea son to season and from hour to hour. The laundry, for example, pulls steam and electricity daily from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm except Sunday. During start-up the laundry takes a very heavy hotwater draw. When you add the. heating season demands both boilers have to run tomeet peaks. In summer at lowest loads one holler atone can handle the
generator meets the electrical energy needs. Exhaust steam from auxiliarydrive turbines, evaporators and pres sure-reducing and desuperheating sta tions supplies 50-psig process steam.
This same condensing turbine plus ono noncondeniing unit takes care of the fall* season load. Machines run in parallel and electrical load is propor tioned by manual regulation of the tur bine speeds on the switchboard, so near
first, gives more accurate control during demand at 50% of Its rated output.
ly all S0-psig process steam comes from
low-load flows. The two desuperheaters, jet design, use a small amount of highpressure-steam fan atomisation. Desu perheating water comes from boiler feedwoter discharge headers under control
CORRECTION
the noncondensing unit. Winter, however, presents i different
picture. The SO-psig steam load it greater than the electrical. Then ths noncondensing turbines carry the elec
of air-operated diaphram-type valves.
In the ankle, "Hospital* Need Me
trical energy port of the load and pro
Atomixation steam is controlled in like fashion by the same type valve except it does not modulate for the different steam-flow rotes. Piesiure-reducing end desuperheater stations operate automat
chanical 'Know-How" (May Powen, pp 77-9) Tables I and II, columns 4 and 5 should both he labeled. "Power, Light & Heat - Com,"---not broken down as shown.
vide some of SO-psig demand. Turbinedriven auxiliaries and evaporators meet remainder of this process-steam demand with pressure-reducing and desuper heating stations ready (or makeup so the
ically with any instrument selling for
steam cycle is highly flexible.
ENOINEERINO AND MANAGEMENT SECTION
POWER
PRINCIPAL POWER-PLANT EQUIPMENT
Rochester Slots Hospital, Rochester, Minn.
Sfeam-Oenoreffag equipment:
Air comprcaeor*. I............................................................Quincy Cempremw Co
Two-auge capacity, each unit 01 cfm, 000 rpm, 90*100 pelg. dual control
Bolter*, S.................. .................................................Wm
TVJlrr Mf| Co
30.000 lb p*r hr, IT* p*)|. TJO F. S drum, bent tub*. MJJ *q ftbollcr
'eurfMc, STS M) ft watervail surface, 11*0 eu A furnace volume
.......... Win Brae Boiler Mfg Co
for cuntinuoue or latcrndltent operation, drives with V-belt by ll-hp 1771-rpm Induction motor. 440 v, 3 phase, 60 cycle
Air-receiver tanka, 3....................................Moorhead Machinery ft Boiler Co 36 in. dia lift high, A8MB Code, welded ttcel tank*
:tioa*. tabular
Burner*. ....................................................................... Peabody Engineering Co Coafrol 6 Motoring fqolpmonl:
Cwnbiaatioo, oil and |t, ring-type b<h prewar* |U burner*, rooehenkal-
atomiaatioM oil burner* Benina...................................................... ......................................... PHbrfeo Co
MoaoUlhie refractory, loauialion and rteol casing
Prasaure-reducing etatlona........................................ Republic Ftow Meter* C 3S0-II0 pelg snd II0-SQ pelg
Precsura-voduriog ata liana, SO-6 pdg.................................Pkho Qorcniw Co
I.ndFuacne-Hda-dcrkafttypr*eiu, ,onIe...p..e..e...b..o..i.l.e..r.,...3..4..,.0..0...0...l.b....|.a..a....p..e..r...h..r.....S.....4..<..ln......w. P(rat-DanlelCarpSDtetasumpeFrhloewatmercsittraat;ion*. ................................................. Tsylc* Instrument Cos
Induced-draft fan drier*, 3................................. Ot Laval Steam Turbin* Co
Steam generator*.................................................................... Bailey Meter Co
Steam turbine, 40 bp. and reduction |iar: ISO pais. 710-F Inlet, SO-pai| backpressure Forced-draft Tana, 1...................................................................... Ctar*|* Fan Co Vane controlled, Inlet damper, 41,300-lb air par hr, 7.4.la. w|
Forced-draft fan drier*, I....................................................Ocncral Electric Co Induction meter. IS hp. 440 v, 1 pheee, SO cycle
Oil-pumptnt oaaembty.................................................................... Leahy Mf| Co Oil pump, I. duptu, fleam drIran, IS ppm ........................Worthinttoo Corp
OH pump, t....................... . ............................. Da Lerel Steam Turbin* Co
ESSMST"!.............................................. co
Qae-ftow meter*........................................................... Republic Flow Meter* Co Hot-watcr storage heater*..................... ..............................................Leslie Co
Water meters.............................................................................Worthington Cwp
Oil meter*........................... ....................................................... Worthington Corp Pressure and temperature roewdere:
Steam generator.......................................................................Bailey Meter Co Procee* steam............... '... ....................................Republic Flow Meter* Co
acre* type, moecr driven, IS gpn>
Oil healer, I...........................................
.....................Leahy Mf| Co Efocfrlesl Eqofpmoaf:
Blowdown lank, 11 FU*b tank, I . (............................... Blowdown valrca...................................
9afrU(,*al*a........................................... Steam purifier.........................................
Miter, CO, ............................................
. .MtneeapoU* Tank ft Mf| Co
...................Yametl-Warlnt Co .......... Ferrl* gng<n*crla Corp ...........................CcntrlSi Corp ...............................Permtitli Co
Metnl-ried Switchgear, Indoor. ......................... Wcttlngbouso Electric Corp 3 kv, 3400 v, 3 phase, 3 wire, 60 cycle, 1100 amps, 3-pole, removable type
. Control twitchboord, duplca.................................Westingbouse Electric Corp Timnel type with ail relays on rear
Circuit breaker*.. :................................................ Wcatinghous* Electric Carp Oeneretor field, 310-v dc, nonaatnmatle, 7 pot*, tingle throw
Power center. Indoor: 600 kve. double ended.......... Wcatinghou** Bloc Cewp
Powsr-Gooerofiag fquipatoof;
Trmmformtt*: 100 Irva, 3 phase, 60 eyria; high veitage. 3400, delta,
connected; low-voitage, 400, 4clta<onncetcd
Turbtnea, 1...............................................................................Wertbln(tor> Corp Two, 100 bw, ooncendenaing, ailal flow. Impulse type, 13a pate, ISO F. 1000 rpm. S valve, 6 itege. SO-pi| bockprcaaura; one. 100 kw, consenting II taa. 1-pets baekpranura
Reduction ptn, 910 hp, douMa-halleal typo........ T.........Worthington Corp
Oencralcr, I............................................................ Electric Machinery Mfg Co IS bra. 3400 r, 1 phase, 60 cycle,' l4oo rpm. air cooled
iwifohgoar: low voltage, metal enclosed, 460 v, 3 phase. 3 wire, 64 cycle Power breaker*; removable, lyps 00-31, 600 v, 600 amp, 3 poia, aiagle throw. 330-v ae, eleetrleally operated with adjustable time overcurrent proCKtion and Inttanianaou* trip
Ughting braaSor: removable type, 600 v, 100 amp Indoor motor-control center................................. Wcstlnghouae Electric Carp Lighting panelboard*. . ............................. ..........Wealinghouse Bloct/W Carp
Dc eiciirr. J............................................................Electric Machinery Mfg Co
1 kr, direct-coancctcd to sencratar theft, I IS.volt de
OfAor fqolpmoaf:
Condenser, l.................................................. Condenicr Service and Bngrg Co Two pan, lurfeet type. SOO aq ft, tuba length II ft: supported from
turbine eshaust nonle, twin-elemeat 3-otage air ejeetor with Into- and ft-eonderucr
Condensate pump*. *............................................................. lngcr*oil-R*id Co tl tpm. S750 rpm, dlaeharie head 111 ft, driven by f-hp 440-v S.phaae Induction motor
Coollai tower, I..........................................LUle-Hoffman Cooling Tower*. Inc ' Induced-draft type, capacity 1300 gpm, from OS to SO F: wet bulb 71 F.
1 fan*, total cmparity 330,090-cfm air, US rpm. each driven through
. Cleveland reduction gear by lt-hp 1710-rpra teully-eoetoacd fan-cooled . 440-r 3-phaae 60 eyelo Louie AUla Co induction motor CtmilallAg.watcr pomp*, 3.:..................Pood Machinery ft Chemical Corp
Water eaftenlng........................................................Watw Softening Swlea Co 5o<f/um-foofrTo-aoffon*r fanki, 3i 7 ft dia g ft high, vertical, flow ' capacity of each 300 gpm. 70,000 gal between regeneration* 0rine-ftiea*uring lank, li 30 la. dia a 40 in, high, vertical EaTf-aforaga rank, 1:14 In. die 4g in. high, vatkal
Salt-handling equipment............................................................... Jeffrey Mfg Co One boeket elevator and aerew conveyor, 7 tana per hr
Bump pump*................................................................................ Aware Pump Co
Duple* unit, each 100 gpm, IS-fl head, direct connected to l-hp, 1710-rpm Induction motor*. 440 v, 3 phew, 00 eyela
Hat-eratcr storage heater*,' I.............................. Minneapolis Tank 6* Mfg Co 1-ft-dia e 17-ft-tong, horlaontal. wridcd-Mcri tanka, lubmerged heating
IterUonial centrifugal. capacity MOO gpm, each 4S-ft head, direct-
coftfioctcd to 10-hp, Ideal Electric Co, iplaih-proof, induction motor, 440 v,,j phase, 60 eyrie, 1710 rpm
unit, each 46 aq ft heating *urf*ce, Dell A Qoactl Co, flow capacity, 4000 gph, storage 3000 gal
Oil storage, 4..............................................................Wa Drew Boiler Si Mfg Co
ll*fi-dia a Jl-ft-loni, horUontat. weidcd-steel tanks, aubmergad beating
Foorfwotar fqaJpmonf:
unit, Roa* Heater Co Ventilating fane, 3...........................WceUnghouaa Else Corp, Sturtevenl Dir
Asiflo diKt-typa fane, each 11,000 cfm at 70 P, 300 rpm, V-belt driven
Deaerating heater, I.................... ....................................... Wocthlntton Corp
by 1-bp 1710-rpm induction motor, 440 v, 3 phase, 60 cycle
- Aow capacity 70,000 lb par hr, itoragc capacity 6000 lb, naatlng section vertical with eurraee-type vent condenser, horirontaJ
Heating units....................................................................................... McQuay, f 3 section* capable of raising temperature of air from-30 to SO Ferhen
storage'sectimi
uppUed with attain at 1 pelf, 410 F
Boiler f**d pump*, 3....................................................Warren 8Uan> Pump Co Filter bank.........................................................................Amcricao Air Fitter Co
horlaoutaL centrifugal pump: eapocity, each unit, 90 gpm, Unit heater*.......................................................................................... McQuay, Inc' discharge head, 070 ft, direct-connected to 40.1'hp steam turbine, 1SS0. Piping fsbi Icatlon Si erection........................................Reuben L Anderson Co
rpm, ISO-prig. 7SO-F backprcaaure. SO.palg. Whlton Machine Co
BoUw feed pump, I....................................................................
Jackson Co
...... -........................ 1SS.X".
10-etag*, Hydropica, vertical, centrifugal pump; eapocity, 40 gpm; Low-pr*ura valve*........................................................................Wn Powell Co
dlaeharie head, 090 ft; direct-connected to 30-hp Induction motor, 1600 Welding attlng*......................................................................................... Ladlah Co
rpm, 440 v. 1 phta*. 60 cycle. Lout* AllU Co.
Bapenalon Joints.............................. Chicago Metal Hose Dlv, Ftexonlo Corp
TJP***"*.
................... .......................................................Tho 61m* Co Prcnurc-roduclng valvci.......................................................Fisher Oovcranr Co
Hcrlfwital eubmerted-tube, bundle capacity, each unit. 3100 1b pn hr Plow-conPol valve*............................... Mlnncapolb-Honcywctl Regulator Co
41 SO p*!| when supplied with etcam at 310 prig. 710 F. and feedwater Btoam trap*.................................................................... Kay* M MacDonald, lac
at 110 F, besting ctirfaea 100 aq ft
Safety valve*..............................................................................Parris Engrg Corp
Bvaperetor few! pumps, S....................................................... Aurora Pump Co Backpressure rrlief valv*..............................................................Cochran* Ccrp
!zTT*,al *urbln4 IFF*, eapocity, each unit, 6.4 gpm. discharge head, im *!: ,urtl"1 hewl- 100 dlreet-oonnactad to M-hp, 1710-rpm. Louis
Atmospheric e*heu*t valve.................................................. Atwood Morrill Co Drainer*....................................................................................Fisher Onvcmor Co
AM* Co, tplathprocf induction motor 440 v, 3 phata, 60 cycle
ColJ4""e`e-Uanifer pump*. 3................. Food Machinery ft Chemical Corp
Horlaenui centrifugal, each 130 gpm. ZOI-ft heed, dlract-connwted to Major Coofrectari;
>'hp. 1710-rpm, Ideal Elect-Co pteihpeaof Induction motor, 4*0 v. 3 phew, 60 cycle
......................... Bcntcka Co
CidauaU.ltwa|a tank, I.............................Minneapolis Tank and Mfg Co
. .Southwest Electric Cwp
[0 ft die * II ft high, welded etrel tank
Architect* end Engineer*.
....................... Ellcrb* ft Co
iUlY 1953
ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT SECTION