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CENTRJFUGA1, ateom-tufbJn#-drlven 'ofrlgoral'ing machines con' supply of much oi 1800 gpm chilled water of 36 F to Individual buildings' oir-conditlonirtg systems COMPACT, modem steam turbines, with connected shell end tube condensers, glvo on efficient, low-cost power generation, with a minimum of operating attendance HOPELESS operotinQ and maintenance problems In eld plant show In this photo of badly neglected watortubo bolter, choked by boiler scale and piping louled-up REPLACEMENTS ^ riunkirnii rwnceTLHni cywirivicni rtow more than ihc ne,, $ They picture the comptj,, that Institutional building, Jj gone in planning their eng|ntc'Ji.. ices. The old "necessary evil*"?/* power plants look like thoy'r. 'T, of the past. Here, though., * 11 the terrific penalties poo/water*1 tlone laid on the old pUnt. Reid^ri and you'll appreciate why w out on the now powerhouse, -v Boiler aeale waa so hejry'md^ up o fast the operators coaldaVt up with it. At recently a, 194g-jj were ehut down for cleaning on]" they were ao clogged up they b produce effectively any more the old system it had to be that we would juat finish a elean-npjl one boiler when the next ooi;`i break down. When I first took chief engineer there were Kite upa that reached a solid foot of k eomb on front and back headers KL*,, of leaky handhold plates--enoagftj push doors partly open, photo.sj Return lines were Just as se need of ottention. When the 1 note-loaded feedwater broke doWue] boiler heat, CO* carried over at ib clip into ateam maina and shove In a dangerously low pH return .'i Return lines looked like they lufti prime coot of red lead. Every tfosT maintenance man went out to replug nipple he'd wind up potting in a V`l new section. * But because we had the new.plu under way the State Boiler Imp Division, which had condemned ll boilers, let ua continue running t By dint of heavy blowdown and a mil shift water treatment we got by./y| New Plant. In February 1949, *5" out the old end turned on thfji power plant. The boiler-room Typical Raw Water From V Wells in Dallas Area Calcium Moflneilom Tetol hardness Sodium & potassium Total cotions Sulfolo Chterido IomMineral acid Bicatbonato Carbonate Hydrosldo ij J* ;,? ,i 5,1 $ rj Yy 170 *l. ------ "A 4M $2 Tetol onions Baylor Hoiplral, Dallas, Texas raariMO iquipmini, ............................................. Bibcock A WUcoa Co ' trt, H. l-drooi, SQIS m ft butldf sh'faco ' fjC, H, t-drem, 41S0 tq (t h*tln, ivrfUi .............................................................. BrU, Clty'riron WH JS00 K ft hcsilnf sarfaco I ................. CondcRMf Service A Enrlncwlng Co j*ysgSSS''iSLi.g.i>wyib-..j|,ip q..i.H..p.f.l.w..n..t.,.cempUu'tcMm.b...lj.i..."....BlRflno.yT' tS<0a(o1ftiMBDoucrrrlen'CytrttCCpoo troll burn'm ....W*b*t*r Raflooorlna Co e<M*' Sowcoctwo ........ ijubi*"*" BowjoctttR ....... gJJrJrSi&pmrar* rscwSer .......... ...................................... Hoy* Corp ............ Republic Plow Metm Co ............................ Ttio Foabore Corp , .............. ..............'...Brown Inttr blv. MianupeUi-HoncrwcU Rtfuliior Co ............ Republic Flow Mtrt Co .................................. '..Brown Inttr Dlv, Mbiao*polt>-Han*rwn R*ful*tor Co ...................... ..vj'.Tho Poibor* Co -J.ANO ACCfSSOWISi ................................. ,.,,Wtlnfhou* Bkctric Corp J.'lU bp. Typo Cltl. trip speed. 4400 rpm #. tip. Type CSSS, trip (peed, S8S0 rpm ................................................... Copput Bn|lnecrlo( Corp l^p'l.bp. Type TP-9, SSOO rpmj two, IM tip, Type TF^t. 1100 rpm sbrailcnwr* ......................................................... Kewanoe-Roe* Corp /<bt *)*ctr* ........................................................... XewintwRon Corp WMWpbvfc r ' f *rf*M .......................... ...............A rwoad A Merrill Co P*dwater pump*, S .................. IOiTiIO, atrim-drlvm. daplai .................... Worthtaften' Corp Condonut, pump. 1 ........................ ............ Union Steam Pump Co SMiSHiS, susm-drlvco. dupto* Air catnprctoora, t........................... ...................... Worthington Corp lit, bcMb, ftrrcoolori Air comprction, >........................... RIUnt* Bloetrlc A Bfifinmrbig Co SC bp, XOt v, 9 pH. 60-cycl* motor* flfCTUCAl CONTROLS, MfTIRSi Switchboard and btoki ...................... Starter* ...................................................... Volt and *mpr* m*icr* ......................... Kwhf motn .................... ...................... Transformer*, t, ISO kv, *lr roel*d . ........................ ..Sum* O Co ............ ... .Alka-Bradtey Co ................................ RoUor-Smlth .. .W*iltHouMi Bleeulc Corp .................... Sweat Btoctrto.Co VALVIS, OAOfS, VHIRMOMnsaSi MUcalUntou* dr**, floba. ,*1*. ttraifbi I Cr*n Co and an|l* type! . ' "V Wahvorth Co [Stockman Valve* A Pittlnc* Co Btowofl valve*, bo'lart ................... ............................ Bveriaating Vatv* Co Safety vatvw, SAW better* ........ ...Croaby Siaam Oaf# A Valva Co Salary vatvn, Erie City boOcri ................ Conaolldatad-Aabcroft Dlv, Mannlnf. Maawtfl A Moore Co Water cohtmni end griinutU (Urea* . .......... Reliance Oafa Cehura Co Prm*ura4educing vtlvea ........................ .................Spence SaftneeriBB Co CtctiHa-preiauri teiulttort, feed pomp* ............................ McAUu Mff Co Boflcr-witcr reguiatora .......................... ........................ Tba Bwartwout Co Fuel-ell Horago-tink gagea ................... Tt*a muldonatter Corp Botlar gate*. .Coa*elidatd-Arhcroft Di, Manning Maawetl A Hama Co Oagc*. all other*.............................................Croaby Steam Gag* A Valve Co Thermometer* ........................... .........................Webaier Thermometer'Corp iUMpNOmOWfWO EQUIPMENT, PUMPS, COMPAISSOftSi __^ machine*, t `........................................................ Carrier Corp 76w[lihtca mil, completa: on* 400-ton unit, compkta totfVWl pvmpa. .......................................................Allt*Christen Mfj Co dm'tyfitK, coodanaata, S-hp motor (M'llilP, coodniiata, 100-fep motor, ISOS gpm, OO-ft botd Oaf'Sil, andCMate, 40-hp motor, 1100 |pm, M4l ho*4 OariiS, ahtUsd water, 10-hp motor, 1IS0 fp, ItWl baad Ov'ril, cbOlod wtttr, tt-bp motor, ADO fpm. t30-ft b*d o lKalM, hetw*n (ateam turbine driven), 10 ppm, 1S*I head TSi.lHtlM, hotwad (alum turbine driven), II fpm, IS-tt head MfSCrilANIOUS fQUIPMfNTi Trip*, atrahicr* ................................ Lubricator* ......................................... Hot-watar ganarator........................ COMTAACTOASr Architects end eogtoeam ............ Oenrral contractora .............. Cenaulting enginara .................... PhimMag and baotlng................... Btoclrtcat contractor* .................. ..................................Sacco Co ............................... bfcCord Corp ..American Dbtrtel Btaom Co ..Theme*. Jamcnon A MarrUt. ....Inge. Hayman Cemtr Co .................Eorowalh A'Vtnthcr .......... C WaQaco Phunbtng Co ................ Superior Blmtrte Co P'htred up their belonging* and moved j|ud baggage to the new plont. One .tke'.fellows wee so impressed when reicked tho "palace" he took off Ms -Jttjiind tiptoed to the locker room, ./tkhkiy purpose of the new plant la steam, air and chilled water a 6x4-ft, 1060-ft-long tunnel to tew,dental college, the Truett MeraorJ#S*pital, Baylor Hospital, Florence' Maternity Hospital, n 11|J7^t>ulIdinR and q S-atary nureea' power plant houses three 3- T\?iWertu^ ^^er9 (aea Equipment ;* pipped with automatic-control 4** hurners plu* mnnually-operr^Try^dhy oi] burners. Results have ;? .? Want runs with * CO. tj; burning natural gas. r aolid-woll eonttruclion; BHnT'jj eri #ro oce^e^ w'*h nnturol ^^.ntide walls were sprayed with a jr.^pemture, super-duty refractory *teria1 that has worked out 'Us'iir-i f^e *M>^cr* put fn a year on 1 WM a&suraed the walla had expanded and cracks opened to the limit. We then applied a protective coating to the outside boiler settings, see photo of new' boiler, p 105. One of our troubles In the old plant had been pump-suction problems from too low a head. So this time we put on open feedwater heater, 69,000-lb-per-hr capacity, 25 ft above the pumps. In addition, automatic controllers hold the water level constant within the heater at a point well obove this 25-fi level. The condensate pump takes iU wet Ion from a 6il2-(t surge tank that receives all pumped returns from,the buildings. Instrument Board. As you might guess, the new plant features alt neces sary instruments, see equipment table. It hes two panelboards--a main one In the boiler room and o smaller one spotted near the turbines. Water treatment, of course, receives full attention. Our water supply new comes from city mains. It la led through two sodium teolito tanka to reduce its average incoming hardness of 5 gr per gallon to practically aero. About every 450.000 gal the zeolite has to bo regen erated to keep It at top performance. In additloo to thla pretreatment soda ash and trftodium phosphate fa added to the boiler water. Sodium sulfite acta aa scavenger In the feedwater to re move any traeea of oxygen left after (he deaerating-heeter stage. Cooling towert get dally treatments of sodium hypochlorite and sodium bi chromate. The sodium hypochlorite holds the algae and fungus In cheek end the sodium bichromate controls cor rosion in the circulating-water lines. Cooling-tower water-basin level la low ered about halfway every throe months; then la refilled with softened water from he zeolite units. What's more, we use some softened water returning to the surge tank as a coolant In the air compreasor aftarcoolen. All in all, Baylor's got a amoolhworking plant that it's a pleasure to operate. So maybe the old nightmare did them a good turn. Without the ex perience (t gove them, the new. plant ' might not have been ao complete. FIANT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SECTION