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Unusual Turbines Under Construction
Two turbine* of considerable eagjj,
interest ere under construction at house Electric Corp. Both machlec^j]
use steam at high pressure sod
tare but will employ siesta rehesiW1
so estenl greater than usual.
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One, a 65,000-kw triple-cylinder 4J
for Boston Edison Co will use stein 1450 psig and 1000 F. Steam exhaa*^
36S ptlg from the high-pressure u*; It returns to a reheat boiler where l&S
perature is raised back up to From here U enters the Imermediate^i
eure clement of the turbine. The pressure turbine has an inlet press^
about 40 psig and la of. doubla-fiosr smiciion.
The second turbine designed (or it a XLOOO-kw one slated for Dow Cfcto^L -
Co. It hat a compliealed automatloeitnra tion job to perform. Design prtsaun^ 1250 psig, 825 F at the throttle. is directed at 425 ond 165 psig. It;'"
hauttt at 2S psig. A hydraulic goi system controls the machine.
Work Starts on Hungry Horse Dam
Chief engineers office of the Bureu'l
Reclamation, Denver, called (or bids
excavating for a 36-ft diversion tus
1100 It long at Hungry Horse Dire, U
tana.
The tunnncl will divert waters el h
south fork of Flathetd River during ft
construction of the dam Itself next sprligj
45,000 eu yd are to be removed te tee
the horseshoe-shaped tunnel.
Hungry Horse Dare is expected to craft
5,500,000 aere-ft reservoir for Irrigatfea
in that area. In addition the reservoir 3
increase the firm power capacities d
power plants on the Columbia River. Dt
dam will be en areh-grovity airneitn
520 ft high and 2130 It long.
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I For more thao 15 years HOMESTEAD LEVER-SEALD VALVES have
; solved (be operating difficulties of hundreds of manufacturers in
1-T-E-Cirtull Breaker Co acquired Rif' way A Industrial Engrg Co as n subsldim-
Mn'iees where temperature extremes, pressure aod the corrosive
Nov 1. Amalgamation o! the two c' ictioa of lloe fluids would cause ordinary valves to stick or "seize."
panics, effected through a transfer of d*4' : homestead LEVER-SEALD VALVES never stick. For built into
unites two major manufacturer* of d* each valve Is a powerful lever and screw device which relieves seating
trical switchgear whose apparatus line*** ; prejsure between plug and body just eaough to overcome frictioo
supplementary. I T ETs business bat bed, built largely around Indoor air-dred,
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permit easy turning at all timet and under all conditions.
breakers up to 5000 v, as woll os meulcb^ ! ; They operatefatter too... 16 to 28 times faster than screw-stem-
switchgear for power-station auxiliary **. TP9 valves, because a QUARTER-TURN fully opens or cbtet them. The
ke and Industrial distribution system . QUARTER.TURN principle also makes them ideal for installation in
R4IE business has been ehlefly Mfb( rohoge, outdoor twitching apptrtiu h voltage range between 5000 and 287,000
. restricted areas, next to walls, floors, ceilings, congested piping end ether obstructions where many other types of valves could not be
The present intention It to have l-T*, ! operated.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
A QVABTOt.TUtN tatty opens or dsiM vshs,
INSTANT STlCXPtOOP OPttATfOM. Mug turns trssly star tearing pressure b re lieved by screw lever,
1IAK MOOS. Ossp iMHsg boa 44 stand prevent leakage,
posmvi iuHtns ssai wmiovt ust or
UlSetCAMT b obtained by roupptylng tall nearing pressure trftb ecrew lever efter' opening or dosing,
sTiAiOKT-UNi runo now. sso obstvw
Hens to coos# grosser# drop.
plant el Philadelphia end R&IE plot ?, Creensburg, Pan continue to make tbc* present produets. R4IE will operate us, its established name with its management personnel virtually unchanpr
\ HOMESTEAD LEVER-SEALD VALVES are available in combinations | j**1*!* *d alloys to meet your service requirements. Sizes range
\ to 10" for pressures from vacuum to 1500 pounds. Fpr tt&plete details write for Valve Reference Book No. 36. No obligation.
StATINO SUtrACn AlWATS FCOTCCTIOtn both opoa ond dosod positions, Staid or prtt cannot damage valve net.
MAUO IOTTOM proven* fcrtd low aod
rodocee besards.
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W M Scott Jr will be president of bd*.
companies. D W Kerr, formerly presld**4.
and K S Nevin, vice-president, ireasd* and general manager of R4IE, be***
HOMESTEAD VALVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY :
directors of l-T-E.
P. O. BOX 210
CORAOPOMS, PA.
POWER > J.nu.rv Ii1t*!
lOWER , January 1948
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