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15,000-KW UNIT NO. 1 It served now by two boilers that will also supply Unit No. 2 until third ttoam Qenerotor it Installed. Further extension will bo to south
characteristics of coals likely to bo vide volume eontrol on the forced-
burned. Ash goes into a pit under the draft units, and the induced-draft fens
dry-bottom furnace, and thence to a are equipped with hydraulic couplings.
sluice trench to which connect other The automatic combustion-control sys
points of ash removal. Ash is sluiced to tem U air operated and air regulated.
. fill at the aide of the plant
Turbine Bqalpmtnt. Unit No. 1 is a
Forced* end iaduced-dra/t fans, one single-cylinder 3600-rpm machine with
each per steam generator, are in the. four bleed points, driving an -0.8-pf
basement to the reor of the boilers and 13,800-v 3-phsse 60-cycle' 16,750-kva
under the elr heaters. Constant-speed Hydrogen-cooled generator with direct-
motors drive the fans; dampen pro* connected 75-kw 250-v exciter. The dio-
123,000 1b per hr , 650 ptfp, 900 f
FEEDWATER HEATING is carried out, os shown, to final temperature of 400 F. Evap orator, not shown, receives steam from thfrd bleed point; vapor goes to deaerator
gram below shows the relatively slant
feed-heating cycle, Horizontal hotwiiii pumps discharge through the ir-ejecSI
condenser and low-pressure (8-pt'ujl heater to the deaerator, which is plied from the eeeond bleed point, Si
psla. Boiler-feed pumps (one tneioxL
and one turbine-driven) take suction from the deaerator hotwell and A\Jt
charge through intermediate and kigtij pressure heaters, which receive uej M
from the third (1314 psht) and u fourth bleed points (300 psia), re spectively. An additional motor-drivtH feed pump urill be installed for Unfit No. 2. Pinol feedwater temperature*^ 400 F. Heaters are all horizontal; IdirJ pressure unit stands alongside the coal
denser in the basement, intermedUtel end high-pressure units are in o eaten hay above the gage board and below thel
evaporator and ,the direct-contact triyil
type deaerator.
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A horizontal single-effect evaporaufl receives steam from the third bl point (131.5 psio), and vapor du, charges directly to the deaerator. Rag
water for makeup, which coma from deep wells, is softened by hydrogen zeolite and sodium-zeolite units, wiiM. degasifier,'located in the ooal-cqarma junction tower to the north of the pla Phosphate and sulphite for !nteh_ treatment are fed to the drums by sij]
juqlablo-etroko proportioning purnpsV Condenser, Auxiliaries. The 2-psgl
vided-wnterbox condenser, across-tbt. turbine axis, is fitted with Admirslm tubes and a twin-element 2-stage steam! jet air ejector, with Inter- end.afulf
condenser. A crib bouse at the rivwy edgo contains the traveling screen aq^n
two vertical mixed-flow eirculttiou pumps. These discharge into two 24-lifl
lines running s Uule over 250 ft to thj plant, and thenco under the boiler rboM to the condenser inlet connections. Q& of these lines, which expands toJ6,iqL
forms the discharge to a scaling yreW at the west aide of the plant (see m lion). In normal operation, the iqtu line not connected to the dltchany handles full Intake (low, with disebaru to the sealing well through the'56;i& section of the other line. In winter, ujj normal discharge connection U rzlrv7 off and return flow is through the 24-uL line back to the crib house for wsnnioM
Wont Performance. In this llstid&^j
relatively simple and straightforwirj design has been carefully worked onTM yield economical, performance *od*;E liable operation. Unit No. 1 baa s'fojli
load over-all heat rate of 12,284 per kwhr, with a boiler efficiency^
84.5%, .turbine heat rate of 9,5S9]%. per kwhr, and a 98% operating (j|
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POWER Octet*'-,'j
PRINCIPAL POWER-PLANT EQUIPMENT
Unit No. 1, Lansing Station, Lansing, Iowa Intorstate Power Co
SQUIPBEHTi
f ........................................................... Blit? 8tkr Carp "Pf* * Ml0*1-4rv15 a-Sle 90-P <i rated 120,000 lb
ikr D!r> pnaanm 971 pl. Purnac* velum* 1900 <e ttj
release 17.400 0t* par eo ft P*r hr- l-ecle ito|lt-pm
P**1 ...... v|th ataam-tamparatijra central. Tubular, vertical sir
"*V,, SuHrcoi! bailor sad lurnae*. IS.1II mj it; auparbaiiar.
BS*1 III ,1. b..t.r, W.TO 1.
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nSwaulTIsnsd^rsh 6*" W*. 40.000 lb par hr aiatn each rfScraluma. Skater..........................Diamond Powar Specialty Carp
w!to todUator (Eya-Hya)................ Rallanca Qao| Celnma Ca KJvrivon (Coa.alM.ta4)...................... Manato*. Hiawtll A Hear.
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..................................Diamond Pawar Spacialty Carp
Kiervalvaa `.V................................................. Reward Vtlcaa. lac
imn and chatk. Wowoff. drain, and chemical <aad valvca
Jhartraiv. I par boiler..............................Combustion Bnlnarlna Ca, alrBOOd bowl milla, H7-rp. rated 9700 lb coal per hr. driven
h ItS-bp ItlO-rpm motor*. Ratarv laadara, l-hp ITtp-rpm matara pertod-draft tana, I par bailer......................................Buffalo Forgo
B 000 ctA S.S la. ap, ISJ-bp, 1*00-rpm motor, damper central
todurad-draft tana, I par ballet...........................Buffalo Forgo Ca ^4.000 elm. 7.1 la. ISO-hp 900-tpm motor, hydraulic coupling
.yZfcl burner pomp. 1..................Wortblnttoa Pump * Machy Corp
IS cam No. I oil, 27S-pn! dlacharsa Head. Ib-bp llOO-rpm motor
Caal Min. S par .................................................... Stock Engineering Co tOblb damp, toot par hr, all-alcetrk,' automatic duat-praol,
' eJ-bp motor tltl-rpai Caal gatac, I par boiler. 20-ta. aquara.................. -......... Ilaary Ptntt Ca Atb-haadUug hydraulic and peaumatlc.............. United Conveyor Carp
Y4*Uaa par hr. aab plpa-alolaad to fillt 1200 fpm water at ItJ pile
',tar uh, 100 fpm water at 1Z0 palf (or flyaah Aab alolta pomp, 1. horiionul, l-atage........................taiaraotl-Rgod Ca
'1ZOO ipa. 147-lt aat davalapad haad, ISO-hp ItOS-rpm matoa ^CasibnaUaa-aoetrat ayatam..............................RapubHe Plow Maura Co
' Air-operated, alr-rnnlatad
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Caobnnloawoatrnl air supply.............. .......................... tnjarnoll-Rand Co
' Sb|1aHta|a doubto-aeUn| comp. Sd dm, 20-hp ITSO-rpta emtor
1stmil witar-uoatmat tqatpmmi....................................MUtoa Roy Ca n Two 100-fpm tanka. Sadprocatlni Inugral-taar adjuitabla-atroka
ptopanionlag pumpa, two tor pboapbatn, aaa tor atdphlte, S fPh each.
vDUchatjat 1100 pair'(pboaphuta), ZOO pals (anlphita)
Bollar-laod pompo, I motor, 1 tnrbloa.................. .. .Infarooll-Rand Ca
RartcouUl S-atago 400 gpm, lOSO-palg aat davalapad haadi aombp
. lltl^pm motor; SI9-bp 1170-rpm 010-pilg/IS ptlg 900-F turblao
Watar-oaltanlag aqolpmeni........................................... ..............Parmutlt Ca .-'Capaalty 14,000 gal'lo tl hr; ana bydregaa unit (17.000 gat) 00a
'aedlua onit (7000 gal). One JS-fpm dtgaalflar with l/A4ip blowar
'.mater. One UOO.gal avoadao watar-ataraga tank
COAUBAMDUMO KQUIFMKNT:
BargMoal handling eraoa.................... Amarksa Haiti'S Derrick Ca Hawing tpaad. S rpra i aiawtng mater, 20-hp 699-rpm; bockat-holit
'.paad, U0 (pm; capacity. 1700 lb; buckat tsetor. 7J hp, 071 rpm Caalwoavaytng aanlpmant..................................8upbaat-Adamaon Mtg Ca
-Capacity. 100 toa par hr: S0-toa barge-coal unloading hopper; roL tiptoeating (aadar, l-hp isOO-rptn motor I 24-la. 27S-(pm bolt conveyer A drivaa by IO-hp llbbapm meter
ThAcoal coavayor oauipmttit....................... Bltphtno-Adamsoa Mtg Co `Kvanlcal, alagio-track boppar; roclp (aadar. 5-hp ISOb-rpm motor TnckAoppor bUga pump, I, alnglo^tagai..............Taomana P.rothari Ca
- vertical. ISO gptn, SS-ti dlacharsa bead. S-hp itso-rpm motor 5*7**vora ........................................................ .Suphana-Adamaon Mfg Ca
4t 14-lu. 171 fpm, 10-bp tIOO-rpm motor; Caavayar Ct tma. ITS (pm, tS-hr ItOb-rpm meter. (UK-propelled auto tripper tMUkaudUag tractor................................................. Caterpillar Tractor Co - P7 tt>ctar. 74-I& gaga, 72-ls. grouMf trteka. aqulppad with No. IS Ml,74ut| caar doublawlnim cabltKoatrol unit 'torryull Itrapor, No. 70. Medal LS......................R O UTeuruMu, tne ' Ftoatlipt S.7 ti track. It yd heaped. II.00.14 rubber tlraa to ,tr08*- HJtJ4 rear
W**IHS.CBNKRATOfl AND AUXILIARIES/
...ina-^..a..n...t.r.a...t.o. .r. .t.................................................... Allta-Chaimera M(g Ca ' .if . ,,lo4,r >S.000-kw 0A-pt JOOO-rpm SSO-palg 900-P turblaa with `. yri polnta; ll.rso-ltvi IS.SOO-v S-ph.M 60-cycla hydrogan-epatad
direct-cennactad TS-kw 250-v aidtar; ZS0O-q-(t hydrogen
-j 1 Sl-hp lurolns-gatr metan two 102-gpro U caolara; ISOO-gtl .'IM'***rvairi iBb-gpm mtlo alt pomp; two horiaootal ainglo-ataga
-fir5"TM1.rrssL-.ih.^i e.
M ,.>.*?ul 4-ptta 8oa|pg-haod 497-sq-ft ISS-pala clotad haatar ralod
,b Pvr hr. S/4-ln. OD eoppar-nlckat tubaa
U!r"1*l>'prtl*url haatar......................................... Qrlacom-Ruaaall Co
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4-pau U-ruba with (ntagrar drain aubcoalar, 7S0-aq4t
*l*aod haatar mad IS4.9M lb pat hr. Ca-Ni tube.
haatar......................................................... Oritcom-RotMil Ca
liYJ*"** A-paaa Boating-baad with totagral drain aubcoolar. 797-aq-
-TTaiaf ratd (00,000 lb per Sir. Admiralty tuba*
Deaerating haatar. I............................................................................Wllott Ca
Dlrect-ccauct tray-typa with vertical watar-ataraga ahall and vent
condanaar. Capacity: 180.000 lb par hr. ISOO-gal atoragn. 701 aq It
ttay aurface. Btogla-pata US-aq-(t vast, candauaar with artanical
copper tubaa. Haatar operetta at 42.7 pala Bvapcrator, I, hotlaonuL ilagla-aSact...................... Footer Wheeler Carp
It} aq (I aSectlve cell curlece, 11.9 aq It dlaangaglng area, copper-
nickel call, retad 0000 lb par hr at 42 pala _
Baaparotar-lead pumpa, I, iLngte-euga.............. ....lugataolI-IUad Ca
HeritosuL SO-gpm 175-lt dlacharga bead, S-hp SSOO-ipm motor
Coadaatar, I, horlaonul, 2-paaa...................................... Ingtriell-Road Co
11,000 aq ft, 150.000 lb ttaam per hr. Admiralty tuboa
Hotwall pumpa. 2, horlaonul, 2-atngn.......................... Insieell*Rxnd Co
100 ypm, 275-lt dlicharf* haad, 40-hp 17JO-rpm motor
Circulating pumpa, 2, vertical, mlaad-Bow.............. Ingaraoll-Rand Co
Slngla-ctxgo, It,000 gpm each, 29-ft bead, IOO-hp 75-rpm motor
Air oloctor, t, ttaam Jet.................................................. lugtraolURand Ca
Twla-elcmeot l-ataga, with iuttr- and nttar-ceelcra
Cnndmaata drain pomp, 1. tlngla-etaao...................... Inicrioll-Rand Ca
Hnriiontal, SO rpa\ I50*(t dlacharsa haad. S-hp, JSOS-rpm mater
Tutblna-all purifier...................................................... DaLavat Baptratar Ca
Capacity 100 gph; dlaplccamam dlacharga pump;-l/2-hp motor
Turbine-room crane, I.................................... Manning, Maswall A Moore
13-toe: 0.0 fpm maln-halat apeed with 2S-hp 1200-rpm allprlng mater]
bridge and trolley hend-eparated
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Traveling acraan.......................................................................... Chain Balt Ca
* 2s,400-gpm capacity, 10/2.5 (pm, l-hp IIM-rpm mater
Bcrean-waah pump, I, herln, tin|le-etat*...................... In|reU-Rand Ca
sso-gpm 241-lt dlacharga head, Sthhp, jSSO-rpm mater
Barvlca-waiar pumpa. S, horia, aingla-auga.............. Ingaraall-Rand Ca
200 (pm> 2lt-lt ditchers# head, 20-hp S4S0-rpm matara
Detpwell pumpa, A vertical, ataal-taead walla.......... Layna-Waataro Ca
S-ataga, SO gpm IM-lt dlacharga head, S-hp 1710-rpm motor.
METERS AND INSTRUMENTS:
Indleating-ptataon fagot.............................. Manning. Manwcll A Moore Flowmatan, draft gagaa...................................... Rtpobllc Flow Metart Ca Indicating thermometer*........ Preeltlon Thermometer A Instrument Co Baromatar, mercury column, taat walla.................. Praelalon T A I Co
Attomparator control............................................................. Salley Mater Co Fotantlomatar-tamparaturo recordar........................ Lead* A Northrop Ca Fertnhla condoctlolty mater...................................... Leada A Nerthnrp Ca Tnok-laval Indicator........................................... Republic Flaw Matara Ca Coadniatc venturi tuba.................................. Blmplax Valve A Matar Ca Dick meter................................................................................ ) W Murphy Ca Cage baxrda...........................................................-.RcpubUc Flaw Matara Ca Laboratory equipment........................................................B II Bhatdao A Ca
PtPIHO, VALVES AND MISCELLANEOUS:
Circulating-water velva*. matar-aparatad...................................... Crane Ca
Clrcuiatlog-arntar valvea, botiarily..
................Henry Pratt Co
Bleeder check valvca.................................................... Atwood A Merrill Ca
Hlgh-prancura globe valve*...................... .................. Edward Velvet,' In*
Pleat-centre! valve*.......... ............................................. Flthar Oovemor Ca
Steam trap*............................ -............................. Armstrong Machine Work*
Expansion Joists, rubber...................................................... U.* 8. Rubber Ca
Pevdwater-regulating valve (Capas)................................ J. W Murphy Ca
Water etralnart..........................................................................Henry Pratt Ca
Btaal tanka................................................ ...Alpha Tank A Bhnat Metal Co
One, ZOOO-gal, dlttlUad-wttar ataragat an*, IfSILgal, aervlea-watar
storas*l an*. SOO-gtl. mlactllanaoui drain*: ana, IS.OOO-gaL lual oil|.
on*. IO,MC-|a). acid Steragc
Ctlsrioctlen equipment...................... W<|!tci A T/arnan Prodseta, In*
Intermittent, da-nllmleg, 20,000-gpm capacity
Station air compressor, 1.................................................. tngtreall-Rtad Co
Horloootll alnglo-atsga. cotvaunl-apood' control, 204 cfm Irao air,
100-pilf dlacharga prtmro, IMtp 1173-ipm motor
Float and duett.................. .................................. Connery Conttracllon Co
* Ifttulitlqn..........................................................................Sprlnkman Bona Corp
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT:
Auxiliary powar unit aubatttloet.................. WcittoghonM BlacUle Corp ISOO-bvi. U^S/ilO-t S-phate alr-lntulatad dry tranaloimar, metalclad 600-v awltchgrar
Main control board. S-mciIoq duplex.......... WattlnghauM Blactrle Corp Raarrva aacltar. motorMrlven.................................. Allla-Chalmara Mil Co
109-kw 250-v dc gam ISO-hp 44lbv S-ph OO^ycIo tod motor Pitld-braaker cubicle........................................ Waetlngtlouao Blactrle Corp
Two 600-amp IlO-v dc air clreult braakart Battery and lighting ptnclj.......................... Wattlnghous* Electric Corp
Twa ateel cubicle* hooalng malded-cata air circuit breakart Lighting trenilorraerx. t, IS bvn, dry---.Wantlnghouae Electric Carp Cable and wire,.................... ............................. Blmplat Wire and Cable Ca
CONSULTING ENGINEERS...................... .................grrgeai A Lundy
9.^6R a October iota October 1946
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