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Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: PeterPolyol
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Also food for thought: Why could Nanticoke not be converted to gas? Would have saved building all the new gas plants and it, being an OPG asset, wouldn't be subject to the obscene subsidized rates paid to private generators.
That billion dollar lesson about how the McGuilty-Wynne liberals feel about gas though
Funny Nanticoke came up...the Wallerawang turbines were orphan sisters to Wallerawang. Originally a GEC 500MW design, that was bought out by Parsons, the Nanticoke were the 3,600RPM version.
For anyone interested, here's one of the concept designs for the GEC 500s...the triple LP turbine and back pressure steam feed pump turbines were never adopted in practice.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B72RMQAMdx4iVFFmN2V2OWYyaWluZklPWVRmRjNRTEhxbFJr/view?usp=sharing
Of course the boilers could have been converted (relatively) cheaply to Gas...has been done all over the world.
Steam Conditions (2300psi and 1005F) plus the GEC/Parsons turbines would have made about 33-34% Nett efficiency.
$40M per turbine upgrade would have added another 2% to that.
The Ontario Liberals spent $1.1 billion to cancel a gas plant so they wouldn't lose a seat in a contentious riding. What you are describing sounds like a relative bargain in comparison
Originally Posted By: PeterPolyol
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Also food for thought: Why could Nanticoke not be converted to gas? Would have saved building all the new gas plants and it, being an OPG asset, wouldn't be subject to the obscene subsidized rates paid to private generators.
That billion dollar lesson about how the McGuilty-Wynne liberals feel about gas though
Funny Nanticoke came up...the Wallerawang turbines were orphan sisters to Wallerawang. Originally a GEC 500MW design, that was bought out by Parsons, the Nanticoke were the 3,600RPM version.
For anyone interested, here's one of the concept designs for the GEC 500s...the triple LP turbine and back pressure steam feed pump turbines were never adopted in practice.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B72RMQAMdx4iVFFmN2V2OWYyaWluZklPWVRmRjNRTEhxbFJr/view?usp=sharing
Of course the boilers could have been converted (relatively) cheaply to Gas...has been done all over the world.
Steam Conditions (2300psi and 1005F) plus the GEC/Parsons turbines would have made about 33-34% Nett efficiency.
$40M per turbine upgrade would have added another 2% to that.
The Ontario Liberals spent $1.1 billion to cancel a gas plant so they wouldn't lose a seat in a contentious riding. What you are describing sounds like a relative bargain in comparison
