Published 1992
| Version v1
Journal article
Keystone station cooling tower fill fouling
Creators
- 1. Pennsylvania Electric Co., Keystone Generating Station, Shelocta, PA (United States)
Description
This paper reports on Keystone Station which is a coal-fired nine-mouth electric generating station located 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania, with two 850 MW supercritical pressure generating units. Main condenser and service water cooling is provided by two natural draft hyperbolic cooling towers per unit. Each of the four cooling towers is 325 feet tall and 247 feet across at the basin. Operation of the station began in 1967. A consortium of mid-Atlantic utilities owns Keystone Station, and it is operated by the Pennsylvania Electric Company
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Proceedings of the American Power Conference
- Journal Volume
- 54
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 887-889.
- ISSN
- 0097-2126
- CODEN
- PAPWA2
Conference
- Title
- 54. annual American power conference.
- Dates
- 13-15 Apr 1992.
- Place
- Chicago, IL (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24001072
- Subject category
- S01: COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COOLING TOWERS; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY TRANSFER
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-920432--.