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Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic)

From David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic)
Date 2025-05-06 02:10 +0000
Organization NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers - Beltway Annex
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I said:


>I don't recall how they fire up the Brown, but will ask a crew member.


And found out:

They boot-strap with a giant air compressor.  They back-feed the saturated 
steam distribution, and can run the boiler blower, and fuel pump.  That gets 
the boilers up to pressure.  At 200 PSI, they shut everything down, close 
the compressor's valves, and then restart running off steam.  The switch over 
takes about 15 minutes, and if too much pressure is lost you get to try 
again.

The boilers are lit by lighting a torch with a piezo grill lighter.  Then 
poking the torch into the back of the burner.  Each boiler has four burners, 
and once one is burning, it will ignite the neighboring ones.  So all you 
really have to do is open the fuel valve.

-- 
A host is a host from coast to coast...............wb8foz@panix.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-28 14:59 +0000
  Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-28 17:33 +0000
    Re: Low traffic "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-04-28 20:21 +0100
      Re: Low traffic Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2025-04-28 19:00 -0600
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 19:18 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-29 19:24 +0000
            Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 12:58 -0700
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:39 +0000
                Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-30 08:49 -0700
                Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:09 +0000
            Re: Low traffic "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:41 +0200
            Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:36 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:14 +0000
                Re: Low traffic songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-04-30 06:16 -0400
                Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 15:06 +0000
              Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:25 +0000
                Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-30 16:21 +0000
                Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 17:25 +0000
                Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-04-30 20:17 -0700
            Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:36 +0000
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:59 +0000
  Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 20:18 +0000
  Re: Low traffic "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-28 22:33 +0200
  Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-04-28 18:17 -0300
    Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:00 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:39 +0000
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:00 +0000
      Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 02:52 -0300
  Re: Low traffic songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-04-28 18:01 -0400
    Re: Low traffic Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-04-29 08:17 +0200
  Re: Low traffic Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 02:33 +0000
  Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:14 +0200
    Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 12:06 -0700
    Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:22 +0000
      Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:43 +0200
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:28 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
          Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:12 +0200
            Power plant cold start (Re: Low traffic) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:57 +0000
            Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:23 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-02 19:01 -0300
                Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:59 +0000
        Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:23 +0200
          Re: Low traffic Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-01 21:22 +0100
        Re: Low traffic Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-05-02 21:02 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:13 +0000
        Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:23 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-01 17:52 +0100
            Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:13 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 03:13 -0300
        Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-01 14:48 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:50 +0000
        Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-01 14:52 +0000
        Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:37 +0200
          Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:27 +0000
            Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 23:10 +0200
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:47 +0000
                Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-03 14:02 +0200
                Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:25 +0000
              Re: Low traffic anthk <anthk@openbsd.home> - 2025-05-15 15:12 +0000
        Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:48 +0000
          Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 17:36 +0000
            Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-05-05 17:48 +0000
              Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 17:58 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-05 20:20 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 22:55 +0200
            Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-05 18:53 +0000
              Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 23:15 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 02:10 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 11:35 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 10:40 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 12:59 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 12:14 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:27 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-05-06 13:43 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-06 18:38 +0000
    Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:41 +0000

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