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Identifier: electricrailway571921newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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d toomuch and total investment toolittle. If we would have mini-mum total generating cost wemust have low investment perunit of capacity. Every power plant problemhas in it certain distinctive ele- (f) Good quality of labor should be available, or thereshould be sufficient and satisfactory space where labor quar-ters may be built. (g) Space for adequate fuel storage, and expansion forfuture requirements. (h) In general plant should be located as near center ofdistribution as possible while meeting the conditions given above. 3. Invefitntent : (a) Low first cost and low unit cost, beginningwith initial installation. (b) Low real estate cost now, with reasonableassurance that values will never be excessive. (c) Possible thermal efficiency to be balancedagainst investment and total over-all unit generationcosts to determine character and completeness. (d) Design to permitoperation of all equip-ment at highest pos-sible load factor, mini-mum spare parts oridle equipment. (e) Future exten-
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ments or features which if considered in their logicalorder will help considerably in solving the problem.The following outline is offered as such a check on theinvestment and operating conditions: L Demand: (a.) Present requirements expressed by maximum demandand load factor, daily and seasonal. (b) Prospective demand within a period of three years. (c) Prospective demand within a period of ten years ormore. 2. Location: (a) Railroad or shipping facilities. (b) Good water supply. (c) Low freight rate on fuel. (d) Earth that will allow permanent foundations to beconstructed at reasonable cost. (e) Freedom from floods or other natural disturbances. VERTICAL, SECTIONOF APOWER PLANTDESIGNEDACCORDINGTO TrtEUNIT SYSTEM sions taken care of by design and plans with least invest-ment possible in building or other material provision forsuch extensions.4. Fuel Supply: (a) Value of fuel or waste heat available, to be deter-mined by unit cost per kilowatt-hour of output, giving dueconsideration t

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