Feasibility Offshore Coal-Fired Electrical Power Generation
Feasibility Offshore Coal-Fired Electrical Power Generation
Feasibility Offshore Coal-Fired Electrical Power Generation
Ocean basing requires transfer of fuel in the open ocean An ocean based plantcan readily avoid the adverse
from tankers or colliers to the storage bays of the effects of releasing hot water by diluting it with large
Conclusions
1. A 500 megawatt, coal-burning floating barge power
III. COMPARISON O F THREE CONFIGURATIONS plant is technically and economically feasible with costs
comparable to a land plant and with a smaller environ-
Three configurations were developed for use in mental impact.
Hawaii. The main design criteria were: 500 mega- 2. Only small modifications to the steam drum in the
watts, using (4) 125 megawatt power strings; coal burn- boiler must be made to use utility grade equipment.
ing; conventional power equipment; 30 days fuel stor- 3. Pre-stressed concrete has many advantages over
age (100,000 long tons of coal); coal transport by steel for ocean-based platforms of this type.
slurry; and plant floated to site. 4. Use of coal slurry simplifies the transport of coal
for ocean plants.
The configurations evaluated were floating barge, bot-
tom mounted jack-up, and semi-submersible.
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