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Environmental impacts of nonfusion power systems. [Data on environmental effects of all power sources that may be competitive with fusion reactor power plants]

Description: Data were collected on the environmental effects of power sources that may be competitive with future fusion reactor power plants. Data are included on nuclear power plants using HTGR, LMBR, GCFR, LMFBR, and molten salt reactors; fossil-fuel electric power plants; geothermal power plants; solar energy power plants, including satellite-based solar systems; wind energy power plants; ocean thermal gradient power plants; tidal energy power plants; and power plants using hydrogen and other synthetic… more
Date: September 1, 1976
Creator: Brouns, R. J.
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Generating technology assessment. Phase I work plan, Task 1 report

Description: A plan of work outlining information to assess electric generating technologies is presented. Projections are made of realistic and understandable engineering and cost assessments of nonnuclear electrical generating technologies. A computer-based method of producing such engineering and cost estimates for use by EIA's Coal and Electric Power Analysis Division is to be developed and implemented. Technologies and processes to be assessed are: all nonnuclear conventional and nonconventional (coal … more
Date: October 15, 1979
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Assessment of a satellite power system and six alternative technologies

Description: The satellite power system is assessed in comparison to six alternative technologies. The alternatives are: central-station terrestrial photovoltaic systems, conventional coal-fired power plants, coal-gasification/combined-cycle power plants, light water reactor power plants, liquid-metal fast-breeder reactors, and fusion. The comparison is made regarding issues of cost and performance, health and safety, environmental effects, resources, socio-economic factors, and insitutional issues. The cri… more
Date: April 1, 1981
Creator: Wolsko, T.; Whitfield, R.; Samsa, M.; Habegger, L.S.; Levine, E. & Tanzman, E.
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Power plant performance analysis and guidelines study. Appendix II. Reliability and efficiency indices

Description: Four indices of power plant performance have been identified for use by the CERCDC in the technical evaluation of cost-effective levels of reliability and efficiency of future power plants, to be sited in the State of California. The selected indices are Capacity Factor, Operating Availability, Equivalent Availability, and Heat Rate. The write-up on each index includes a discussion on the Index Definition, Historical Data Availability/Sources and Recommendations for Application by the Commissio… more
Date: June 1, 1978
Creator: Keller, R. W.; Bhatla, A. & Smith, M. J.
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Report on equipment availability for the ten-year period, 1967--1976. A report of the Equipment Availability Task Force of the Prime Movers Committee

Description: Data are tabulated on the availability and outage rates for all types of electric power generating plants operating in the U.S. during the period from 1967 through 1976. The power plant types include fossil-fueled, nuclear, hydro, and pumped storage. The outages include those scheduled for maintenance and normal operation and unplanned or forced outages. (LCL)
Date: December 1, 1977
Creator: Haueter, R. L.; Haddad, E. E.; Brickell, M. C.; Poeppelmeier, V. E.; Prestele, J. A.; Roettger, R. W. et al.
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Power Plant Operating and Maintenance Costs

Description: Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing costs of power plant operations. As stated in the objective, "the objective of this study was to determine and evaluate operating and maintenance costs for nuclear power plants" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1970
Creator: Susskind, H. & Raseman, C. J.
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Technology assessment report for the Soyland Power Cooperative, Inc. compressed air energy storage system (CAES)

Description: The design and operational features of compressed air energy storage systems (CAES) in general and, specifically, of a proposed 220 MW plant being planned by the Soyland Power Cooperative, Inc. in Illinois are described. This technology assessment discusses the need for peaking capacity, CAES requirements for land, fuel, water, and storage caverns, and compares the costs, environmental impacts and licensing requirements of CAES with those of power plants using simple cycle or combined cycle com… more
Date: January 1, 1982
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CO sub 2 emissions from coal-fired and solar electric power plants

Description: This report presents estimates of the lifetime carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired, photovoltaic, and solar thermal electric power plants in the United States. These CO{sub 2} estimates are based on a net energy analysis derived from both operational systems and detailed design studies. It appears that energy conservation measures and shifting from fossil to renewable energy sources have significant long-term potential to reduce carbon dioxide production caused by energy generation and thu… more
Date: May 1, 1990
Creator: Keith, F.; Norton, P. & Brown, D.
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Characterization of alternative electric generation technologies for the SPS comparative assessment: volume 2, central-station technologies

Description: The SPS Concept Development and Evaluation Program includes a comparative assessment. An early first step in the assessment process is the selection and characterization of alternative technologies. This document describes the cost and performance (i.e., technical and environmental) characteristics of six central station energy alternatives: (1) conventional coal-fired powerplant; (2) conventional light water reactor (LWR); (3) combined cycle powerplant with low-Btu gasifiers; (4) liquid metal … more
Date: August 1, 1980
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California Energy Commission Staff Paper. Issues Related to Reliability of Power Plants in California

Description: This paper reflects the concern that without reexamination on the part of the industry of its past policies, traditions, and practices, the power plants yet to be licensed in the State of California may not fulfill their full productivity potential. Also, this document seeks a recognition of all parties participating in the regulatory processes, that unless appropriate and deliberate measures are applied, the reliability of the future power generating facilities may be inconsistent with the ene… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Shurley, L. A.
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Power plant performance analysis and guidelines study. Appendix III. Reliability and efficiency index data

Description: Historical data from the EEI, FPC, NRC, FEA, and participating utilities were evaluated for each of the four reliability and efficiency indices recommended to the California Energy Commission. Data were not available for all unit sizes for the full period 1971 to 1975. However, the available data were analyzed to arrive at historical averages and ranges of averages for each of the recommended indices. Feasible ranges and averages of each index for units of different sizes and fuel types are pre… more
Date: June 1, 1978
Creator: Keller, R. W.; Bhatla, A. & Smith, M. J.
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POPCYCLE: a computer code for calculating nuclear and fossil plant levelized life-cycle power costs

Description: POPCYCLE, a computer code designed to calculate levelized life-cycle power costs for nuclear and fossil electrical generating plants is described. Included are (1) derivations of the equations and a discussion of the methodology used by POPCYCLE, (2) a description of the input required by the code, (3) a listing of the input for a sample case, and (4) the output for a sample case.
Date: February 1, 1982
Creator: Hardie, R.W.
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Update report on the performance of 400 megawatt and larger nuclear and coal-fired generating units. Performance through 1977

Description: Forty-seven nuclear generating units and 125 coal-fired generating plants that have had at least one full year of commercial operation are covered in this report. Their performances are evaluated using the capacity factor, availability factor, equivalent availability, and forced outage rate. The data are arranged by state and utility. (DLC)
Date: January 1, 1981
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Combined cycle solar central receiver hybrid power system study. Volume III. Appendices. Final technical report

Description: A design study for a 100 MW gas turbine/steam turbine combined cycle solar/fossil-fuel hybrid power plant is presented. This volume contains the appendices: (a) preconceptual design data; (b) market potential analysis methodology; (c) parametric analysis methodology; (d) EPGS systems description; (e) commercial-scale solar hybrid power system assessment; and (f) conceptual design data lists. (WHK)
Date: November 1, 1979
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SOLTES: simulator of large thermal energy systems

Description: The philosophy, structure, current capabilities and applications of SOLTES, a computer code that can be used to simulate a wide variety of thermal energy systems such as solar power/total energy, fossil-fired power plants/total energy, nuclear-fired power plants/total energy, solar energy heating and cooling, geothermal energy, and solar hot water, are discussed. SOLTES simulates the steady-state response of thermal energy systems to time-varying data such as weather and loads. (LCL)
Date: January 1, 1981
Creator: Fewell, M.E. & Grandjean, N.R.
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Methodology for the comparative assessment of the Satellite Power System (SPS) and alternative technologies

Description: A description of the initial methodology for the Comparative Assessment of the Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program of NASA and DOE is presented. Included are study objectives, issue identification, units of measurement, methods, and data bases. The energy systems concerned are the satellite power system, several coal technologies, geothermal energy, fission, fusion, terrestrial solar systems, and ocean thermal energy conversion. Guidelines are suggested for the cha… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Wolsko, T.; Buehring, W.; Cirillo, R.; Gasper, J.; Habegger, L.; Hub, K. et al.
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Comparative analysis of net energy balance for satellite power systems (SPS) and other energy systems

Description: The net energy balance of seven electric energy systems is assessed: two coal-based, one nuclear, two terrestrial solar, and two solar power satellites, with principal emphasis on the latter two systems. Solar energy systems require much less operating energy per unit of electrical output. However, on the basis of the analysis used here, coal and nuclear systems are two to five times more efficient at extracting useful energy from the primary resource base than are the solar energy systems. The… more
Date: April 1, 1980
Creator: Cirillo, R.R.; Cho, B.S.; Monarch, M.R. & Levine, E.P.
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SALT (System Analysis Language Translater): A steady state and dynamic systems code

Description: SALT (System Analysis Language Translater) is a lumped parameter approach to system analysis which is totally modular. The modules are all precompiled and only the main program, which is generated by SALT, needs to be compiled for each unique system configuration. This is a departure from other lumped parameter codes where all models are written by MACROS and then compiled for each unique configuration, usually after all of the models are lumped together and sorted to eliminate undetermined var… more
Date: January 1, 1983
Creator: Berry, G. & Geyer, H.
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Economy of scale

Description: Viewgraphs are given relating the cost of electricity of coal, nuclear, and fusion power plants. (MOW)
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Thomson, S. L. & Keeton, D. C.
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Potential of hybrid geothermal/coal fired power plants in Arizona

Description: The City of Burbank and the Ralph M. Parsons Company studies showed several advantages for hybrid geothermal/coal fired power plants, as follows: (1) the estimated cost of producing electricity in hybrid plant is about 18.3 mills/kWh, compared to 19.3 mills/kWh in an all-coal fired power plant; (2) the coal requirements for a given plant can be reduced about 12 to 17%; and (3) the geothermal brines can be used for power plant cooling water, and in some cases, as boiler feedwater. The pertinent … more
Date: August 1, 1982
Creator: White, D.H. & Goldstone, L.A.
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Effective method for MHD retrofit of power plants

Description: Retrofitting existing power plants with an open-cycle MHD system has been re-examined in light of recent developments in the heat and seed recovery technology area. A new retrofit cycle configuration has been developed which provides for a direct gas-gas coupling; also, the MHD topping cycle can be decoupled from the existing plant for either separate or joint operation. As an example, the MHD retrofit concept has been applied to Illinois Power Company's Vermilion Station No. 1, a coal-fired po… more
Date: October 1, 1981
Creator: Berry, G. F.; Dennis, C. B.; Johnson, T. R. & Minkov, V.
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Selection of alternative central-station technologies for the Satellite Power System (SPS) comparative assessment

Description: An important effort in the Satellite Power System (SPS) Comparative Assessment is the selection and characterization of alternative technologies to be compared with the SPS concept. This report summarizes the ground rules, criteria, and screening procedure applied in the selection of those alternative technologies. The final set of central-station alternatives selected for comparison with the SPS concept includes: (1) light water reactor with improved fuel utilization, (2) conventional coal com… more
Date: April 1, 1980
Creator: Samsa, M.E.
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