MidAmerican's Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 4 earns Power's highest honor

Journal Article · Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Power (New York)

OSTI ID:20947230

Peltier, R

MidAmerican Energy Co. and its project partners are convinced that supercritical coal-firing technology's inherently higher efficiency and lower CO{sub 2} emissions no longer come with a price: reduced reliability. Unit 4 of the Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center (WSEC) entered into service in June 2006 doubling the capacity of the PRB-coal fuelled plant to 1,600 MW. This is the first major new supercritical plant in the US in more than 15 years. The design of the boiler and the air pollution control systems downstream are described and illustrated. Unit 4 won the 2007 Plant of the Year awarded by Power magazine. 11 figs.

• OSTI ID: 20947230
• Journal Information: Power (New York), Vol. 151, Issue 8; ISSN 0032-5929
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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COAL
SUPERCRITICAL STATE
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSION
EFFICIENCY
AWARDS
IOWA
BOILERS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CONSTRUCTION
POWDER RIVER BASIN
SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION