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Title: Thermal power supports Caracas system growth

Abstract

Venezuela plans to expand its power-generation program to meet a yearly increase in demand of 10 percent. Thermal power plants will produce most of the near-term power until the delayed hydroelectric projects are completed. Eight 400-MW units will be installed, three by the Caracas utility. The plant to be built at Tacoa, near Caracas, is a conventional design whose large size introduced a water-supply problem for the cooling and recovery condensation processes. Sea water is used and returned quickly over a wide dispersal pattern. Large air requirements for the systems are met with special air compressors. (DCK)

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5228184
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Energy Int.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; DESIGN; VENEZUELA; ELECTRIC POWER; COMPRESSED AIR; CONSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING; WATER REQUIREMENTS; AIR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUIDS; GASES; LATIN AMERICA; POWER; POWER PLANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; 296001* - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power Generation- (-1989); 200100 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Power Plants & Power Generation

Citation Formats

. Thermal power supports Caracas system growth. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
. Thermal power supports Caracas system growth. United States.
. 1980. "Thermal power supports Caracas system growth". United States.
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abstractNote = {Venezuela plans to expand its power-generation program to meet a yearly increase in demand of 10 percent. Thermal power plants will produce most of the near-term power until the delayed hydroelectric projects are completed. Eight 400-MW units will be installed, three by the Caracas utility. The plant to be built at Tacoa, near Caracas, is a conventional design whose large size introduced a water-supply problem for the cooling and recovery condensation processes. Sea water is used and returned quickly over a wide dispersal pattern. Large air requirements for the systems are met with special air compressors. (DCK)},
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year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
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