Thermal power supports Caracas system growth

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Energy Int.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5228184

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)

• OSTI ID: 5228184
• Journal Information: Energy Int.; (United States), Vol. 17:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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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
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200100 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Power Plants & Power Generation