Combined-cycle cogeneration to power oil refinery
A cogeneration plant now under construction at an oil refinery in Martinez, California, is an example of how the energy industry has been responding to the fundamental economic and technological challenges it has been facing over the past ten years. The industry is re-examining cogeneration as one way of meeting the requirements of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act. The new plant is located at Tosco Corporation's Avon Oil Refinery, 45 miles northeast of San Francisco. It was designed by Foster Wheeler to supply process steam for the refinery as well as for a water-treatment installation that will benefit the Contra Costa Water District. Electric power produced will be used primarily by the refinery, with the balance purchased by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
- Research Organization:
- Foster Wheeler USA Corp., Livingston, NJ
- OSTI ID:
- 6900784
- Journal Information:
- Mech. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 108:11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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