Journal of electricity, power, and gas . »«• «••*, Interior of a Modern Horizontal Steam Turbine-Driven Electric Power Plant. JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS [Vol. xxxn-No. 10 200 abundant cooling water near the distribution center,are situated at a distance from it of some fifteen ortwenty miles. General Description of the Modern Power Plant. It will now be interesting and instructive to ex-amine the details of a typical power installation of thesort just hinted at. First, we shall describe the so-called steam cycle,or the journey of the steam making water from thetime it enters the ste
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . »«• «••*, Interior of a Modern Horizontal Steam Turbine-Driven Electric Power Plant. JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS [Vol. xxxn-No. 10 200 abundant cooling water near the distribution center,are situated at a distance from it of some fifteen ortwenty miles. General Description of the Modern Power Plant. It will now be interesting and instructive to ex-amine the details of a typical power installation of thesort just hinted at. First, we shall describe the so-called steam cycle,or the journey of the steam making water from thetime it enters the steam boiler until it has completedits journey through the turbine, or power unit, andreturned again to the boiler; secondly, we shall con-sider the circulating water which is necessary in largequantities to convert the exhaust steam back againinto water; and thirdly, we shall touch briefly uponthe journey of the oil from the time it leaves the carsat the sidetrack until it disappears from the chimney. Boiler Feed Pumps. as a flue gas. We shall touch briefly upon the generalsize and functions of apparatus employed to accom-plish these results. Steam Cycle. Storage Tank. The supply of water for steamingpurposes is usually brought to a make-up or storagetank from supply wells either on the immediate prem-ises or nearby property. If these are not found, it isbrought from rivers, lakes, or other bodies in thevicinity, or in many cases is purchased from somewater company supplying the municipality. The stor-age tanks are varied in size, shape and capacity from asmall tank, used as a receiver and hot-well, to a num-ber of tanks, large and small, used for storage pur-poses only. The use of storage tanks depends upon the sourceand quantity of water supplied and the load carriedby the plant. Where there is a steady and positivesource of supply, the tank may be of small some cases where the supply is small and the stor-age at different periods is unfit for use, larger s
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