Steam power plants, their design and construction . STEAM POWER PLANTS. 155 too much air. Furthermore, the coal can be burned with abso-lutely no smoke. Supply of Boiler Water.—The amount of water used for steamboilers in large plants is of such a quantity that an abundant sup-ply of good water at low cost is a deciding factor in the selectionof a site for a power house. The cost of water from city mainsis usually such that it is desirable for large plants to go to someother source, as a river if one be available, artesian wells, determining upon a supply, investigation should be ma
Steam power plants, their design and construction . STEAM POWER PLANTS. 155 too much air. Furthermore, the coal can be burned with abso-lutely no smoke. Supply of Boiler Water.—The amount of water used for steamboilers in large plants is of such a quantity that an abundant sup-ply of good water at low cost is a deciding factor in the selectionof a site for a power house. The cost of water from city mainsis usually such that it is desirable for large plants to go to someother source, as a river if one be available, artesian wells, determining upon a supply, investigation should be made
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