The two large exhaust stacks of the University of Alberta Heating Plant, a natural gas fired plant. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The Heating Plant is located on the southwest area of the campus and has a capacity of 650 tonnes/hour steam. The plant was first built in 1959; subsequent additions of boilers, other equipment and building extensions occurred in the following years, with the installation of a MW back pressure steam turbine generator in 1994 and a MW condensing steam turbine generator in 2000. The plant has five boilers: two producing steam at 2,760 kPag and three at 6,200 kPag. The plant uses natural gas as a fuel and has the capability to fire ultra-low-sulphur Diesel (ULSD) as a backup to the natural gas. Steam at 1,035 kPag is supplied to the service corridor for distribution to all of the facilities in the Greater Campus Area (GCA) for heating and process use. Condensate is returned back to the plant. All 6,200 kPag boilers are fitted with combustion controls utilizing state-of-the-art technology to reduce excess air, NOx and greenhouse gas emissions. All boiler flue gases are routed to two large exhaust stacks, which house a Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS). The CEMS unit data is collected and transmitted to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. *** Description sourced from the University of Alberta website.
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Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Felix Choo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: emission, pollution, smokestacks, steam
