Rodemacher Power Station

[kevarc]

This is the plant we are co-owners of

Pic 1

This is a view from atop the stack. The building on the far left is the dumper. Th coal comes up the conveyor and iis dumped on tp the pile. Bulldozers and pans are use to move the coal over the bin that feed the other conveyors that take ti coal to the holding silo's.




Pic 2

This is the head house above the holding or surge silos.

Th coal is carried on the conveyor and dumped into one of seven silo's



Pic 3

These are the coal pulverisors/crushers. Coal goe4s into the top and is ground into a powder. You do not throw hunks of coal into the firebox. The powder is blown into the firebox.



Pic 4

his is a picture of our dumper - I'll have more in the next pic

and yes, the idiot wearing a white shirt around coal is me.



Pic 5

and this is a another view of the dumper.

The yellow thing to the right in the picture is the dog. A train does not go through the dumper uner power. The dog is a very heavy duty piece of metal. It rotates down and pushes on the back of a car to advance the train through the dumper.

[kevarc]

Bump

for those of you who didn't see it and before it got buried too far.

[Anonymous]

Cool pics

[dldance]

Kevin - what is the nominal output of your plant? How much coal does it receive per week? Is it PRB coal?

dd

[locomutt]

Interesting pictures.
We have several plants around here;that I would imagine
operate similar to that.

[adrianspeeder]

COOL!!!

Adrianspeeder

[kevarc]

500 megawats

PRB coal and usualyly 3 to 4 trains a week.

[dldance]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevarc

500 megawats

PRB coal and usualyly 3 to 4 trains a week.

Thanks

dd

[techguy57]

Kevin- I might have missed them but have you posted pics of the outside of the stacks? I'd be interested to see them. Thanks for the great pics.

Mike

[kevarc]

A few more pics

This one is from the coal yard looking back at the plant

The building in the middle front is for deciding whether the coal goes on the stockpile or straight into the the holding silo's.

The conveyor that goes off to the left of the pic is for moving coal onto the stockpile. The one coming out of the ground, from left is for removing coal from the stockpile and sending it to the holding silos.

The tall structure, with the building on top, is a transferr building. Coal moving to the hoding silos is transferred from one conveyor to the one that dumps into the silos.

You can see the top left of the holding silos to the top left of the plant itself.

The little silo to the right, with the yellow crane on it is for fly ash.

To the right, peaking out of the trees is Rodemacher 1. This is a gas fired boiler. It is solely owned by Cleco.



Another pic looking at the plant.

NOTE: all the buildings and equipment between the conveyors and the main building of the plant are pollution control equipment. Mostly electrostatic precipatators.



The holding silos

[kevarc]

If you click on the link and look in the screenshots forum, you will see larger pictures.

[techguy57]

Thanks Kevin! Fascinating stuff!

Mike

[Anonymous]

Hmph. "You dont throw lumps of coal into the boiler"

I learned something today! Gee thanks!

What about dat fly ash?

[chad thomas]

Yea, Thanks for posting these pix Kevin.

[kevarc]

Fly ash and bottom ash is sold, mostly in making concrete.

If you go to
www.3dtrains.com/forums >> General Discussion >> Screenshots

I have posted more pictures there.