@drprdmrd ALL pulverized coal-fired power stations have smokestacks. And it's not steam coming out of them, it's water vapor from the scrubbers.
And they all need some form of cooling. They all have cooling towers. Some use a large body of water for most of their cooling needs (like Tampa Electric's Big Bend and Bayside power stations that use water from Tampa Bay) only need cooling towers for their auxiliary cooling.
Cooling towers don't produce steam either, they also produce water vapor.
This looks like BELEWS CREEK Power Station. Its about 2400 MegaWatt facility built in mid 70s. Its in North Carolina, the biggest in Duke Carolinas Coal fleet, near Winston Salem. The huge conveyer belts are called feeders or mills. They move coal in big chunks up into the plant where it is actually pulverized into a fine dust and then forced into the boiler area. You can actually get pretty close to it from the cooling/ recreation lake right next to it. The water gets to 105 F in the lake
my great grandfather use to be supervisor from 1965 and retired in 83 he used to work on top of those stacks and every where else. he is 91 yrs old, he also said that he never tied off so he wouldnt fall.
thers a big ass duke power plant with 5 stacks in my home county and was once the biggest coal power plant in the us. and the stacks are about 500ft. high! and u can see it from about 35 miles away
The atmosphere is a trash can.
en1841 2 months ago
Huge pollution...
en1841 2 months ago
The atmosphere is a new bin.
en1841 2 months ago
I think this is disinfo.
drprdmrd 8 months ago
@MrVanorsdol
I think this is disinfo.
drprdmrd 8 months ago
Why some coal fired power stations have "chimmney" for STEAM while some other have cooling tower for STEAM ?
drprdmrd 8 months ago
@drprdmrd ALL pulverized coal-fired power stations have smokestacks. And it's not steam coming out of them, it's water vapor from the scrubbers.
And they all need some form of cooling. They all have cooling towers. Some use a large body of water for most of their cooling needs (like Tampa Electric's Big Bend and Bayside power stations that use water from Tampa Bay) only need cooling towers for their auxiliary cooling.
Cooling towers don't produce steam either, they also produce water vapor.
WKHalford 7 months ago
Look at the little cloud just to the right of the right chimney - it disappears rather quickly. That is steam - smoke can not do that.
oomblikkies 8 months ago
This looks like BELEWS CREEK Power Station. Its about 2400 MegaWatt facility built in mid 70s. Its in North Carolina, the biggest in Duke Carolinas Coal fleet, near Winston Salem. The huge conveyer belts are called feeders or mills. They move coal in big chunks up into the plant where it is actually pulverized into a fine dust and then forced into the boiler area. You can actually get pretty close to it from the cooling/ recreation lake right next to it. The water gets to 105 F in the lake
jltalley85 1 year ago
@MrVanorsdol cool thanks for the info did you work there?
s30zman 1 year ago
my great grandfather use to be supervisor from 1965 and retired in 83 he used to work on top of those stacks and every where else. he is 91 yrs old, he also said that he never tied off so he wouldnt fall.
Marsee187 1 year ago
@Marsee187
cool he sounds like a brave man !!
s30zman 1 year ago
acualy the ones in my county are 1200ft!!!!!!! i jus looked it up
appleipodtouch2g 3 years ago
cool i know them are tall
s30zman 3 years ago
thers a big ass duke power plant with 5 stacks in my home county and was once the biggest coal power plant in the us. and the stacks are about 500ft. high! and u can see it from about 35 miles away
appleipodtouch2g 3 years ago
wats nc?
appleipodtouch2g 3 years ago
were that at
appleipodtouch2g 3 years ago
some were out in the sticks of nc lol
s30zman 3 years ago
cool did you work for the plant?
s30zman 3 years ago
COAL VIDEO lol keep up the good work and happy holladays!!
alburtisfirefighter 3 years ago
thankz you have a good holiday and don't drink too much of that good eggnog (with rum lol)!!
it's hard to see just how tall that stack it it has to be at lest 800 feet tall !
s30zman 3 years ago
nice, and o no of course i wont drink any eggnog with rum.....lol take care dude.
alburtisfirefighter 3 years ago