I could see that, takes more heat to bring the water to steam
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:55 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I personally don't understand how cold weather can affect a gas or coal
> fired power plant, but apparently it's an issue. Maybe not the turbines,
> but something with the cold water intake freezing up?
>
> That is pure speculation. I don't really know.
>
>
> bp
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> On 2/16/2021 8:38 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
>
> so, are the turbines actually frozen, like iced over and cant break loose,
> or is the lubricant frozen? I dont understand how something with that much
> mechanical force can be frozen. Here i think the cutoff is 20-25mph in
> winds IIRC, is it too windy for them to run?
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:28 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Some of the explanation. Gas and coal plants have never been updated to
>> handle periods of cold, so until they are updated, this will continue to
>> happen.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/dallas-texas-electrical-power-outage-ercot-failures/287-50797307-0afe-43eb-8175-b78e7e4fc13a
>>
>>
>> bp
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>> On 2/16/2021 8:13 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>>
>>
>> https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/09/f33/TX_Energy%20Sector%20Risk%20Profile.pdf
>>
>> That'll show the major transmission lines and how they do or don't
>> interconnect.
>>
>> The EIA also has an interactive map that lets you zoom in.
>>
>> It also seems like Texas may need more than two nuclear plants.
>>
>>
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>> *Sent: *Monday, February 15, 2021 6:38:32 PM
>> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Power outages
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>> El Paso Electric which serves our area and Southern New Mexico is not
>> part of the other Texas utilities experiencing rolling power outages. Back
>> in 2011 we had power outages and water pipe damage. Both utilities took
>> steps to prove systems with anti-freeze technology and all types of
>> sensors.
>> We installed several sensors and links for many of these projects
>> years ago.
>> As of 6:00pm today only 3,000 customers lost power for five minutes.
>> Hope you guys are safe.
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