Mendocino Coast Woody Biomass Collaborative

Scotia Power Plant - Slide Show

Scotia power plant tour George Reinhardt and Grant Miller, leaving the Eel River Power plant offices and ready for the Scotia power plant tour Scotia power plant from East Scotia power plant from S/E Large transformer, Scotia power plant Large transformers, Scotia power plant Large front loader aside the conveyor feed for fuel to the boiler Conveyor feed for boiler fuel Our tour group Seasonal fuel storage pile outside, with main fuel storage building in background Truck at fuel dump station Another truck backing into fuel dump station Trailer being unloaded of woody biomass material at the fuel dump station Seasonal fuel storage pile outside to allow for evaporation, with large diesel powered hog mill Mobile diesel powered hog mill processes coarse material into a finer size more suitable for boiler fuel Looking toward Scotia mill, with original power plant on right in distance Large front loader, with original Scotia power plant directly behind in distance Large front loader moving damp material to mobile hog grinder Steam turbine/generator room This turbine unit wasn't powered up due to mainitiance Our tour group for scale An operator in the boiler/generator control room Scotia power plant control room video boiler monitors, with Doug McCorkle to right of the operator Scotia power plant control room, main control panel Overlooking one of the boilers just outside the control room George Reinhardt, Doug McCorkle, and plant operator Mike Dedmore, near boilers Dennis Tavares and George Reinhardt talk while Doug McCorkle checks out the live steam leak behind them Scotia power plant from West At the very bottom of the boilers is the clinker removal screw assembly The clinkers, ash, and other slag are loaded into the red truck for off site disposal The ash separator assemblys Green centrifugal ash separator The End

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