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1936 Sets 1 - 6, which generated at 25 Hz, were offered for sale. | 1936 Sets 1 - 6, which generated at 25 Hz, were offered for sale. | ||
1938 [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] built the British Ethyl Works near the power station, and the station provided it directly with electricity and waste hot water. [[Associated | 1938 [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] built the British Ethyl Works near the power station, and the station provided it directly with electricity and waste hot water. [[Associated Ethyl Co]] took over using the station's water in 1948. | ||
1939 15 MW English Electric turbine-alternator added, with steam from a [[Stirling Boiler Co|Stirling]] boiler. | 1939 15 MW English Electric turbine-alternator added, with steam from a [[Stirling Boiler Co|Stirling]] boiler. | ||
Revision as of 11:21, 3 December 2021
in Hayle, Cornwall
Power was initially generated by a Belliss and Morcom (B&M) triple expansion engine driving a Dick, Kerr and Co 900 kW alternator at 250 rpm (Set 1), supplied with steam from two Babcock and Wilcox boilers at 160 psi.
1911 a 500 kW B&M turbine was added, driving a Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Co alternator (Set 2). This could run on its own or using steam from Set 1.
1912-13 Set 3 added (same as Set 2) and Set 4 (Same as Set 1).
1914-16 Two 3 MW Richardsons, Westgarth and Co turbine-alternators, Sets 5 & 6, each supplied with steam by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers.
1928 7.5 MW British Thomson-Houston (BTH) turbo-alternator added, with steam from the Babcock & Wilcox boilers.
1929, 500 kW C. A. Parsons and Co turbine-alternator was moved to the station from Carn Brea Power Station, along with a Babcock & Wilcox boiler, but they were never satisfactory and were removed by 1935.
1932, a 10 MW English Electric Co turbine-alternator was added, with steam from a Stirling boiler.
1933 Connected to the National Grid.
1935 A 300 kW English Electric turbine-alternator was installed, primarily for pumping condenser cooling water in case of a shut down.
1936 Sets 1 - 6, which generated at 25 Hz, were offered for sale.
1938 Imperial Chemical Industries built the British Ethyl Works near the power station, and the station provided it directly with electricity and waste hot water. Associated Ethyl Co took over using the station's water in 1948.
1939 15 MW English Electric turbine-alternator added, with steam from a Stirling boiler.
1947 Another 15 MW English Electric turbine-alternator was added, provided with steam by two Stirling boilers.
1949 A 20 MW English Electric turbine-alternator was added, with a Yarrow and Co boiler.
1959 A BTH 20 MW turbine-alternator was added, and another Yarrow boiler.
1972 Some of the station's older generating sets were taken out of service
September 1973, Associated Octel Co closed and ceased to take the station's hot water. This, combined with large, modern stations taking base load, led to the station rarely being called upon to generate.
The above information is condensed from the Wikipedia entry and from here[1].