site selection considerations – oak creek power plant...
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Site Selection Considerations – Oak Creek Power Plant
Expansion Project
EPRI Advanced Cooling Technologies Workshop Charlotte, North Carolina
July 8-9, 2008
Licensing New Units – Prepare for Media Coverage
Presentation Outline
1. Project Location & Overview
2.
Expansion at Existing Site
3.
Water Intake & Discharge Design
Advantages of Expanding at Existing Oak Creek Power Plant Site
1. Lake Michigan for Cooling Water
2.
Electrical Transmission
3.
Rail Infrastructure for Coal Delivery
4.
“Brownfield”
Development
Project Location: Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Project Overview -- Oak Creek Expansion (OCXP) – 2 x 615 MW
Oak Creek Expansion Project
Oak Creek Project – Looking South
Oak Creek Site - Existing Rail & Electrical Transmission Infrastructure
Oak Creek Site - Existing Rail & Electrical Transmission Infrastructure
Existing Intake Structure
Existing On-shore Intake Structure
Existing Shoreline Discharge Structures
Existing Intake Structure
Pumping Station
Intake Structure Location
Water Intake Tunnel
Cooling System Overview
Water Intake-Wedge Wire Screens
Water Intake-Wedge Wire Screens
Intake Down Shaft – 12’ Permanent Steel Pipe Section
Tunnel Boring Machine
27’ Diameter Water Intake Tunnel
Intake Forebay Construction
Oak Creek Expansion – 2 x 615 MW
Lake Michigan
Outfall 013
Discharge Structure – WPDES Permit Outfall 013
Advantages of Open Cycle
1.
Most thermally efficient –
lowest
amount of coal per unit of electrical energy production;
2.
Lowest emission rates, including CO2
, per unit of electrical production of any cooling technology;
Advantages of Open Cycle
3.
Costs less to build and operate; and
4.
Eliminates visual impact of cooling tower and related vapor plumes.
Open Cycle Permitting
1.
316(a) Variance –
development of
alternative effluent limits for heat addition to Lake Michigan; and
2.
316(b) Best Technology Available (BTA) decision for Cooling Water Intake Structure.
Cooling Water – 316(a)
316(a) Evaluation:“…can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Administrator (or if appropriate, the State) that… control of the thermal component of any discharge… will require effluent limitations more stringent than necessary to assure the protection and propagation of a balanced indigenous population…”
Cooling Water – 316(a)
Cooling Water – 316(a)
In conclusion, the scientific evidence presented to the Department supports the conclusion that the thermal discharge from the OCPP, the proposed OCXP and the combined discharges will “…assure the protection and propagation of a balanced indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife…” in and on Lake Michigan. (Source: Wisconsin DNR)
Cooling Water – 316(b)
“…we believe that… the OTCW system will maintain substantially similar levels of fish and shellfish within the waterbody to that achieved using a cooling tower. Our judgment is based upon a critical review of the submittal and our collective understanding of the Lake Michigan fishery. (Source: Wisconsin DNR)
Cooling Water – 316(b)
We also concur with Dr. Kitchell’sconclusion that “…the major regulators of fish population dynamics in Lake Michigan are the direct and indirect ecological interactions affected by both fishery management practices and the invasions of exotics.” (Source: Wisconsin DNR)
Conclusions about Open Cycle System: :
Offshore screens essentially will eliminate impingement of fish.Entrainment reduction expected due to offshore location and design.The open cycle system with wedge-wire screens will maintain substantially similar levels of fish and shellfish within the waterbody to that achieved using cooling towers and also provides:
Conclusions about Open Cycle System:
The most thermally efficient process (roughly 2-4% loss w/cooling towers);
Lower air emission rates, including CO2
Lower capital and O&M costs
Avoids visual impacts associated with cooling towers.
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