Alabama Power Company Plant Gaston

Unit 1 Commercial Operation 1960 Nameplate Capacity 250 MW Unit 2 Commercial Operation 1960 Nameplate Capacity 250 MW Unit 3 Commercial Operation 1961 Nameplate Capacity 250 MW Unit 4 Commercial Operation 1962 Nameplate Capacity 250 MW Unit 5 Commercial Operation 1974 Nameplate Capacity 880 MW

HOW WE MAKE ELECTRICITY

High Voltage Low Voltage

Step-down Transformer (Substation)

House

Stack High Pressure Steam

Step-up Transformer (Switchyard)

Coal Bunker

Deaerator / Storage Tank

Turbine

Generator

Boiler
Coal Feeder LP Heaters

HP Heaters

Coal Pulverizer
DRAWN BY

Condenser Fire Cooling Tower Boiler Air Fan Boiler Pump Cooling Water in (from Lake) Cooling Water return to Lake

WILLIAM W. HATCHER SR.

DATE

6/21/2005

Pulverized coal is blown into the boiler and burned, producing superheated steam.

Superheated steam turns the turbine and generator, producing electricity.

All aspects of plant operations are centrally controlled to maintain highest efficiency.

Precipitators remove particulate matter from the exiting flue gas.

SCR Principles of Operation

The SCR process works by injecting ammonia into flue gas as a reagent for reducing nitrogen oxides of NO Flue gas passes over a fixed bed catalyst installed in a reactor Ammonia reacts with nitrogen oxides on the catalyst surface to form molecular nitrogen and water

Scrubber Chemical Reaction