Pictures of New Construction; Comanche Power Plant (Pueblo, Colo.)

[Bronco_Beerslug]

I thought some here might enjoy some pictures of Americans building America. The construction of the new power plant (750 megawatt coal power plant) at the Comanche power generating station in Pueblo has begun as well as the scrubber construction for units 1 & 2. The concrete work is being done now and steel erection will start shortly. Foundation and footer work has already been completed for unit 1 & 2 scrubbers as well as some steel erection.

My life long friend (a Boilermaker) is the project manger for the scrubber construction on the two existing units as well as the new unit.
This new project will take approximately 3 years to complete all construction phases. This is the work I've done most of my life (from the mid 70s to the late 90s).

If things mesh properly I may be able to post this job in pictures from beginning to end. I know this may bore some people but hopefully some may find it interesting




Here's the first heavy pick of the job, unit #1 scrubber hopper.


The hoppers are built upside down for obvious reasons (ease of construction).





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And since they are built upside down they have to 180ed (flipped) in order to hang into final position. To do this two cranes are required.

The pick is done simultaneously by the 100 ton Grove cherry picker (yellow crane) which lifts the hopper by the top which is actually bottom and the 300 ton Manitowac (blue crane) which lifts the bottom which is actually the top.





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Both rigs taking the hopper up in the air simultaneously.






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With enough headroom (ground clearance) attained the Grove comes down on the load while the Manitowac will come up on the load a little more completing the 180 flip. Once the the hopper is 180ed the rigging from the Grove is cut loose and the Manitowac makes the final lift up and into the support steel.

This lift (the hopper) is a little over 70 tons which actually took the Manitowac to 99% capacity even though it's rated at 300 tons, because of the distance (reach) to the pick point. In the old days we calculated capacity with tape measures and basic math Today this all done with onboard crane computers.

[Spider]

I cant wait to haul parts to it ............. as it is now I just got in from Big Piney , got 2 Rig moves from the mesa to Wamsutter comming up

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by §Pide®

I cant wait to haul parts to it ............. as it is now I just got in from Big Piney , got 2 Rig moves from the mesa to Wamsutter comming up

Well, there should be plenty of opportunity to truck stuff in. There will be 24 months of plate, columns, I-beams, angle, ductwork, steamdrums, turbines, generators, on and on to get to the job.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

Well, there should be plenty of opportunity to truck stuff in. There will be 24 months of plate, columns, I-beams, angle, ductwork, steamdrums, turbines, generators, on and on to get to the job.

Hope so ........... Iwould like ot be part of that even a small part

[W*GS]

Given climate change, do we really want to build more power plants that use coal?

[Spider]

Originally Posted by W*GS

Given climate change, do we really want to build more power plants that use coal?

only 2 other forms cleaner , water and nuke ....... Coal is pretty much clean burning , well low sulpher coal ..........

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by W*GS

Given climate change, do we really want to build more power plants that use coal?

Absolutely! Clean coal technology is advancing at an accelerated pace. Coal power is infinitely more desirable than nuclear, oil, etc.. and cheaper.

[W*GS]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

Absolutely! Clean coal technology is advancing at an accelerated pace. Coal power is infinitely more desirable than nuclear, oil, etc.. and cheaper.

AFAIK, "clean coal" refers to fewer particulates and sulfur compounds, not greenhouse gases.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by W*GS

AFAIK, "clean coal" refers to fewer particulates and sulfur compounds, not greenhouse gases.

It absolutely does!!!! We're already using no nox burner technology that greatly reduces gas emissions and we should, within another decade or so, be able to capture all emissions from burning coal having zero emission coal power.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by W*GS

AFAIK, "clean coal" refers to fewer particulates and sulfur compounds, not greenhouse gases.

are you privy to some info I am not ? last I knew Coal was the cleanest (~for the price) sourse we know today , including greenhouse gases

[W*GS]

If the costs of coal-burning-caused climate change are taken into account, perhaps coal isn't the cheap alternative it's promoted as being...

[Spider]

Originally Posted by W*GS

If the costs of coal-burning-caused climate change are taken into account, perhaps coal isn't the cheap alternative it's promoted as being...

but isnt that the point ? Low Sulpher coal wont effect the Greenhouse problem .......or am I drinking the coal kool aid ?

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by W*GS

Given climate change, do we really want to build more power plants that use coal?

Or air quality...coal plants just aren't the best idea anymore

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Or air quality...coal plants just aren't the best idea anymore

50 people in a growd farting at the same time can effect air quality ..............
I wish Nuke was cheaper .............

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Or air quality...coal plants just aren't the best idea anymore

They absolutely are, by far, the best idea for cheap and CLEAN power generation. Of course, if you don't understand that clean coal technology is taking us to ZERO emissions power generation then I guess nuclear waste and oil fired plants make more sense to you.

Originally Posted by W*GS

If the costs of coal-burning-caused climate change are taken into account, perhaps coal isn't the cheap alternative it's promoted as being...

Clean coal technologies involves everything from completely removing particulants to gas emissions in power generation. This is the best and cheapest way to remove one our dependencies on terrorist oil.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

I guess nuclear waste and oil fired plants make more sense to you.

hey now if it wernt for Nuke waste , we wouldnt have had the great movie Toxic Advenger ...............

[W*GS]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

Clean coal technologies involves everything from completely removing particulants to gas emissions in power generation. This is the best and cheapest way to remove one our dependencies on terrorist oil.

Carbon sequestration on an appropriate scale isn't a proven technology, just yet.

Coal isn't zero-emissions.

[enjolras]

Bah... They should be constructing a mini-nuke plant or something

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by W*GS

Carbon sequestration on an appropriate scale isn't a proven technology, just yet.

Coal isn't zero-emissions.

I didn't say it was....yet.

CCS is only one process being explored of removing and reducing gas emissions.

[defenseman]

Originally Posted by W*GS

Carbon sequestration on an appropriate scale isn't a proven technology, just yet.

Coal isn't zero-emissions.

At this point , no it's not. they are working on methods to make it so. However, we'll see how it all turns out.

*Got three phone calls in the last 1 and a half months. One from a large corp presently buying up nuke power plants. One in maryland, New hampshire, Iowa and more ...working their way through the midwest. Spoke with the head hunter who strongly desires my resume, interesting news afoot on the nuclear power front. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see some mothballed types commissioned and licensing for new ones in the very near future...dman

[defenseman]

Originally Posted by enjolras

Bah... They should be constructing a mini-nuke plant or something

Testing is in progress. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see this come to fruition..dman

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by defenseman

At this point , no it's not. they are working on methods to make it so. However, we'll see how it all turns out.

*Got three phone calls in the last 1 and a half months. One from a large corp presently buying up nuke power plants. One in maryland, New hampshire, Iowa and more ...working their way through the midwest. Spoke with the head hunter who strongly desires my resume, interesting news afoot on the nuclear power front. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see some mothballed types commissioned and licensing for new ones in the very near future...dman

Not in my backyard!

What do you know about industrial nuclear power plant construction?

[defenseman]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

I thought some here might enjoy some pictures of Americans building America. The construction of the new power plant (750 megawatt coal power plant) at the Comanche power generating station in Pueblo has begun as well as the scrubber construction for units 1 & 2. The concrete work is being done now and steel erection will start shortly. Foundation and footer work has already been completed for unit 1 & 2 scrubbers as well as some steel erection.

My life long friend (a Boilermaker) is the project manger for the scrubber construction on the two existing units as well as the new unit.
This new project will take approximately 3 years to complete all construction phases. This is the work I've done most of my life (from the mid 70s to the late 90s).

If things mesh properly I may be able to post this job in pictures from beginning to end. I know this may bore some people but hopefully some may find it interesting




Here's the first heavy pick of the job, unit #1 scrubber hopper.


The hoppers are built upside down for obvious reasons (ease of construction).





-------------------------------------------------------------

And since they are built upside down they have to 180ed (flipped) in order to hang into final position. To do this two cranes are required.

The pick is done simultaneously by the 100 ton Grove cherry picker (yellow crane) which lifts the hopper by the top which is actually bottom and the 300 ton Manitowac (blue crane) which lifts the bottom which is actually the top.





--------------------------------------------------------
Both rigs taking the hopper up in the air simultaneously.






----------------------------------------------------------

With enough headroom (ground clearance) attained the Grove comes down on the load while the Manitowac will come up on the load a little more completing the 180 flip. Once the the hopper is 180ed the rigging from the Grove is cut loose and the Manitowac makes the final lift up and into the support steel.

This lift (the hopper) is a little over 70 tons which actually took the Manitowac to 99% capacity even though it's rated at 300 tons, because of the distance (reach) to the pick point. In the old days we calculated capacity with tape measures and basic math Today this all done with onboard crane computers.

Interesting. If the money was right, I'd consider it...dman

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by §Pide®

50 people in a growd farting at the same time can effect air quality ..............
I wish Nuke was cheaper .............

Nuke power is the way to go besides hydroelectric

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Nuke power is the way to go besides hydroelectric

Too expensive and NO place to store the waste that NEVER goes away.