| Technical Plant |
| Boiler installation |
12 Wagner high pressure steamheated boilers (with two Saacke burners at one end of each), natural water circulation through six boiler rooms. |
| Per boiler: |
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| Evaporation heating surface |
380 m2 |
| Superheater heating surface |
120 m2 |
| Air pre-heat surface |
685 m2 |
| Feedwater pre-heating temperature |
160° C |
| Operating pressure |
55 atmospheres forced |
| Invention pressure, safety valves |
58 atmospheres forced (maximum 63) |
| Authorised pressure |
68 atmospheres forced |
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| Main safety valves: |
|
| Boiler drum, intervention pressure, steam collector |
68-69.5 atmospheres forced |
| Superheat intervention pressure |
66.5-68 atmospheres forced (hot water/steam production process) |
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| Steaming weight |
50 tonnes/hour dry |
| Boiler efficiency |
80% |
| Steam temperatures: |
|
| Saturated |
287° C |
| Superheated |
450° C |
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| Heat generated |
31.8 kcal/kg |
| Evaporation figure |
11.8 at 9.300 kcal/kg |
| Steam production |
132 kg per m2 of surface |
| Gas resistance |
220 mm |
| Capacity |
144 m3 |
| Weight of boiler with water |
52.8 tonnes |
| Weight of (warm) water content |
4.85 tonnes |
| Pre-heating temperature (air) |
335° C |
| Furnace load (106) |
2 kcal/m3/hr |