Bayswater Power Station, New South Wales
- Bayswater Power Station, New South Wales
Infobox_Power_Station
image_size= 280
caption=Bayswater Power Station with coal
station_name=Bayswater Power Station
location=Hunter Valley, New South Wales,
owner=Macquarie Generation
fuel_type=Bituminous Coal
technology=Steam Turbine
turbines=4
turbine_capacity=
max_capacity=2,640 MW
commissioned=
decommissioned=
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Bayswater Power Station is located 16km from Muswellbrook, and 28km from Singleton in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Bayswater shares the title of being Australia's largest power station. It is coal powered with four steam driven turbo generators with a combined generating capacity of 2,640MW (4 x 660MW) of electricity. Much of the coal is supplied by overland conveyors from mines it shares with the nearby Liddell Power Station.
Bayswater draws its cooling water from the Hunter River under water entitlements negotiated with the Government of New South Wales. The Barnard River Scheme also allows Bayswater and Liddell to transfer water from the upper Manning River catchment into the Hunter River for their use.
The four generating units were completed progressively over 1985 and 1986.
Boilers
Steam Pressure 16,550 kPa
Steam Temperature 540 degrees
Height 80 metres
Turbo Generators
Operating Speed 3,000 rpm
Generator voltage 23kV
Length 50 metres
Weight 1.342 kT
Turbine House
Length 510 metres
Height 38 metres
Width 40 metres
Chimneys
Height 248 metres
Diameter at base 23 metres
Diameter at top 12 metres
Cooling Towers
Height 132 metres
Diameter at base 100 metres
Diameter at top 52 metres
Coal Consumption is around 8Mtpa and produces around 17,000 GWhs of electricity a year. This isenough power for 2 million average Australian homes and families.
External links
* [http://www.macgen.com.au/GenerationPortfolio/BayswaterPowerStation.aspx Macquarie Generation] page on Bayswater
* http://peter.neal.id.au/blog/10/webguide-1-nsw-power-stations
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