tarboat's photos with the keyword: drax

Drax

Drax

tarboat
03 Feb 2023 2 191
Drax power station on load back in 2010.
Turbine

Turbine

tarboat
22 Jan 2023 3 156
At the end of one of the the turbine/generator rows at Drax power station. High pressure turbine in the centre with the large silver pipes carrying superheated steam. At the sides are the governor valves, which control the amount of steam entering the turbine, and prevent overspeeding. The Turbine will be turning at 3000 RPM.
Biomass

Biomass

tarboat
05 Sep 2020 1 156
Storage for wood pellets at Drax power station. Four of the six units here are biomass fired with an output of 2,400 Mw. The remaining units will be replaced by gas turbines if planning permission can be obtained.
Generation

Generation

tarboat
08 Dec 2019 242
One of the generator sets at Drax power station. With a capacity of 3,870Mw this is the UK's largest power station by a big margin.
Biomass

Biomass

tarboat
04 Oct 2019 3 199
Storage for the wood pellets burned at Drax power station. Quite how these are 'green' is beyond me as they are brought from the west side of the USA.
Drax in the sunset

Drax in the sunset

tarboat
12 Apr 2018 2 344
Drax power station seen across the Humber estuary from Kilnsea. In the very far distance to the left of Drax the power station at Eggborough is just visible too.
Generation

Generation

tarboat
16 May 2017 399
At the end of one of the the turbine/generator rows at Drax power station. High Pressure Turbine on the right,the large silver pipes carry super heated steam, meet in the middle then pas over the turbine. On the left are the Steam Governor Valves ,which govern the amount of steam, and stop the Turbine from overspeeding. The Turbine will be turning at 3000RPM.
Loading coal

Loading coal

tarboat
25 Mar 2017 455
Bucketwheel excavator working the coal heaps at Drax power station.
Generating Hall

Generating Hall

tarboat
13 Feb 2017 350
Inside the generating hall at Drax. In the centre is the 660,000 kW No.1 turbo-generator and to the right behind the light is the exciter for the generator.
Boiler feed

Boiler feed

tarboat
09 Feb 2017 337
Main boiler feed pump at Drax. This is driven by steam bled from the main turbine high pressure exhaust.
Gypsum

Gypsum

tarboat
26 Jan 2017 375
A by-product of the flue gas desulphurisation process at coal-fired power station is gypsum which has a range of industrial uses including the production of plasterboard. This is the gypsum store at Drax where a significant amount awaits transport for processing.
Biomass power

Biomass power

tarboat
11 Oct 2016 1 366
Inside the generation hall at Drax power station. Most of the generation at the time was from biomass fuel.
Common Hawker

Common Hawker

tarboat
29 Aug 2016 401
Whilst I was eating my lunch this teneral female Common Hawker ( Aeshna juncea ) landed in an adjacent bush and was good enough to remain whilst I took a photo.
A job with a view

A job with a view

tarboat
12 Aug 2016 2 2 456
Working on a cooling tower at Drax power station. It's a very long climb up that ladder.
Ash hopper

Ash hopper

tarboat
04 Aug 2016 2 525
Base of the ash hopper underneath one of the boilers at Drax power station. If all else fails they stick a big bar through those yellow doors in order to remove encrustations.
Biomass inside

Biomass inside

tarboat
02 Aug 2016 3 397
Biomass storage at Drax power station. Balloon on the outside, concrete on the inside, with a layer of foam sandwiched between. Simple but effective. If water got in they would have thousands of tons of soggy weetabix to dispose of!
Coal moving

Coal moving

tarboat
01 Aug 2016 2 1 372
Bucketwheel excavator and grader working the coal storage tip at Drax power station. Got to keep the coal moving to avoid spontaneous combustion.
Drax

Drax

tarboat
02 Apr 2016 2 424
A few of the twelve cooling towers at Drax, Britain's largest power station.
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