An economic study of a proposed 2000-KW turbo-generator unit in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute central heating and power plant

The chief function of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Central Heating and Power Plant is to provide steam for heating the various building: on the campus. The plant also furnishes the campus and the community of Blacksburg with a portion of their power requirements, the campus with hot water, and the college laundry with soft water The basic function of the plant, however, is the generation cf steam to be used for heating most of the buildings located on the oampus.The electric energy is generated as a by-product of the basic heating function of the plant.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Power and Fuel Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Power and Fuel Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1952

Author dc:creator

• McMurrer, James Emmet

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Long, C. Hardy

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Jones, J. B.
• Pardue, Louis A.
• Norris, Earle B.

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute Power Plant

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11072012-040227

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45524