RSES TWIN
CITIES Tour of the 3M Utility Plant January 17, 2006 |
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| 5,000 ton chiller |
Our tour guides Rob, Jim and Tom |
Would you please check that valve on the boiler |
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| 4,000 HP motor |
120,000 lb/hr boiler |
Water softener brine tank |
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| 185,000 lb/hr boiler |
Boiler control center |
One of many chilled water pumps 300 HP |
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| 4,000,000 gallons of thermal storage
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Chiller plant |
Ahhh...I could handle this! |
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| Chiller tube sheet
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3,500 ton compressor |
Would one of you please move that end bell over
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Plant 'Fun
Facts': Six boilers, 285 PSI steam Plant design capacity of 665,000 pounds per hour Six steam driven and two electric chillers - total capacity of 26,000 tons of cooling 4,000,000 gallons of thermal storage capacity (Another 5,600 tons of capacity) Eleven cooling towers 600 KW of electrical generation capacity Two 1,500 GPM fire pumps with 400,000 gallons of underground storage |
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| A
big Thank You to Rob, Jim and Tom for a very nice and interesting
tour ! |
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