Plant Bowen, the Glossary
Plant Bowen, commonly known as Bowen Steam Plant, is a coal-fired power station located just outside Euharlee, Georgia, United States, approximately west-south-west from Cartersville.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Bartow County, Georgia, Bitumen, Cartersville, Georgia, Chimney, Coal, Cooling tower, Electrical grid, Electrostatic precipitator, Energy Information Administration, Euharlee, Georgia, Georgia Power, Kilowatt-hour, List of coal-fired power stations, List of largest power stations, List of power stations in the United States, Particulates, Southern Company, Steam turbine, Volt, Watt.
- Chimneys in the United States
- Coal-fired power stations in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1975
- Georgia Power
- Towers completed in 1975
- Towers in Georgia (U.S. state)
Bartow County, Georgia
Bartow County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Bitumen
Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum.
Cartersville, Georgia
Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States; it is located within the northwest edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Chimney
A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Cooling tower
A cooling tower is a device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a coolant stream, usually a water stream, to a lower temperature.
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Electrical grid
An electrical grid (or electricity network) is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers.
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Electrostatic precipitator
An electrostatic precipitator (ESP) is a filterless device that removes fine particles, such as dust and smoke, from a flowing gas using the force of an induced electrostatic charge minimally impeding the flow of gases through the unit.
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Energy Information Administration
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
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Euharlee, Georgia
Euharlee is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
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Georgia Power
Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Kilowatt-hour
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour.
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List of coal-fired power stations
The following page lists of the coal-fired power stations (including lignite-fired) that are or larger net capacity, which are operational or under construction.
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List of largest power stations
This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical capacity.
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List of power stations in the United States
The United States is home to a wide variety of power stations.
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Particulates
Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.
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Southern Company
Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the Southern United States.
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Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
See also
Chimneys in the United States
- Anaconda Smelter Stack
- Aragon Mill
- Armstrong Power Plant
- Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney
- Bellefield Boiler Plant
- Clifty Creek Power Plant
- Conemaugh Generating Station
- Cumberland Fossil Plant
- De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
- Fairfield Rice Mill Chimney
- Gibson Generating Station
- Hal B. Wansley Power Plant
- Harllee Branch Power Plant
- Harrison Power Station
- Hayden Smelter
- Homer City Generating Station
- Independence Power Plant
- Kennecott Garfield Smelter Stack
- Keystone Generating Station
- Kingston Fossil Plant
- Kyger Creek Power Plant
- Mitchell Power Plant
- Mountaineer Power Plant
- Nightingale Hall Rice Mill Chimney
- Plant Bowen
- Plant Scherer
- Rockport Generating Station
- Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site
- W. H. Sammis Power Plant
- Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney
- White Bluff Power Plant
- Widows Creek Fossil Plant
Coal-fired power stations in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Hal B. Wansley Power Plant
- Plant Bowen
- Plant Scherer
Energy infrastructure completed in 1975
- Belews Creek Power Station
- Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station
- Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
- Chalk Point Generating Station
- Dan E. Karn Generating Plant
- Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant
- Duane Arnold Energy Center
- Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station
- Gallatin Fossil Plant
- Gavin Power Plant
- Gdańsk Refinery
- Gibson Generating Station
- Haldia Refinery
- Ichari Dam
- James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
- Jocassee Dam
- Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant
- Kajaki Dam
- Kaniv Hydroelectric Power Plant
- Kaunas Combined Heat and Power Plant
- Kidatu Dam
- La Coche Power Station
- Libby Dam
- Miami Fort Power Station
- Millstone Nuclear Power Plant
- Monticello Steam Electric Station
- Navajo Generating Station
- Norpipe
- Plant Bowen
- Presque Isle Power Plant
- Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station
- Salto Osório Hydroelectric Power Plant
- Strathcona Refinery
- Teesside oil terminal
- Uithuizen Gas Plant
- Valeira Dam
- Zhexi Dam
Georgia Power
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- Atlanta Constitution Building
- Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant
- Georgia Power
- Hal B. Wansley Power Plant
- Harllee Branch Power Plant
- Plant Bowen
- Plant Scherer
- Solar Total Energy Project
- Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Towers completed in 1975
- Brigham Young University Centennial Carillon Tower
- Eiffel Tower (Six Flags)
- FM- and TV-mast Zygry
- Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
- Iriški Venac Tower
- Kamzík TV Tower
- Kiel Transmission Tower
- Limavady transmitting station
- Plant Bowen
- Stuttgart-Möhringen directional radio tower
- Tullamore transmitter
- Venets Transmitter
- WCML Television Tower Atlanta
Towers in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Aragon Mill
- Chenocetah Fire Tower
- Great Gasp
- Hal B. Wansley Power Plant
- Harllee Branch Power Plant
- Kessler Campanile
- Plant Bowen
- Plant Scherer
- Sacred Heart Cultural Center
- SkyScreamer
- Tech Tower
- Turner Broadcasting tower
- Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
- WSB-TV tower
- WTVM/WRBL/WVRK Tower
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Bowen
Also known as Bowen Power Station, Bowen Steam Plant, Bowen power plant, Plant Bowen Coal.