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Jan 1939
Cost of Energy Generation: Heat-Generated Energy
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: C. F. Hirshfeld and R. M. Van Duzer Jr.Author Affiliations
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 104, Issue 1
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This paper is devoted to the cost of producing electric power in fuel-burning plant. It is divided roughly into five parts: The first covers the definition of cost as used herein and certain factors affecting the cost; the second treats cost of steam-electric generation; the third refers briefly to the performarne and possibilities of binary vapor cycles, with particular reference to the mercury vapor type; the fourth is devoted to cost of Diesel plant generation; and the fifth contains a very brief reference to future possibilities. Power cost, as used herein, refers to the total of operating, fixed charge, and general overhead expense at the point of generation.
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© 1939 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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C. F. Hirshfeld
Chf. of Research, The Detroit Edison Co., Detroit, Mich. Mr. Hirshfeld died April 19, 1939.
R. M. Van Duzer Jr.
Engr., The Detroit Edisou Co., Detroit, Mich.
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