Hsinta Power Plant
Hsinta Power Plant | |
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![]() Flue-gas stacks at Hsinta Power Plant | |
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Official name | 興達發電廠 |
Country | Republic of China |
Location | Yong'an and Qieding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Coordinates | 22°51′23″N 120°11′49″E / 22.85639°N 120.19694°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1978 |
Commission date | September 1982 (Unit 1) December 1983 (Unit 2) June 1985 (Unit 3) April 1986 (Unit 4)[1] |
Owner(s) | Taipower |
Operator(s) | Taipower |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 (coal) |
Nameplate capacity | 4,326 MW |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Hsinta Power Plant or Hsing-ta Power Plant[2] (Chinese: 興達發電廠; pinyin: Xìngdá Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Yong'an District and Qieding District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[3][4] With a total installed capacity of 4,326 MW,[5] the plant is Taiwan's second largest coal-fired power plant after the 5,500 MW Taichung Power Plant (coal-generated power only).
It is the oldest coal-fired power plant in Taiwan as of 2019 and was built 37 years ago without any prior air quality impact evaluation.[6], making it notorious for polluting air quality in southern Taiwan for decades.[6]
Components
The coal yards of the power plant was designed as an indoor type to mitigate local environment impacts. It consists of four coal domes with 170,000 tonnes of storage capacity each, which enables the continuous supply for all of the generation units for 50 days of operation.[7]
The coal handling system of the power plant consists of stacker, reclaimer and two conveyor belts. The capacity of the stacker is 4,000 tonnes/hour and reclaimer is 2,000 tonnes/hour. The first conveyor belt has a total length of 4.8 km with a capacity of 4,000 tonnes/hour, handling between the coal domes and barge, and the second conveyor belt has a total length of 5.2 km with a capacity of 2,000 tonnes/hour, handling between the coal dome and wharf.[8]
Events
4 March 2010
Generators in four units of the plant tripped at 8:18 a.m following the 2010 Kaohsiung earthquakes.[9]
Transportation
Hsinta Power Plant is accessible West from Luzhu Station of Taiwan Railways.
See also
References
- ^ http://web3.moeaboe.gov.tw/ECW/english/content/ContentLink.aspx?menu_id=1540
- ^ "Hsinta (Hsing-ta) Coal Power Plant Taiwan - GEO". Globalenergyobservatory.org. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ "Hsinta Power Station, Taiwan Power Company". Ftis.org.tw. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ "Hsinta Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant, Kaohsiung". Power Technology. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131015111609/http://www.brain-c-jcoal.info/news_images/JapanTaiwanCCTWorkshop2009_05.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b Public Television Service Foundation (2019-03-25). "興達電廠脫胎記 [Hsinta Power Plant will be still there.]". 我們的島 [Our island] (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "TPC Hsinta Indoor Coal Handling System | KINGTECH Engineering". Kingtechengineer.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
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