7/6/2023 0 Comments Superhot steam![]() The resulting spinning of the turbine blades produces electricity. In these plants, the steam leaves the boiler and then goes through pipes into a turbine generator. Three of these plants, including the one on the East Side, produce both steam and electricity through a process called co-generation. The East River plant is one of seven Con Edison plants - five in Manhattan and one each in Queens and Brooklyn. "If it's not pure, you get build up on pipes and can damage the turbine blades." ![]() "We use city water, but the water has to be processed and cleaned," says Cedeno. On average, the plant converts a gallon of water into eight pounds of steam - every hour, approximately 125,000 gallons of water are turned into more than one million pounds of steam. "There are intricate control systems - systems for treating the water, electrical systems, pressure systems. ![]() People are taken back by the sheer size of it - eight stories high," says Wilton Cedeno, former manager of Con Edison's Hudson Avenue steam plant. "When we used to bring people into the plant for tours, their first impression, when we have them look inside of the furnace, is that it's huge. Little, though, can shield them from the warmth radiating from pipes filled with superheated vapor. Workers wear ear protectors to keep out some of the roar of millions of gallons of flowing water and the sound of spinning turbine blades. The resulting heat sends the temperature of water inside the boiler's pipes to a blistering 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, converting it to steam. Inside, two massive boilers - one 95 feet high - burn natural gas or fuel oil and air. Some of the steam comes from the Con Edison steam generating plant on 14th Street and the East River. If steam is an easier concept to grasp than, say, fiber optics, producing it on this scale is nowhere as simple as turning on a giant teakettle. We decided to do some more research, and stumbled across this great article on steam power from the Gotham Gazette: Hopefully, this is something their relationship will display in the second season of the show.We've been obsessed with Con Edison's NYC steam system ever since we discovered that National Geographic diagram last month and Evan sent in that informative email. This is a rather large departure from the show, which seems to only have time to give the pair romantic or serious interactions, where in the game it is often witty banter. During this time, we see a playful dynamic between the two. They both work to find Ciri, and then have several quests together. There, Geralt and Yennefer work together far more often than we see in the show. For those who may not be familiar with The Witcher 3 – Complete Edition, there is easily over one hundred hours of gameplay across the main story and substantial additions through downloadable content. In the games, there is far more evidence of the pair being a caring couple, particularly represented through a back and forth of witty comments. In both the books, the relationship between the two is more fleshed out in a number of ways. As mentioned earlier, the show leaves questions unanswered, but this should not come as a surprise given how much material needed to be presented in each episode of season one.
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