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EXPANDING MARKETS

Storage & Power "To Go" but there are others," said Mr.

Ahmad. "We can make use of state-of-the-art technology, high- quality facilities and skilled work- ers in the U.S. to build the plant rather than having to depend on available resources on site. And, we can provide power in six to eight months. In the Third World, the need is yesterday."

Gregory Snyder, manager of

Platform-Mounted Power Plants for Westinghouse, said the technol- ogy of generating power by a com- bination of oil or gas-fueled com- bustion turbines and steam tur- bines powered by the heat they produce gave a substantial boost to the business. "We have contracts for barge- mounted powerplants totaling about 1,000 MW," said Mr.

Snyder. "That isn't a lot by U.S. standards, but could equal the entire power generating capacity of some small countries."

Smith's Dominican Republic plant added nearly 25 percent to the country's actual generating capacity.

More important, it eliminated almost daily power shortages caused by failure of older equip- ment, according to Donald Smith, president of the Oklahoma firm.

Barges to support power generat- ing plants are usually custom- built, according to Westinghouse's

Mr. Snyder. He explained fur- ther: "The allowable deflection at the interface of a combustion tur- bine and its foundation is mea- sured in millimeters, whereas the typical deflection in the deck of a barge would be measured in inch- es," he said. "It is necessary to iso- late the turbine from barge deflec- tion, calling for beefed-up construc- tion to create a suitable founda- tion."

Another player in the power barge industry is a joint venture between Delta Hudson

Engineering Corp., a subsidiary of

McDermott International, and

Stewart and Stevenson, Inc. of

Houston.

Ron Greenlay, president of

Delta Hudson, said that the joint venture's plan calls for production of "a standardized, simple-cycle (gas or oil-fueled only) plant with a nominal capacity of 80 MW." Two such plants are under construction with negotiations in progress for their sale, he added.

The new plants will employ two

LM 6000 gas-fueled turbines, which are essentially derived from jet aircraft engines, manufactured by General Electric. They will be mounted on barges measuring approximately 270 x 80 ft. (82.3 x 24.4 m).

The total cost of the plant will be approximately $48 million, accord- ing to Mr. Greenlay. "We could look at combined cycle cogeneration plants, but our pri- mary focus is on the standardized plant," said Mr. Greenlay.

Like others in the power barge business, the joint venture will tar- get Third World applications, and could build floating powerplants speculatively. "This is a niche business which might also have domestic (U.S.) markets for services such as pro- viding extra power during the revamping of a conventional pow- erplant or supplementing hydro- electric plants in periods of drought," said Mr. Greenlay.

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