Turbine Total Energy for Power Generation and Drying: Case History Reports

This paper discusses gas-turbine installations in the Burns Brick Company plant in Macon, Ga., and the Cattle Marketers, Inc., plant near St. Cloud, Fla. In the Burns plant the turbine is used for power generation with exhaust heat used for drying brick. In the Cattle Marketers plant the turbine is used for power generation with exhaust heat used for drying grass to make hay. Turbine fuel heat usage of 91.7 and 84.6 percent are obtained in the plants. Short-term pay-out periods and attractive profit on investment are promised by these installations.