Richard F. Dick Storm. Sammy Tuzenew Field Services Manager

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1 Richard F. Dick Storm CEO, Storm Technologies, Inc. Sammy Tuzenew Field Services Manager Did You Ever Think about What Energy Does for Americans? How Energy and Economic Prosperity are Related?

2 Office & Fabrication Shop Albemarle, NC

3 Our Business is Improving Overall Coal Plant Performance High furnace exit gas temperatures contribute to overheated metals, slagging, g, excessive sootblower operation, production of popcorn ash, fouling of SCR s and APH s High furnace exit gas temperatures t contribute t to high de-superheating spray water flows that are significant steam turbine cycle heat-rate penalties. Coal pulverizer spillage from pulverizer throats that are too large Flyash Carbon losses Bottom ash carbon content High primary airflows contribute to unnecessarily high dry gas losses. Also poor fuel distribution and poor coal fineness. Lower Liability & Non optimum primary airflow measurement and control ; Excessive NO X levels

4 Testing Large Boilers is Hard Work

5 Partial List of U.S.A Customers

6 Radiant Boiler 455 Mw Carolina Type Radiant Boiler

7 Storm employees testing & tuning a large boiler in Wyoming

8 Steam Power Plant Rated: 500 MW Coal HHV: 11,500 BTU/Lb. Heat Rate: 9,200 BTU/KWh Coal Flow: 400,000 Lb./hr 10%: 40,000 Lb./hr

9 Power is produced 24 hours a day & 365 days a year. It cannot be stored. Here is an Example of a Clean Coal Plant in Florida

10 Does Energy Use and Economic Prosperity Correlate?

11 Does Energy Use and Economic Prosperity Correlate?

12 The 4 E s Es Plus National Security > Energy where it comes from > Economic Prosperity how it is related to energy > Environmental Protection can be protected while we enjoy better living through the use of readily available electricity > Education on energy is misguided at best > Homeland Security is related to energy security and U$D cash flow to unstable thug ruled countries

13 How much do we depend on foreign oil? At Arab Oil Embargo in 1974 USA imports 25% of total now about 60%

14 First, lets review the following fundamentals of energy Heat can be converted to useful Work One British Thermal Unit = 252 calories 778 Foot Pounds = 1 Btu 1 Kilowatt is equivalent to 3,412.6 Btu s 1 Kilowatt is equivalent to 1 1/3 Horsepower I average Man is capable of about 1/6 kwh for one hour (167 watts) 1 Horsepower is equivalent to 2,544 Btu s 1 pound of coal will contain between about 7,000 to 12,000 Btu s (depending on the fuel source location) The average home uses about 1,000 Kilowatts/month It takes about 0.8 pound of coal to produce one kilowatt of electricity (depending on the home electrical appliances, size and usage habits) A home that uses 1,000 kwh per month if fueled by 100% coal would need about 800 pounds of coal to be burned to produce the 1,000 kwh of electricity

15 334 Million Btu s Each That is how much Heat Energy the average American uses each year

16 The Beginning of Steam Power The Steam Engine Clean Coal Power has come a long way in a Hundred Years!

17 Electricity and Economic Prosperity were once widely understood

18 A Typical large Coal Power Plant Furnace Exit: 2150 F to 2250 F Convection Pass: 3%-3.5% 35%O 2 ~1600 F Economizer Exit: 700 F Max 3.5%-3.8% O 2 APH Gas Exit: 275 F Combustion Air: 650 F Ambient Air: 80 F

19 Consider the Sources of all of America s Energy COAL, approx. 23% Source: EIA Green/Renewable Power, 6.80% And this includes Old Hydropower Dams installed approx. 75 years ago

20 Coal is a National Treasure Coal Producing States Major & Minor Coal is a Fossil Fuel sourced from the organic remains of prehistoric organisms. Source: EIA

21 Mining for COAL

22 Coal is the largest single primary source of energy used to generate electricity in the United States (over 50%)! Common Power Plants Consume anywhere from 4 8 rails cars of coal per hour to produce electrical energy.

23 Here is how 50% of America s Electricity is produced A Typical Pulverized Coal Plant

24 The Basic Process Turbine Generator Magnet Boiler Steam Fire Producing Steam w/ Heat Energy & then Creating Mechanical Energy into Electrical Energy

25 Modern Power System (Typical) When you take, Chemistry & Physics you better listen up & Study Hard!

26 Combustion of Fossil Fuels produces heat to boil water into steam

27 Popular Misconception: Renewable Power CAN Power America 93% of America s energy is used as heat energy for prime movers such as steam turbines, jet engines, diesel locomotives, ship propulsion, buses and automobiles. Renewable Energy including old hydropower dams is about 7% now and cannot replace the 93% energy forms that America Depends on now.

28 How much Coal is Burned in the World? China 4.65 billion tons in 2030 (Projected by EIA) USA billion tons in 2006 (EIA Report) USA billion tons in 2030 (Projected by EIA) 100 ton rail cars 55 feet long = 10,000,000 rail cars. If hooked end to end in one train, these would 104, miles long or roughly circle the earth more than 4 times at the equator. Note: This is the equivalent coal utilized in the USA only China will use 4 times more than the USA in the next two decades.

29 Heat from Coal Energy Provides 50 % of America s Electricity Coal is transported to Power Plants & then most often crushed & pulverized into a baby powder consistency.

30 The Basic Process to Generate Electricity

31 Steam is used to Rotate a Turbine that is attached to a Generator Spinning the generator shaft within a magnet produces electrical current

32 500,000KW Steam Turbine

33 Here s a view of actual turbine blades that are rotated with Steam

34 Steam Turbine Blades These blades are damaged from solid particles in the steam supply

35 Here s a view of a generator shaft that is rotated by the turbine This is a close up view of a100 megawatt AC generator with a ten inch shaft that is attached to the turbine. The large flange located on each end of the generator mate with large covers to help contain the hydrogen gas that is use to cool the generator rotor and windings.

36 Solid Fuels can fire like a Gas

37 Typical Steam Cycle Losses

38 Energy Equivalents of what American s use each year Our high h standard d of living i is made possible by the use of energy

39 America s Coal Fueled Plants These are the plants that power our way of life! About 1,500 coal plants average age: about 40 years old

40 Stephen Storm at a Power Plant in Louisiana Notice the high voltage switchgear in the background

41 High Voltage Exits the Turbine and is sent to a Substation

42 One large Steam Generator can power a small city!

43 Here s a view from the top of a power plant that supplies power to Philadelphia

44 Coal Fires inside a large power plant furnace

45 This plant provides power to Las Vegas, the stack discharge is water vapor

46 Where is Oil Energy Used? Daily Oil Consumption in the USA 16 lion Barr rels Per Day Mil Source: EIA

47 Which is Cleaner? 8.5 million Campfires, or 17 Clean Coal Fueled Power Plants?

48 Asian Brown Cloud by NASA satelite Reported to be the source of 20% of Los Angeles particulate Pollution

49 What has been the Progress of America in Reducing Major Pollutants since 1970? Source: Energy Information Agency

50 A Clean Coal Plant in South Carolina, this one is operated by Santee-Cooper

51 What about Transportation a o Fuels? > Can Bio Fuels Replace Imported Oil? Energy Equivalents Eyhyl Alcohol l Denatured Pure Ethyl Alcohol l Gasoline Kerosene Diesel

52 Alaskan a Pipeline e > Imagine 22 of these side by side each 48 in diameter and each passing 1 million barrels/day of oil. This is how much oil we use each day. Most for transportation.

53 Is Coal Vital to the Future of the USA? Consider the Alternatives: Present Approx % of Total Coal 23% Nuclear 8% Natural Gas 23% Oil 40% Renewables: Hydro Electric 3% Biomass 3% Wind Solar 1% Tidal Power

54 How is Energy in America Consumed? Energy Consumption by Sector Electric Power Industry 29% Residential 15% Commercial 13% Transportation 20% Industrial 23% Source: EIA

55 What are the Most Common Forms of Energy that we Depend on? Electricity Production by Source Hydroelectric Other 6.6% 2.7% Nuclear 19.3% Coal 49.8% Natural Gas 18.6% Source: EIA Petroleum 3.0%

56 The Four E s Energy Education Environmental Protection Economic Prosperity

57 Communication is extremely important! (Reading & Comprehension)

58 Storm Technologies provides engineered solutions to our customers (Technical Science & Math)

59 Thank You! Think and Respect American Manufacturing which runs on reasonable cost Energy Want Economic Prosperity? Good Jobs? National Security? Study Hard! We depend on you!