On October 5 and 6, 2006, members of Professor Dan Kammen's UC Berkeley class Energy & Resources 100 (Energy and Society) visited the Delta Energy Center, an 880-MW combined cycle natural gas plant in Pittsburg, CA. Delta is owned and operated by Calpine, and our host was plant manager Rob Parker. Here are some photos from the first tour group, along with a few of the many things we learned about the plant.
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Air flow demo |
Ben, on the verge of blowing away, demonstrates the rate of air flow into the compressor.
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Last updated October 6, 2006.