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POPLAR RIVER POWER STATIOM 



Operations 



The 1987 operating statistics for the two units at Poplar River are 

 shown in Table 1. Unit No. 1 operated at 92.9 percent capacity for 

 the year which was the highest since the unit was commissioned. An 

 extensive overhaul during the second quarter of 1987 accounts for 

 the lower capacity factor of Unit Ho. 2. 



Table 1. 1987 Operating Statistics for Generating Units Ho. 1 and 

 Mo. 2. 



Unit 1 Unit 2 



Hours of Operation 8143 6415 



Gross HWH Generated 2 425 600 1 938 900 



Availability (Hours) (percent) 95.3 78.6 



Capacity Factor (percent) 92.9 75.3 



Number of Start-ups 8 11 



Coal Consumed (tonnes) 2 014 742 1 610 384 



Oil Consumed (tonnes) 979 1 380 



Hours in Period 8 760 8 760 



The average sulphur content of the coal was 0.60 percent. Analyses 

 were conducted by the Poplar River Power Station laboratory. 

 Analyses of the monthly duplicate coal samples by an independent 

 laboratory according to ASTM procedure D3167 indicated, on average, 

 a 0.12 percent lower value. The sulphur content of the fuel oil 

 was 0.08 percent. 



