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Chapter 6 I Construction During The Settlement Years II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material III Structural Steel IV Concrete Technology V Housing VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing VII Ports And Harbours VIII Roads IX Heavy Foundations X Bridges XI Sewerage XII Water Engineering XIII Railways XIV Major Buildings XV Airports XVI Thermal Power Stations i Steam Power Stations Using Brown Coal ii Fabric Filters for Coal Fired Power Stations iii Thermal Electricity Generation in Queensland iv Conversion of Kwinana Power Station from Oil to Coal Firing v Remote Area Power Supply Alternatives in Western Australia XVII Materials Handling XVIII Oil Industry XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme XX The Sydney Opera House XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge XXII Hamersley Iron XXIII North West Shelf Sources and References Index Search Help Contact us |
Sound Attenuators for Power Station Discharge Stacks (continued) Following smaller installations on industrial boilers of attenuators resulting from this development programme Howden are now supplying silencers for installation on all units of Australia's largest power station at Eraring in New South Wales. This contract is for eight silencers each 7.5mx7.5mx8.2m and weighing 135 tonnes and was won in competition with designs from Europe and the U.S.A. Howden are now marketing this silencer design in Europe and North America.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - James Howden and Co. Australia Pty Ltd; thermal power stations, named People in Bright Sparcs - Sutherland, K. N.
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