Post by jakir213 on Feb 20, 2024 4:48:58 GMT -5
Almost 350 detonators and 620 kg of explosives have been the executioners of the third boiler of the Andorra thermal power plant , owned by Endesa. It was the last slender structure standing on this floor. The moment has been immortalized on video : from the explosion to the enormous resulting cloud of smoke, which has enveloped everything within a 400 m radius. It is the last chapter to be written in the change of cycle that we have been experiencing for some time in Spain: goodbye to coal plants . With the recent closure of the As Pontes (A Coruña) plant , there are only two large ones left in operation. This fossil fuel is already used very little to generate electricity in our country: in 10 years, coal has gone from producing 20% of Spanish electricity to less than 2% today.
Closer to almost infinite clean energy with the latest advance in nuclear fusion IN MOTORPASIÓN Closer to almost infinite clean energy with the latest advance in nuclear fusion This 2024 there will be nothing left standing at the Andorra plant Each of the boilers at the Andorra plant , including the one demolished last week, was 70 m high and 780 m² in floor plan . It was lower than the central chimney of UAE Phone Number this floor (343 m), but its surface is larger. Furthermore, we are talking about demolishing a metal structure and not concrete. For this reason, the amount of explosives used has been more than double: 265 kilos were used for the chimney. According to Beatriz Muñiz, responsible for the dismantling of Endesa's thermal power plants , in this plant for the first time, they have chosen to blow up explosive metal frames , as is the case of the boiler.
The process is more complicated than blowing up concrete structures. Thus, for this, the process has had to be designed very exhaustively so that it is carried out in total safety conditions and at the same time that the demolition is effective : for example the analysis of the preparation work or the dynamics of the blasting (sequence, direction and fall of the structure). Measures have also been carried out to mitigate the effects, vibrations and safety of all affected elements and structures. Once this boiler has been demolished, the next step is to manage the resulting waste according to environmental regulations. They are cut and prepared for transport. In total, it is estimated that this task has involved nearly 10,000 tons of metal waste . This is how they are blowing up Endesa's Andorra thermal power plant with explosives The cloud of smoke after the explosion spread over a radius of 400 m The dismantling of the Andorra thermal power plant (in the province of Teruel) began in February 2021 and more than 200 people are involved in this long process.
Closer to almost infinite clean energy with the latest advance in nuclear fusion IN MOTORPASIÓN Closer to almost infinite clean energy with the latest advance in nuclear fusion This 2024 there will be nothing left standing at the Andorra plant Each of the boilers at the Andorra plant , including the one demolished last week, was 70 m high and 780 m² in floor plan . It was lower than the central chimney of UAE Phone Number this floor (343 m), but its surface is larger. Furthermore, we are talking about demolishing a metal structure and not concrete. For this reason, the amount of explosives used has been more than double: 265 kilos were used for the chimney. According to Beatriz Muñiz, responsible for the dismantling of Endesa's thermal power plants , in this plant for the first time, they have chosen to blow up explosive metal frames , as is the case of the boiler.
The process is more complicated than blowing up concrete structures. Thus, for this, the process has had to be designed very exhaustively so that it is carried out in total safety conditions and at the same time that the demolition is effective : for example the analysis of the preparation work or the dynamics of the blasting (sequence, direction and fall of the structure). Measures have also been carried out to mitigate the effects, vibrations and safety of all affected elements and structures. Once this boiler has been demolished, the next step is to manage the resulting waste according to environmental regulations. They are cut and prepared for transport. In total, it is estimated that this task has involved nearly 10,000 tons of metal waste . This is how they are blowing up Endesa's Andorra thermal power plant with explosives The cloud of smoke after the explosion spread over a radius of 400 m The dismantling of the Andorra thermal power plant (in the province of Teruel) began in February 2021 and more than 200 people are involved in this long process.