cooling: cooling

In capellett/EIAdatasets: Data from the United States Energy Information Administration

cooling

Description

Monthly entries for cooling of electricity generation plants over the years 2012-2020. From EIA Form 923, Schedule 8.

Year

Month

PlantID

EIA-assigned plant code

CoolingID

Cooling system identification number

CoolingType

Types of cooling systems:

Code	Description
DC	Dry (air) cooling system
HRC	Hybrid: cooling pond(s) or canal(s) with dry cooling
HRF	Hybrid: forced draft cooling tower(s) with dry cooling
HRI	Hybrid: induced draft cooling tower(s) with dry cooling
OC	Once through with cooling pond(s)
ON	Once through without cooling pond(s)
RC	Recirculating with cooling pond(s) or canal(s)
RF	Recirculating with forced draft cooling tower(s)
RI	Recirculating with induced draft cooling tower(s)
RN	Recirculating with natural draft cooling tower(s)
HT	Helper Tower
OT	Other (specify in SCHEDULE 7)

CoolingStatus

Cooling system status:

Code	Description
CN	Cancelled (previously reported as “planned”)
CO	New unit under construction
OP	Operating (in commercial service or out of service less than 365 days)
OS	Out of service (365 days or longer)
PL	Planned (expected to go into commercial service within 10 years)
RE	Retired (no longer in service and not expected to be returned to service)
SB	Standby (or inactive reserve); i.e., not normally used, but available for service
SC	Cold Standby (Reserve); deactivated (usually requires 3 to 6 months to reactivate)
TS	Operating under test conditions (not in commercial service)

HoursInService

Chlorine (thousand lbs)

Diversion (gpm)

Withdrawal (gpm)

Discharge (gpm)

Consumption (gpm)

FlowMethod

IntakeAvgTemp (F)

IntakeMaxTemp

DischargeAvgTemp

DischargeMaxTemp

TempMethod

Diversion (MGal)

Withdrawal (MGal)

Discharge (MGal)

Consumption (MGal)

Usage

cooling

Format

A dataframe with 149285 rows and 21 columns.

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