Power-station design ¿an outline of trends in the United States

In 1964, the author´s firm was asked by the South of Scotland Electricity Board to make a feasibility study into a 3000-MW station which the Board proposed to build at Irvine, on the south-west coast of Scotland. The study was to indicate whether it would be more economic to burn oil or coal and the size of generating unit to be installed, together with the steam cycle recommended.