Notebook - April-September 1984

Contents: Table of Contents.....p. i Woodland Occupation in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina: An Archeological Reconnaissance of the Carolina Power and Light Company\u27s Lake Robinson to Sumter 230 kV Transmission Line corridor.....p. ii

Freedom of initiative, 1958 June 16

Excerpt of speech delivered at ground-breaking ceremonies for Carolina Power and Light Company plant, 1958 May 30, published in the Dan Smoot Report, vol. 4, no. 24 (1958 June 16). Also includes Courting national disaster from 1958 June 2, constituent newsletter

Excerpts from address by Senator Thurmond, 1960 July

Excerpts of principal address at the dedication of the H. B. Robinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant on June 18, 1960 published in the Carolina Power & Light Company Spotlight newsletter (July 1960). Includes cover and pages 13-15 on which Thurmond\u27s speech appears

OFFSHORE WIND POWER INTEGRATION INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA POWER SYSTEM

The steady state analysis of the impact of offshore wind on the South Carolina power transmission was conducted in three phases of incremental wind energy injection into the system using forecasted base power flow. The simulation of Phase I involved the generation capacity of 80 MW projected for 2014 in state water. The modeling Phases II and III, which will distribute the energy among neighboring utilities, involve a supplementary capacity of 1000 MW projected for 2020 and 2000 MW for 2030 in federal water. In addition to this steady state investigation, a contingency analysis was performed on the power system after successfully simulating Phase II of the project to evaluate its robustness during outages. Based on the experience of the Europeans in the implementation of offshore wind farms, recommendations were made for designing the transmission system to deliver wind power efficiently to the grid. Next, the wind power and the load demand historical data obtained from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power system were analyzed to confirm known wind patterns and its relation to the load. The hourly unpredictability of wind means it functions as a load modifier given that conventional generation is committed based on the wind availability. As a result, a probabilistic approach was developed to help predict the portion of the load covered by wind power during two periods of the day on a monthly, seasonal and annual basis using a given annual hourly wind power to load ratio

Principal address, the Honorable Strom Thurmond, United States Senate, 1960 June 18

Speech delivered at the plant dedication of the H. B. Robinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Hartsville, South Carolina, Carolina Power & Light Company. Reprinted in Carolina Power & Light Company brochure. Includes cover and pages 7-10 on which Thurmond\u27s speech appears

An Archaeological Survey and Assessment of the Proposed Carolina Power and Light Mayo Creek Project

A miscellaneous report by the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. These reports discuss the findings of archaeological survey, testing, and excavations undertaken by the RLA between 1973 and 1985

News release by Senator Strom Thurmond on federal role in industrial and business expansion, 1958 May 30

Describes remarks made at ground-breaking ceremonies for a Carolina Power and Light Company steam generating plant in Hartsville, S.C

Solar radiation observation stations with complete listing of data archived by the National Climatic Center, Asheville, North Carolina and initial listing of data not currently archived

A listing is provided of organizations taking solar radiation data, the 166 stations where observations are made, the type of equipment used, the form of the recorded data, and the period of operation of each station. Included is a listing of the data from 150 solar radiation stations collected over the past 25 years and stored by the National Climatic Center

Correlation of Theory and Experiment for the Dynamics of a Pressurized Water Reactor

Dynamic tests were performed on the Carolina Power and Light Company\u27s H. B. Robinson Unit 2 to determine the frequency response of the PWR steam supply system. Step inputs and multi-frequency binary signals of various sequence lengths and bit durations were used. The signals were introduced manually by the operator both for reactivity perturbation and steam flow perturbation tests. The experimental results were analyzed on and IBM 360/65 computer. The test results were compared with theoretical results predicted by a mathematical model of the system. A mathematical model for the H. B. Robinson system was formulated. In most cases, the experimental results were in good agreement with the results. An unexplained time delay of about nine to fourteen seconds was observed between the opening of the main steam valve and reactor coolant cold leg temperature. The time delay is much longer than the transport time

Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of North Carolina

This article is one in a series of articles in the Journal of Forensic Economics detailing the different and the common methods for assessing economic damages in the various states. In this article we discuss the legal framework by which economic damages are computed in personal injury and wrongful death cases in the state courts of North Carolina. The relevant state statutes, case precedents, and North Carolina Pattern Instructions (jury) are presented for the various aspects of a forensic economist’s work in estimating economic damages.