Burdick Station Photo Gallery Page 4

	A Burdick Operator carefully opens the gas valve to a burner on #1 boiler. While natural gas is the most frequently used fuel for use in boilers to produce steam at Burdick Station. Number 6 fuel oil, a thick oil that resembles roofing tar can be burned to produce steam at Burdick Station as well.
	One of the burners in #1 boiler is placed into service for steam production. The temperature inside this boiler can reach above 1,000 degrees (F). Temperatures inside other boilers that GIUD operates often exceed 2,000 degrees (F).
	There is a maze of piping for Unit #1 feed water heaters on Burdick Station's mezzanine floor. Water and steam used to generate electricity is continuously heated to make steam. After fuel is burned in the boiler to produce steam, the steam is routed to the turbine where the pressure and velocity of the steam turns the turbine and thus turns the generator. After steam is passed through the turbine once, steam is condensed back to water and is pumped through feed water heaters and back to the boiler to make steam again.