Posted on 01/19/2010 5:14:03 PM PST by JeffBoste
Could the Navy power Port-au-Prince from a nuclear submarine
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No...
Submarines are usually not equipped with external electrical outlets.
Give the SEABEES 30 minutes and the run of the boat .. they’ll get it going.
As someone commented on the site, what are they going to hook it into? Most of the electrical grid is probably laying on the ground covered with rubble right now. It will take quite a while to get it rebuilt.
possibly if all the power lines weren’t down.
NO.
The cooling systems of the reactor rely on the sub being under weigh.
Just run a stension cord out a winder.
No, their nuclear power plant is designed to provide power for the ship for an extended period of time. The system is self contained and closed.
They’d need a surge protector I think.
Generators on a nuke sub are not large enough and line losses would be quite large. We can place diesel and gas turbine generators where they need to be. But what would one use for distribution? The grid has to be as toasted as the buildings are. So I don’t think large scale generation is an issue as of yet.
Power what?
The place was bad before, now it is destroyed.
Sure, easily done! Marinas in Port-au-Prince are typically wired for 30A shore power service. To get around this limitation, simply run extra shore power cables from the dock to the submarine; try zip-tying 1000 30A cables together to make the connection. You may need to plug into pedestals at adjacent slips. If you run into any connection difficulties, a quick run to the Port-au-Prince West Marine should do the trick.
Be sure to advise the marina office before you bring the reactor online, to prevent annoying electrical glitches from appearing in the marina wiring onshore.
The nuke aspect of the sub makes steam, and steam drives the main engines and generators. As someone stated, subs are not equiped to run power out.
However, a good size ship could run out about 4000KW which would be enough to get em goin...
IIRC, didn’t the Navy provide power to some parts of Kauai after Hurricane Iwa by using some sort of ship-to-shore power rig?
You mean the marvel of wind and solar power is not enough?
If there is no power how is the stinkin press recharging all their battery packs...
Ain't no more winders.
Hey that is exactly what I did after Katrina ... stension cord from my gen. to the fridge a fan and a light! Oh and to the Sat. TV.
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