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Robert Alt Balker, Sr.
Robert Alt Balker, Sr.
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He was a pioneer in the field of steam power plant design, particularly in relation to the use of high steam pressure and high temperatures and the application of computers to automatic control. He was also one of the electric utility industry leaders in the introduction of nuclear energy for electric power generation.
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Joint studies with manufacturing engineers ant! utility staff, including Bob, resulted in the first use of what was to become a common arrangement in the industry: cross-compouncI, 3,600-rpm steam power generation elements, with high-pressure elements on one shaft, the reheat turbine on a second shaft, and identical low-pressure elements on each shaft driving iclentical half-size generators and boiler feed pumps.
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He was also · ~ a leader in implementing the concept of constructing complete nuclear power plants in a factory and then floating the plants to their final locations.
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