PE Volume 121 Issue 11

Digital is expected to be a gamechanger, so the industry’s broad adoption of digital solutions is no coincidence.

DOE recently announced a $50 million funding opportunity to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots for transformational coal technologies that improve coal-powered systems’ performance, efficiency, emission reduction and electricity cost.

During the construction boom in combined-cycle/cogeneration plants of the 1990s – known as the ‘dash to gas’ – we were brought in to help several projects that had fallen behind schedule or were suffering from acrimonious relations between a major contractor and the project owner.

While utilities across the country are adapting to manage and navigate a new energy environment, it can be helpful to look at four states who have implemented innovative regulatory mechanisms to incentivize utilities to help customers better manage their energy.

The Environmental Protections Agency estimates that roughly 12 percent of steam electric power plants will have to make new investments including design modifications, process changes, facility expansions, or installing new treatment systems to comply with the agency’s effluent limitation guidelines.

Over the last three decades, the nuclear industry has made tremendous progress in reducing the duration of planned outages. It is almost unimaginable to think that in 1990, the average planned outage took more than three months to complete.

Plant Bowen undertook a three month evaluation of a non-chemical dechlorination process, the Hydro-Optic (HOD) UV water treatment technology, manufactured by At…

Operators have the impression that because there are not as many moving parts as something such as a turbine generator, the bus duct system does not require the…

Low NOx burner retrofits to an existing boiler, dryer or incinerator aren’t as simple as pulling out the old burner and bolting in a new one. There is so much m…

The 150-mile journey took 36 hours, and the unit had to pass under 19 bridges – the lowest of which left us with just 9 feet to spare. It sailed past the Statue…

The ability to get into the storage business by simply purchasing off-the-shelf batteries from wholesalers, stacking them into tanks, and coupling with a contro…

The unpredictability of renewable assets that operate only when the wind blows and the sun shines require more frequent cycling, start/stops, and ramping of ass…

High-pressure steam generators require pristine water at all times, as even small amounts of impurities such as chloride, sulfate, or the hardness elements can …

As the technology of the Fram 7FA fleet begins to reach maturity, operators aim to find the best service and product options to optimize their sites….

Both reciprocating engines and aeroderivative simple cycles offer the ability to start fast and cycle frequently to support peaks in demand and the inherent int…