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June 2007
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Cover Story: Could IGCC Swing
Gasifying coal and petroleum coke to make chemicals is nothing new. Yet only recently has the power sector begun considering gasifying coal to make electricity, notably by pairing gasifiers with combined cycle power blocks.
Sequestration: Isolating the Issues
No topic so dominates coal plant construction today as carbon emissions, specifically the production of CO2, the largest single anthropomorphic (man-made) greenhouse gas associated with global warming.
Clearing the Air in the Twin Cities
The air in the Minnesota Twin Cities will soon be cleaner thanks to a visionary plan proposed by Xcel Energy, parent company of Northern States Power (NSP), just more than five years ago.
O&M Feature: Reduce Generating Costs and Eliminate Brownouts
Today’s coal-fired power plants are safer, more efficient, more reliable and more environmentally friendly than ever before.
Selling Capital Projects to Management
There was an excellent article in the March 19, 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal under the “Theory & Practice” column by Phred Dvorak.
Can Fuel Cells Keep Air Traffic Moving?
Increasingly over-stressed infrastructure of all kinds is causing concern in the U.S., particularly within the transportation sector.
Efficient and Low Emission Stoker-Fired Biomass Boiler Technology in Today’s Marketplace
There is a need for today’s power plants to meet the growing demand for electricity while, at the same time, achieving efficient combustion, low emissions and no net CO2 releases into the environment.
Materials Considerations for Maintaining FGD Infrastructure
Power plants’ flue gas desulphurization (FGD) systems require chemically resistant materials to protect them from corrosion.
Steam Generator Efficiency
The word “thermodynamics” conjures up visions of complex mathematics to many people, even some with technical backgrounds.
24/7 Operations Centers
The benefits of windpower in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and supplementing the portfolio of energy and utility companies across the globe are no longer speculative.
Reserve Margins Tighten in California and New England
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) assessment of the ability for U.
To the Editor:
Regarding the May 2007 article, “A Fuel Whose Time Has (Not Yet) Arrived”, you state that the technology has not yet arrived to utilize landfill gas as an energy source.
Our NextGeneration Awardees
Katherine Hornbostel of Houston. Elliott Leonard of Aurora, Colo.
Greasless Bearings Will Aid Power Generation in World’s Biggest Dam
The Three Gorges hydropower plant in China has been under construction since 1994 and is still about two years away from completion.
Surviving a Hurricane
In late August 2005, management at Entergy Operations’ Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in Taft, La., (20 miles west of New Orleans) learned that a storm named Katrina was likely going to come ashore near the plant.
Addressing the Aging Utility Workforce Challenge
The costs of an aging workforce that impact utilities today can be placed into three categories: operational costs, productivity costs and opportunity costs.
Reserve Margins Tighten in California and New England
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) assessment of the ability for U.S. and Canadian power providers to meet electricity demand this summer indicates a reserve capacity margin reduction of almost 1 percent across all of North America.
Modular Stationary Power System
Imagine disributed generation system that provides back up power, demand reduction, alternative power, and utility infracface.
Products
MobotecUSA and EXPORTech Co. Inc., have formed a joint venture, MagMill Co. LLC, to commercialize the MagMill technology.
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