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Special Report: Executive Roundtable on Coal Plant Development
Power Engineering magazine invited five leading executives to discuss current issues affecting coal-fired power plant development as well as future prospects for the generation type.
Wireless Condition Monitoring Arrives (and Just in Time)
Two major applications for wireless sensing in manufacturing are process measurement and equipment condition monitoring (ECM).
Digital Visual Sidewall Scanning Streamlines Pipe Inspection
Since the advent of miniature cameras, plant and utility personnel have used them to assess pipe condition and troubleshoot problems.
Continuous Electrodeionization for Water Treatment at Power Plants
Power plants have for many years used deionized water as makeup to high-pressure boilers and for producing steam to drive turbines and generate electricity.
Construction Cost Control - Some surprisingly simple strategies can help control many construction project costs.
Power plant engineering construction costs have been rising much faster than core inflation for the last several years.
Meeting NERC-CIP Requirements
As deadlines for the North American Electric Reliability Council Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) standards approach, power plants and electric utilities must begin implementing the necessary security practices to meet the compliance requirements.
Becoming Carbon Capture Ready
Only a few years ago, saying that a coal plant was carbon capture ready was a somewhat ill-defined statement at best.
Mobile Tool Crib Increases Jobsite Efficiency
It’s easy to assume that a company that designs and manufactures hundreds of gas and steam turbines throughout North America isn’t all that concerned with the whereabouts of a little 19 mm socket wrench.
Products
The Wafer-Cone flow meter from McCrometer features a modular design to assist in replacing the flow element and adjust to changing flow conditions in dynamic processes.
CCS: The Challenge Defined
Carbon capture and sequestration represents the “mother of all challenges” facing coal generators, according to Ram Narula vice president and chief technology officer of Bechtel.
The “Reasonable Possibility” of NSR Reform
It’s time to change out some tubes in your coal-fired boiler. Do you:A) Justify the expense based on extending the life of the boiler and make the repairs.
POWER-GEN International @ 20:A Look Back at Issues and Events from 1988
Twenty years ago on page 6 of the January 1988 edition of Power Engineering magazine, a full-age ad introduced “POWER-GEN ‘88” to the world.
Four Challenges to Solar Power
Changing energy economics in the concentrated solar power (CSP) industry will continue to accelerate record-breaking adoption of CSP in domestic and international markets, both in 2009 and for the foreseeable future.
Green Blood from a Turnip
The aging nuclear fleet, the rising cost of new generation capacity and the growing popularity of zero- or low-carbon emitting generation sources are refocusing utility attention on existing assets.
Carbon Capture and Economics Dominate COAL-GEN
Louisville, Ky. welcomed COAL-GEN 2008 in mid-August and carbon capture and economic themes dominated talk among the 3,500 attendees, a record crowd.
Doin’ the Funky Chicken
A bird best known for its comical mating dances in which it patters around like a jittery wind-up toy has found itself pitted against an unlikely environmental foe in northwest Oklahoma.
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