Keeping the operator in focus The four pillars of operator effectiveness
Operator effectiveness is fundamental to power plant performance. With the daily decisions of control room personnel directly impacting safety, production, process availability and quality, it is important to keep the operator in focus. However, with fewer operators, a generational shift in...
New Metering Solution Controls Condensate in HRSG Systems
Water in steam tubes can lead to trouble. However, a new solution, utilizing ultrasonic flowmeter technology, allows precise water detection in heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) systems, giving operators the opportunity to alleviate the problem before failure results. Jack SineMany combined cycle and...
EPC or EPCM Contracts
Which one can drive stronger outcomes for project owners?EPC or EPCM? When it comes to contract strategies for major projects, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management (EPCM) style contracts are two of the key options, but which one provides...
Using the PXG900 to Manage Waveforms from the PXM2280 and PXM2290
This solution provides a way to use the PXG900 to receive and store waveforms from one or more PXM2280 or PXM2290 power quality meters. Typically, waveforms from PXM2280 or PXM2290 meters are accessed with a web browser by directly accessing the web interface of...
Test Procedure, Measurements And Calculation Methods For The Turbine Efficiency And Power Cycle Performance
In recent years, the ORC market expanded rapidly in terms of installed plants, power and number of ORC manufacturers. New markets, like the waste heat recovery from industrial process or endothermic engines, are growing very fast, but the biomass combustion and the exploitation of...
Cybersecurity considerations for electrical distribution systems
Every day, cyber attacks against government and commercial computer networks number in the millions. According to U.S. Cyber Command, Pentagon systems are probed 250,000 times per our. Similar attacks are becoming more prevalent on other kinds of information-based smart networks as well, such as those...
Utilities Incremental gains through EPPM
IntroductionIt seems the utilities industry is being attacked from all sides. The decline of coal-fired power plants, the rise of renewables, finalization of the nation’s first carbon regulations, and the proliferation of distributed energy resources, to name a few, are all pressuring utilities to adjust their...
New studies to open door to 99.9% wind turbine reliability
Improving turbine reliability to 99.9% will require new data analysis approaches across the industry, according to a researcher linked to Sandia National Laboratories. “We’re no longer talking about 50 or 60% reliability,” said Carsten Westergaard of Texas Tech University, a Sandia...
SCHOTT White Paper on Solar Thermal Power Plant Technology
German-based Renusol GmbH is among the fastest growing businesses on the European market for PV mounting systems. Renusol America was established in January 2011 in Atlanta to service the American market and, along with Renusol GmbH, was acquired by Ohio-based RBI Solar in June,...
An Analysis of Opportunities
The development of wind power in India began in the 1990s, and has progressed steadily in the last few years. The short gestation periods for installing wind turbines, and the increasing reliability and performance of wind energy machines have made wind power a favored...
