Renewable sources of energy continue to grow as a percentage of energy provided to electrical power grids. In a CERAWeek 2019 panel, Renewables & Gas Integration: Is there an efficient frontier?, Emerson's Bob Yeager shared his perspectives on the role of...
We hear the phrase "Digital Transformation" bandied about across the manufacturing industries. For each segment it can mean something different. At this past December's Power-Gen conference, president of Emerson's Power & Water Solutions business' Bob Yeager gave...
Optimizing steam temperature reduces energy costs and increases operational reliability. In an 18-minute webcast, 3 Steps to Better Steam Temperature Control, Emerson's Douglas Morris shares how advanced steam control for boilers and heat recovery steam generators...
Author: Paolo Tomaini Conventional power plants are being disrupted by an increasing demand for renewable energy. The priority in providing energy to the grid associated with the intermittent intrinsic nature of the renewable energy output is creating a shift from...
Author: Douglas Morris The growth of renewables and distributed energy resources are challenging the traditional economic models of the utility industry. A growing school of thought in power generation is that embracing some form of digital transformation could very...
Author: Douglas Morris There's a lot of talk in the industry about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), digital transformation, and digital technologies. There is enough interest, though, among utility executives in the promise of digital technologies–which...
Authors: Tom Snowden, Greg Schirm Photovoltaic power stations (or solar parks) have traditionally used PLCs as their preferred control devices. Size, ruggedness, and cost are often cited as reasons for using PLCs. With the release of the Ovation Compact Controller,...
Emerson's Jeff Williams presented, Holistic Approach to Steam Temperature Control, at the 2018 Ovation Users' Group Conference. Jeff opened describing the trend of plants being started and operated more frequently than in the past due to intermittent sources of...
At the 2018 Ovation Users' Group Conference, a power producer shared their story of how they improved their unit startups through the application of advanced technology. The US electrical power grid is evolving rapidly as it adds more renewable generation from solar...
During the week of July 29 through August 3, I'll be attending the Ovation Users' Group Conference in Pittsburgh. This users' group is composed of people working in the power, water and wastewater industries. If you're in one of these industries and an Ovation...
The power industry is facing many challenges today with cycling demands from a growing renewable energy mix on the grid, employee retirements, and cost cutting. Despite these challenges, consumers expect a reliable supply of electricity. At the July 29 - August 2,...
As the contribution of renewable energy sources grow on electrical power grids, so does the cycling its intermittency creates for power producers. This cycling affects steam used to drive the generators. For power stations where the electric generators are...
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