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,...
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Improving Level Control in Combined-Cycle and Coal-Fired Power Plants
Levels of intermittent, renewable sources of energy for the electrical grids around the globe continue to grow. Power plants designed for more consistent, base load operation are under greater stress. In this recorded Power magazine webcast, Optimizing Level Control...
Electrical Power Disruptions, Innovations and Changing Business Models
The sources of electrical power for the grid continues to shift toward decentralization as renewable energy sources are connected. At CERAWeek 2018, Emerson's Bob Yeager joined a panel hosted by IHS Markit's Philippe Frangules, Electric power: Disruption, innovation...
Strategies for Power Generators in a Low-Carbon World
With the global push to reduce carbon emissions, electrical power producers are challenged find non-hydrocarbon fuel sources and maintain reliable grid operations. At CERAWeek 2018, Emerson's Power & Water Solutions business president, Bob Yeager, joined a panel...
Automating Combined-Cycle Power Generation Startups
In combined cycle power plants: …the heat of the gas turbine's exhaust is used to generate steam by passing it through a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) with a live steam temperature between 420 and 580 °C. The condenser of the Rankine cycle is usually cooled by...
Connect with Emerson Power Industry Experts @PowerGenWeek
Author: Matt Cate POWER-GEN International kicks-off next week (December 13-15) in Orlando, FL. Emerson experts will be available to discuss ways utilities can improve unit availability and achieve more flexible operations. They'll also share strategies for making...
Improving Power Plant Staff Effectiveness
Author: Douglas Morris With the large number of power workers having already retired, there is a definite shortage of expertise within the industry. Not only are workers new, but companies are having difficulty hiring enough skilled employees. Although most new hires...
Improving Flexible Power Plant Operations
Author: Douglas Morris Increasingly, plants are having to adapt to more flexible operations as gas prices remain low and renewables are added to the generation mix. Gas units are shut down, started up in the morning, follow load during the day, and then are shut down...
Renewable Energy and Unintended Consequences
Author: Douglas Morris "Because the wind blows during stormy conditions when the sun does not shine and the sun often shines on calm days with little wind, combining wind and solar can go a long way toward meeting demand, especially when geothermal provides a steady...
Risks and Rewards of Different Technologies in Power
Author: Douglas Morris "The fascination of a growing science lies in the work of the pioneers at the very borderland of the unknown, but to reach this frontier one must pass over well traveled roads; of these one of the safest and surest is the broad highway of...
Things That Might Surprise You about Power
Author: Douglas Morris Most often I write about a current issue concerning the industry or about how an operational problem might be addressed in a plant. I thought I'd take a different tack and highlight some interesting articles where you might learn something...
Improving Power Plant Operations with Second-Level Automation
When many plants were built years ago, they were instrumented to provide what was required for safely manage the process. As time has passed, the requirements are far greater for efficiency, reliability and regulatory demands. In a Power Engineering International...
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