Author: Douglas Morris This past week, researchers at MIT were published in MIT News about a new approach to monetizing coal for power plants by combining coal gasification with fuel cell technology. By dovetailing these two systems, the research states that...
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Mexico’s Energy Reforms Promise a More Competitive and Efficient Power Industry
Author: Juan Carlos Bravo In August 2013, the Mexico government passed a new Energy reform, which one of its main objectives is to strengthen the competitiveness in the generation of power, accelerate the expansion of transmission networks, improve distribution supply...
Grid Complexities and the Race for Energy Storage
Author: Douglas Morris Apple just announced that they plan to construct a 200MW solar project in China to help the company meet its goals for carbon neutrality. One of the concerns, though, is whether or not the local transmission & distribution grid system can...
Regulations and Coal-Fired Power Plants
Author: Dennis Tkacs At the end of 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to regulate mercury and other pollutants from coal and oil fired power plants. Last month, this Mercury and Air Toxics Standard or MATS was dealt a setback by a...
Improving Plant Heat Rate with Better Heater Level Measurement
Author: Douglas Morris Improving heat rate is something that most power generators consistently look to do because it translates directly into lower fuel costs. In India, there are government legislated heat rate targets for plants where financial penalties or rewards...
Reliability–A Strategy for Power Generators
Author: Douglas Morris Where it is installed, renewable generation is altering the operating landscape for power producers. Wind and solar assets are typically placed into the power grid whenever they are available, but since they are intermittent, formerly base...
Preventing Boiler and Turbine Damage
The bulk of the electricity we use across the globe is produced by steam turning turbines connected to electrical generators. According to the Steam-electric power station in Wikipedia: Almost all coal, nuclear, geothermal, solar thermal electric power plants, waste...
Power-Gen International—Heightening Plant and Fleet Readiness
If you're in the power generation industry and attending (or considering attending) next week's Power-Gen International conference in Orlando, Florida USA, make sure to connect with the Emerson team in Booth 1849. They are ready to listen to the challenges you face...
Power Plant Monitoring
Author: Douglas Morris Wireless measurement devices are nothing new and installations are in just about every industry, including power. From my experience, power plants don't choose to use wireless technologies to replace wired devices, rather they are used to solve...
Improving Reliability in Power Generation: A Competitive Advantage
Author: Douglas Morris Recently, the consulting arm of Black & Veatch published its annual strategic directions report for the US utility industry. In 2014 "reliability" was again identified as the top industry concern. This report discusses how technology will...
The Graying Workforce-Is It Really True in Power Industry?
Author: Douglas Morris The discussion about the impact of changing demographics has been around for a long time, but is it really taking place? I think this fact courtesy of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2010) says it all: Half of the electric utility workforce...
Improving HRSG Availability by Better Steam Temperature Control
Author: Douglas Morris A while back, I wrote about using advanced control techniques to reduce steam temperature swings which can lead to boiler unavailability. Control improvements are one method to address this problem, but so is evaluating the mechanicals in the...
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