Microgrid and District Energy: The Future of Electricity? In my previous blog, I described District Energy and explored some of its uses. Now I’m going to look at the microgrid and modern power … Read More
Creating Pig Iron for Casting In producing steel from iron ore and/or scrap, impurities such as nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, and excess carbon are removed from the raw iron ore. Read More
Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference At the end of May, Fossil Consulting Services (FCS) President Jason Enge and Senior Specialist Alex Filar attended the Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference. Read More
Ambient Factors Conditions and Combustion Turbine Performance Combustion turbine performance changes with ambient air conditions. Ambient conditions are the dominant cause of changes from the design reference conditions. Combustion turbine performance is … Read More
The Argument for a Qualification Standard for your Power Plant A well-developed and managed qualification standard (qualification program) is essential to ensuring safe and efficient operations of any power plant. Read More
Understanding Valve Symbols in FDs and P&IDs Power Plants and Process Facilities have millions of moving parts and diagrams show how they work. Few parts are more important than valves. Read More
Combustion Turbine: Glossary of Terms Often, we find ourselves questioning what a term means in a manual, procedure, or even in conversation. And when we look up these terms via … Read More
Can the U.S. Grid support EVs? Electric Vehicles are becoming more and more popular mainly because people feel they are saving the environment. Read More
Acid Gas Acid gas is a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, with small amounts of hydrocarbon gases and usually water vapor (according to Science Direct). Read More