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
SWFGD Primer – Coastal Elite? Location, location, location. This familiar mantra of the real estate business also has a particular application for sulfur dioxide-emitting industries: seawater flue gas desulfurization (SWFGD). Read More
Generator Operations Many large AC generators operate in the bulk electric system (BES), each feeding power to the system. Each generator must satisfy three conditions in order … Read More
REVERSE OSMOSIS Osmosis is the spontaneous passage of a liquid from a dilute to a more concentrated solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Read More