The increased use of intermittent renewable energy sources and the shift to gas-fired combustion turbines places new burdens on the dispatch of many coal-fired units. Steam units must now operate at ...

U.S. power producers and owners of industrial steam systems each spend about $15.4 billion annually to combat corrosion in their plants. Scale and deposits are thought to be responsible for another ...

It is common knowledge that coal-fired power plant construction has come to a nearly complete standstill, and that many older coal plants are being or will be retired. The popular replacement will be ...

Economic and other factors have had a large influence on the movement away from coal to other energy sources. One of these influences was the rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) that ...

The following parameters may be set on the Steam Cycle Performance parameter screen: •Steam Energy Added in Boiler: The heat content of the steam changes as it moves throughout the steam turbines, ...

A ship’s steam system is a network that generates and distributes steam for propulsion, heating, and auxiliary operations.

San Francisco’s St. Luke’s Hospital complex comprises of four buildings, ranging from 25 to 90 years old. Heating the building required 26,000,000 Btuh, an expensive requirement that had been ...

Steam generators in thermal (steam-cycle) power plants require a constant influx of cool water to maximize the transfer of thermal energy. How this water is cooled again in the condensor after much of ...