Most power plants use some form of condenser performance-monitoring protocol. Some of those protocols are deficient because the proper instrumentation is not installed to collect the necessary data.

Sentry System helps optimize plant efficiency by precisely detecting air-in leakage in turbine exhaust systems. October 24, 2001 — Just as the days of juicy “cost-plus” defense contracts have gone the ...

URS recently performed a combined cycle repowering study to determine the feasibility and economics of repowering an existing steam turbine that went into service in the 1950s. The competing option ...

Declining performance of a large compressor-driven steam turbine's surface condenser at Shell Chemical LP's petrochemical complex in Norco, La., was constraining an associated process unit to a ...

(This article describes retrofit options of single-purpose electric generating power plants to combined heat and power/district energy operation). Many cities are prioritizing modern district energy ...