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The article offers information on maintaining energy plant water sample panels. Many new plants are stated to start off by establishing maintenance schedules for sample panels and training operators in their use and maintenance procedures. The schedules are found to get abandoned in commercial operation because keeping air-quality analyzers, instrumentation and control systems on-line is given priority. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the importance of sample panels to water chemistry analysis. In both the studies the monitoring problems resulted in a forced outage or steam cycle damage. It is stated that the wet tests conducted by many plants do little to protect equipment. It is suggested to ensure analyzer accuracy and standardization for accuracy and reliability.

The article reports on the development of Clean Energy Systems Inc. (CES) of a zero-emissions demonstration plant. It is noted that CES has developed a zero-emissions power generation technology by incorporating a component proven in the aerospace industry with conventional power plant equipment. The CES process employs an oxy-combustor that generates steam by burning gaseous fuel in the presence of gaseous water and oxygen. This fuel is prepared by processing conventional fossil fuel such as refinery residues, biomass or biodigester gas, coal-derived syngas, or natural or landfill gas.

The article discusses various issues related to energy development. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved 82 of the initial set of 87 mandatory system reliability standards developed by the North American Electric Reliability Council. The FERC is likely to enforce the reliability standards from June 1, 2007, failing which power companies may face heavy penalties. The article also discusses the widespread use of hydroelectricity in Colombia. Colombia gets 76 percent of its electricity from hydro plants. Thermal plants fueled by coal and natural gas are used to fill shortfalls in supply during the dry season.

Features the energy facility Gray Ferry Cogeneration Project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Challenges faced by the company; Configuration of the facility; Details on the plant's business arrangements. INSET: A celebrated history.

Reports that the United States is losing its reputation in the commerical application of advanced technologies field for power generation. Types of power plants not being built; Construction of nuclear plants being built in other countries around the world; Use of advanced reactors in plants; Passive involvment of US firms and US utilities in power plant projects. INSETS: More global information available.;FGD, FGT, and renewable push forward overseas, too..

The article focuses on the Coca-Cola/Mas Energy Trigeneration Facility in Atlanta, Georgia, the first U.S. operational trigeneration project which uses treated landfill gas as an energy source for its operations. The renewable energy facility uses a trigeneration or CCHP (combined cooling, heat, and power) system and generates at least 48 million kWh of on-site renewable energy every year. It is operated by Mas Energy LLC and allows Coca-Cola Co. to level its energy costs in a long term.

Reports on the factors that slowed construction of waste-to-energy facilities in North America since the 1980s. Information on the Central Wayne Energy Recovery Project.

Focuses on the AES Warrior Run, a carbon dioxide recovery plant operated by AES Corp. in Cumberland, Maryland. Update on the plant's construction as of August 1999; Features of the facility's circulating fluidized-bed boiler; Information on the emission control system of the plant.

Focuses on Vision 21 PowerPlex, a multi-fuel, multi-product energy complex which is part of the coal-based energy program of the United States Department of Energy. Types of fuel that will be processed in the complex; Goals of the program; Technology efforts of the complex.

Explores ways to improve output of waste-to-energy plants in Italy. Components of typical waste-to-energy plants; Barriers to plant design; Techniques to increase operating ranges in the combustion process; Average electric demand in the country; Gas cleaning systems needed to meet environmental requirements.

Focuses on the use of an indirect cooling system in the coal-fired district heating electric power cogeneration plant in Shanxi province, China. Features of system; Why a dry cooling system was implemented; Arrangement of cooling elements inside the dry tower in plant.

The article explores the operation at Entergy Corp.'s Performance Monitoring and Diagnostic Center (PM&DC) in the U.S. The most remarkable feature of the facility is the implementation of the Operations Information System (OIS) to improve operations. It assures early identification of changes in equipment physical, thermal, operational and environmental performance, improved ability to mitigate degrading equipment condition and unite performance and maximize unit value. The facility also employs the most reliable people and has enhanced teamwork capable of leveraging expertise and technology.

The article explores the operation at Entergy Corp.'s Performance Monitoring and Diagnostic Center (PM&DC) in the U.S. The most remarkable feature of the facility is the implementation of the Operations Information System (OIS) to improve operations. It makes use of advanced software tools that increase plant availability and reliability by identifying faults before they become major problems. It assures early identification of changes in equipment physical, thermal, operational and environmental performance, improved ability to mitigate degrading equipment condition and unite performance and maximize unit value. The facility also employs the most reliable people and has enhanced teamwork capable of leveraging expertise and technology.

The article reports that Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Shawnee Fossil Plant has been able to build up a strong and good reputation for itself. The plant has allegedly been known for its timely completion way back more than 50 years ago. It has also generated worth 9.4 million of megawatts per hour (MWh), while ranking in the top 25 percent of plants nationwide for lowest cost of production. It has likewise won the national continuous operating title won by its Unit 6: 1,093 days, 11 hours, and 24 minutes when it went off-line on February 15, 2007. In addition to these recognitions, the plant has also been routinely ranking in the top 10 percent nationally for availability and reliability.

The article talks about building and operations undertaken for the automation of U.S. electric power plants. Accordingly, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has stated that it planned to hire hundreds of experienced nuclear engineers and convince them with very attractive salaries and benefits because the commission was afraid that it would not be able to cope both with the expected flood of combined construction and operating license applications and routine tasks. It has noted that under the case of NRC, its 2007 federal budget includes not only funds for expanding its staff but also inducements and subsidies for the first next-generation nuclear plants stipulated in the 2005 Energy Policy Act.

The article reports that U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy is opposing the Cape Wind project that is expected to produce pollution-free and renewable energy. The Massachusetts Energy Facility Sitting Board says that the project will lower local residents' sky-high electricity bills while providing 75 percent of their power needs. Cape Wind also is predicted to create between 600 and 1,000 jobs in the region and spur tourism, with negligible impact on local ecosystems. Many of his prosperous neighbors are equally alarmed. They have raised about $7 million to oppose the project. A provision in the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 gives the governor of Massachusetts right to veto the Cape Wind project despite a finding by the Coast Guard that the project would not harm navigation. It could cripple offshore wind power development.

Describes the oil condition monitoring (OCM) scheme used by energy company, Shell Oil Co., to prevent downtime and maintain gas engine performance in the company's plants. Potential equipment problems in the power sector; Operational challenges faced by the company in maintaining its gas engines; Features of the firm's OCM program.

Reports on the unveiling of Northern Ireland-based electric generator manufacturer, FG Wilson Ltd.'s euro acoustic center designed to help maximize the performance and reliability of its products. Features and functions of the facility; Implication of the facility on the production capacity of FG.

Outlines Göteborg Energi management board's provisional approval to build a 200MW combined heat and power plant fired by natural gas and wood chips. Planning applications presented at the end of the year; Contracts signed in early 2004; Expectation that Siemens Sweden's engineering facility will obtain the core part of the contract; Efforts of Göteborg Energi to expand its existing 700km district heating network.

Details the promotion of distributed generation in Russia by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Plans to lend finances for the construction of a power plant by Uralkaly, a major potassium salt producer; Improvement of energy efficiency and environmental compliance; Plans for studies to assess the environmental, health and safety risks of the venture.

Reports on the construction of an energy-from-waste facility at Lerwick in Shetland, Scotland. Expected start of operation; Incineration plant to be replaced by the facility.

Presents information related to powerplant projects in the United States. US paper manufacturers expected to invest $10 billion to upgrade or build plants to improve their use of recovered paper; Signed agreements between Carolina Energy and several regional municipalities to construct two waste to energy plants in North Carolina; Development of three separate wind projects by Kenetech Windpower Incorporated; More.

Looks at the use of heat exchangers to cool flue gases to the scrubber's optimum operating temperature in a number of power plant stations. How exchangers recover flue-gas heat; Design of heat exchangers tubes; Features of heat exchangers.

Focuses on the installation of a wet/dry cooling system at West cogeneration plant located in Frankfurt, Germany. Original design of plant; Why system is installed; Features of system; Operation of circulating water system; How cooling air enters cooling system.

Focuses on the installation of a wet/dry cooling system at the Exeter Energy Project in Sterling, Connecticut. Inclusion of surface condenser, cooling tower in system; Description of system.

Looks at the use of wet/dry hybrid cooling systems when neither a wet nor dry system can work alone in power plants. Separate operations of most hybrid cooling installations; How a series of configured hybrid system works; Description of hybrid cooling systems.

Focuses on the Schwarze Pumpe Power Station located in the Brandenburg region in former East Germany. Station commissioned to be built in 1996 or 1997; Use of natural draft wet towers to cool generating units; Height of towers; Features of towers.

Discusses the precast concrete cooling tower serving the Cope powerplant in Cope, South Carolina. Features and size of powerplant; Erection of concrete members in three months.

States that wet cooling is a more efficient method of rejecting a powerplant's waste heat, because water is a more efficient coolant than air. Types of wet systems specified for powerplants; Description of once-through and evaporative systems; How cooling works.

Focuses on the Uran powerplant near Bombay which is owned by India's Maharashtra State Electricity Board. Order of two air cooled condensers for plant; Features of plant; Conversion of previous processes to a combined cycle mode.

Features the Trakya combined-cycle plant in Hamitabad, Turkey, where irrigation of farmland consumes most of the scarce fresh water supply. Largest dry cooled plant in the world; Use of two separate indirect dry `Heller' Systems; Operating costs of systems; Year plant was commissioned to be built; Features and description of plant.

Focuses on a combined cycle plant in Linden New Jersey which has heat rejection systems. Use of dry cooling in plant; Year plant was commissioned to be built; Description and features of plant; Installation of a low noise air moving system to meet local requirements for noise.

Reports on the use of dry cooling as a common solution for powerplant heat rejection. How dry cooling allows developers to place their plants near fuel resources; Elimination of hazards associated with wet cooling towers; Types of dry cooling; Description of dry cooling.

Reports that coal tar distillation firm Bitmac Ltd. will build an environment-friendly energy facility in Middlesbrough, England.