March 11, 2019
A Personal Story In my career in the power utility business I have had many different jobs. In the winter of 1981-82, in the wake of […]
November 9, 2018
The largest single cost of operation of a power plant is fuel, and the amount of fuel burned is affected directly by the efficiency of the […]
September 20, 2018
What is Technology Transfer for FCS? People often ask about what FCS means when we talk about technology transfer; specifically, how does it differ from training. […]
July 16, 2018
There are a wide variety of gas turbines in service and planned in the power utility industry. That variety includes: Age – from the early 1970s […]
June 1, 2018
Cost Justification Justifying training and qualification programs for operators in combined cycle power plants is difficult in comparison to older coal-fired Rankine cycle power plants. One […]
March 8, 2018
There have been many changes in the power utility business over the last 40 years, including deregulation and imposition of air emissions regulations. With all these […]
December 8, 2017
The Problem Over the last ten years, many of coal-fired power plants have been shut down, and many more are scheduled for “retirement.” The common scenario […]