September 4, 2018
What are grid reliability and grid resiliency? Most of us understand grid reliability to be the ability of the power system to deliver electricity in the […]
August 28, 2018
What is Coal? The word coal describes many different types of rocklike materials, which contain complex hydrocarbons and organic compounds in varying mixtures. It is important […]
August 20, 2018
When shift changeover happens and the off-going crew leaves, does the oncoming shift have a plan for the shift? If a procedure is in progress, does […]
August 15, 2018
Coal is a mined material. Because it naturally occurs, it has a lot of contaminants that are mined with the coal. Radioactive isotopes, silica, arsenic, chromium, […]
August 6, 2018
Thermal Energy Storage Systems are used to collect thermal energy and use that the energy at a later time for heating, cooling, or power generation. These […]
July 26, 2018
Operational excellence is a term that has been used for some time to describe a business philosophy of producing consistent, reliable results. Operational excellence programs can […]
July 20, 2018
I recently saw a poster in a buddy’s garage that said, “Every 20-minute job is a broken bolt away from becoming a 3-day ordeal” and I […]
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 […]