Online: Meeting Your Training Needs Your staff may require training, perhaps to meet an annual certification requirement. But, what do you when it isn't possible to gather everyone in a … Read More
Coal Blending to Maintain Competitiveness Coal-fired generating stations receive and burn millions of tons of coal per year. The cost of this coal is the single largest operating expense of … Read More
Part 3 of Series: Level Control and Feedwater Heater Problems This is the third and final blog in a three-part series about identifying issues with feedwater heaters. The series discusses why feedwater heaters are important … Read More
Part 2 of Series: Determining the Health of Feedwater Heaters This is the second blog in a three-part series about identifying issues with feedwater heaters. The series discusses why feedwater heaters are important to efficient … Read More
Part 1 of Series: Why Do Plants Require Feedwater Heaters? Today’s blog is the first in a three-part series about identifying issues with feedwater heaters. Over the next few weeks, the series will discuss why … Read More
Electric Grid Reliability and Resiliency 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 … Read More
VARs Explained in 300 Words, Without Equations or Vector Analysis In my experience working at Power Plants, operators generally fall into two categories when it comes to understanding reactive power (VARs): This who sort of … Read More
Power Plant Training in Protective Relays A protective relay activates in the electrical distribution system, sending a trip signal. Switchgear circuit breakers trip. An entire bus is lost. Equipment shuts down. … Read More
Power Plant Arc Flash Training Do you need an Arc Flash Power Plant Training Program at your facility? Probably. The harder questions to answer usually include: Read More
