Valve Packing: Understanding Packing for Maintenance “Valves and actuators make up a small part of a power station – perhaps only two or three percent by capital cost,” according to Power … Read More
Scale: Its Causes and Effects The presence of scaling in water systems at power plants, heating, and cooling plants, and other process facilities can reduce plant efficiency by blocking flow … Read More
Controlling Total Solids Concentrations Throughout various industries, control of water quality is critical to the proper operation of equipment and for maintaining compliance with Environmental Protection Agency standards. Read More
Upgrading your Plant: Is Vendor Training Enough? As reported in the revealing and comprehensive 2017 maintenance survey, “Help wanted: More training, equipment upgrades,” published by Plant Engineering[1], equipment upgrades and more maintenance … Read More
Water Purity has Reached New Limits! Power Plants, Steel Plants, Petroleum Plants, Paper Mills, so on and so forth; all depend on the processes that define what they are producing. Each … Read More
Protecting Equipment from Cold Weather As winter weather approaches, operators and plant management must remain vigilant in preventing freezing of their equipment. Frozen piping systems can result in ruptures and … Read More
Knowledge Transfer is Critical in Power Plant Training An industry proverb tells the story of retired mechanic who once maintained a specialized machine. When the machine wouldn’t start, no one knew how to … Read More
Computerized Maintenance Management Software Handwritten maintenance schedules are a thing of the past. They have been for quite some time. In their stead, countless software companies have developed computerized … Read More