Rankine Cycle Power Plant Control Room Operators, Supervisors, and Managers must be familiar with integrated turbine-boiler control. All Rankine Cycle plants must coordinate the control …

In this article, we will discuss waste heat. The process of burning fuel in a boiler to generate steam has many inefficiencies. 

A report published in Industrial Safety and Hygiene News estimated that every day in the U.S. there are up to 10 arc flash incidents, which …

This blog is Part 2 of a three-part series.  Part 1 covered the impact of fuel cost on heat rate.  This blog covers the impact …

The control of unit efficiency in a power plant requires a team effort from operators, maintenance personnel, engineers, and the support of plant management.

Basically, a microprocessor controls the direction and magnitude of a LOT of electrical signals.

Greenhouse gases and global warming have, over time, become accepted as the reason for Climate Change.

Incomplete combustion occurs in a coal-fired unit’s furnace when insufficient oxygen (O2) is available during fuel combustion. “Excess Air” is the amount of O2 available …

For most of us born before 1990, controls or logic diagrams remind us of Indiana Jones trying to decipher some ancient scroll.