Plant maintenance is crucial to supporting safe and efficient operations.

September 23, 2022

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 Engineering […]
October 20, 2021

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 and […]
May 11, 2021

Controlling Total Solids Concentrations

Total Suspended Solids, Total Dissolved Solids, and Total Solids Concentration Throughout various industries, control of water quality is critical to the proper operation of equipment and […]
January 21, 2021
Two power plant workers with documentation

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 training […]
January 21, 2019
Settling Pond

Water Purity has Reached New Limits!

Processes 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 […]
October 9, 2018
Ice forming of a pipe

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 leaks […]
February 9, 2018
Experienced Power Plant Worker with Valve for Training

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 fix […]
February 6, 2018
Engineer wearing hard hat and safety vest, using radio to communicate with power plant operators.

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 maintenance […]