Power

Monthly Issue | April 15, 2006

Western coal rush
Western coal rush

  —Dr. Robert Peltier, PE Editor-in-Chief The hot hand in coal-fired power plant development is undoubtedly held by Nevada. In a departure from Sin City's latest marketing slogan, "What happens…


Howdy . . . and welcome!

During the 17 years I've lived in Texas, I don't know that I've actually heard anyone say, "Howdy!" but it seemed like the most appropriate word to associate POWER with…


Keeping condensers clean
Keeping condensers clean

There's a relatively easy way to make a steam plant more efficient and reliable: keep the tubes of its condenser(s) clean. According to George Saxon, Jr., VP of international sales…


Giant GE GT goes global  
Giant GE GT goes global  

In late February, the largest gas turbine ever manufactured by GE Energy at its Belfort plant in France began a 30-day journey by land and sea that will take it…


Siemens units keep pace
Siemens units keep pace

Earlier this February, Siemens Power Generation's (SPG's) factory in Berlin delivered its 500th gas turbine. The SGT5-4000F (Figure 2), formerly called the V94.3A, is nominally rated at 270 MW and…


Monster moisture separators
Monster moisture separators

Thermal Engineering International (TEI) (USA) Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.)—a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc. (Danvers, Mass.)—recently shipped two of the largest pressure vessels in the company's 90-year history. The…


Designing steam cycles to avoid corrosion
Designing steam cycles to avoid corrosion

U.S. power producers and owners of industrial steam systems each spend about $15.4 billion annually to combat corrosion in their plants. Scale and deposits are thought to be responsible for…