The visible consequences of sulfuric acid aerosol emissions—opaque stack emissions called "blue plumes"—are merely the tip of an iceberg. In sufficient concentration, SO3 also can increase corrosion and fouling of…
Power
Monthly Issue | October 15, 2006
U.S. electricity consumption continues to increase almost 2% annually. As the load growth spurs calls for new power plants and transmission lines, it's easy to forget the impact of the…
More top utilities are making plans to add one or more integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) plants to their generation portfolios over the next decade. Some 25 separate projects are on…
As load growth on U.S. transmission and distribution grids continues to shrink reserve margins nationwide, utilities are looking for new ways to meet demand peaks. Until recently, the most elegant…
Consult the Guinness Book of World Records if you want to know which monster truck has made the highest jump ("Bigfoot 14"—24 feet) or the length of the longest freight…
In his keynote speech this May to the Global Roundtable on Climate Change, held in Iceland and hosted by the Earth Institute of Columbia University, Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson—the president of…
INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROLS Upgrading to digital--twice The E.W. Brown Generating Station of Kentucky Utilities (KU) is located in the town of Burgin, about 30 miles southwest of Lexington. The plant's three generating…
Most sponsors of bid solicitations seek to attract the maximum number of high-quality bids. Basic economic principles tell us that the greater the number of respondents to a solicitation, the…
Controlling combustion often has been likened to a black art rather than a science. The physics of burning coal are as well understood as the design of steam generators. The…
Although coal continues to fuel about 50% of U.S. electricity production, coal-fired generation has spent the past few years in the wilderness. Burning coal has become synonymous—at least in public…