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Improve Baghouse Performance with Custom Filtration Media
Dust collection plays a vital role for safe and efficient power plant operation. There are a number of dust collection options available to plant designers, and baghouses have gained wide acceptance. The
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Plant Design
Combined Heat and Power: A Sleeping Giant May Be Waking
One of the oldest energy efficiency ideas—combined heat and power—is prospering in the U.S. and looks promising elsewhere as the world searches for low-cost energy by increasing efficiency while lowering
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Plant Design
Building Puerto Rican Resiliency with LPG-Fueled Engines
After Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico in ruins, the ProCaribe liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) hub continued to operate, ensuring vital energy resources were available even in the wake of this
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Rapid Advancements for Fast Nuclear Reactors
Fast neutron reactor systems have the potential to extract 60 times more energy from uranium compared to existing thermal reactors, and they contribute to a significant reduction in the burden of radioactive
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Carbon Capture
The Pursuit and Advancement of Carbon Capture and Storage
As the world grapples with climate change concerns, carbon capture and storage could be the holy grail for continued fossil fuel use. Projects have come online that prove its feasibility, but costs can be
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Energy at a Cellular Level: Battery Storage Shows Plenty of Power
Battery storage technology has moved in fits and starts, but today experts note that rapid advances make it difficult for safety standards to keep pace. Developers of storage systems are designing projects to
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Solar
Cost-Effective Solutions for Boosting Solar Farm Production
It makes sense that solar panels would perform better when positioned to capture more direct sunlight, but the cost of adding tracking systems has not always penciled out. Costs have come down, however, and
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High-Purity Boiler Water pH Measurement
Water quality monitoring and control are two of the most critical operations that power plants employ to protect assets, such as boilers and steam turbines, from corrosion by assuring the correct addition of
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Solving Renewable Transmission Constraints with Water Infrastructure
One of the largest hurdles to delivering substantial amounts of renewable energy is transmission constraints. Los Angeles’ current in-basin transmission infrastructure is based largely on delivering power
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Equipment Showcase: Diesel and Gas Generators
The market for mobile and smaller-scale power generation continues to grow. Commercial and industrial sites are using generators to produce their own power, often to ensure a constant flow of electricity in