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Monday, July 2, 2012

Power Digital July 2012 Issue


In the July 2012 Issue:
Coal Combustion
Optimizing Catalyst Performance Lowers O&M Costs
This detailed case study looks at how targeting specific chemicals to specific regions on the steam generator allows direct management of multiple environmental control and generator maintenance issues. The process described also significantly extends catalyst life in selective catalytic reduction systems.
Power in India: Opportunities and Challenges in a Fast-Growing Market
Though India?s booming economy is the envy of many Western nations, the country faces several roadblocks to developing sufficient power generation and delivery infrastructure to drive that expanding economy. Some obstacles can be tackled internally with changes in policy and workforce development; others, including global coal prices, will be harder to remove.
Performance-Based Cooling Water Treatment
Daily cycling + less-than-ideal makeup water = operating challenges. This case study explains how one combined cycle plant transitioned to a data-driven, performance- based cooling water treatment program that is saving it six figures in treatment costs while increasing steam turbine output.
Innovation Required as Gas Displaces Coal
As expected, low U.S. natural gas prices and high shale gas reserves dominated the keynote session discussion at May?s ELECTRIC POWER Conference, but keynote speakers and panelists also looked ahead to industry innovations and the need to preserve all options for generation diversity.
Utility Perspectives on Ramping Up Renewable Power
As federal sweeteners are taken off the table, utilities are leaning on cheap solar as their easiest option for advancing renewables in the near future.

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