Oil-Filled Transformer Explosions - Power Engineering
WEBNov 1, 2008 · Large Transformer Explosion Prevention. Consider a 200 MVA transformer (5.75 meters long, 3.25 meters high and 2.5 meters wide): An electrical arc (11.5 MJ-arc generating about 3.4 m3 of gas ...
Cooling Tower Heat Transfer 101 - Power Engineering
WEBJul 1, 2010 · The first step is to determine the energy balance around the tower. 3. Utilizing algebra, the fact that m a1 = m a2, and that a mass balance on the water flow is m 4 = m 3 — (W 2 —W 1 )*m a ...
Op-ed: What's the verdict on ammonia as fuel or as hydrogen …
WEBMar 26, 2021 · Take, for example, a 1 Ton Per Day (TPD) ammonia operation. If utilized as fuel, 2% of the ammonia would be used for the operation of the SCR and the remaining 98% would produce 191 kW of energy ...
Outage Management 101: Identify, Plan, Execute, Review - Power …
WEBDec 2, 2015 · Make sure that adequate personnel are dedicated full time to the planning process. Otherwise, planners will get pulled away and end up doing stand-in work as supervisor, craftsperson or parts-chaser.
Wind Turbine Lubrication and Maintenance: Protecting …
WEBMay 1, 2013 · Photo courtesy of Siemens. Turbine lubrication, however, is just one part of the process of maintaining equipment at wind power farms. Dennis Pruett, who leads Services Global Operations for GE ...
Advancements in Wind Turbine Technology: Improving Efficiency …
WEBMar 14, 2014 · Alstom’s ECO 100 wind uses a 122-meter rotor, which is a nearly 40 percent increase from the 100-meter rotor used on the same turbine less than five years ago.
Cooling Tower Heat Transfer Fundamentals - Power Engineering
WEBJul 12, 2017 · Outline of Cooling Tower Process. A very important concept for understanding cooling tower heat transfer is that of “wet bulb” temperature. Consider a warm summer day with 90°F shade ...
Proper Steam Bypass System Design Avoids Steam Turbine …
WEBJun 1, 2003 · Steam Bypass in the field. The Intergen North America Standard Plants used at the Cottonwood (Texas), Redbud (Oklahoma) and Magnolia (Mississippi) sites feature 1x1x1 configurations utilizing GE ...
Making the case for utility electric boilers in power plant carbon ...
WEBApr 13, 2021 · Even the U.S., which recently rejoined the Paris Agreement, has targets for American businesses to achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and a net-zero economy by 2050. While the ...
Scrubber myths and realities - Power Engineering
WEBJan 1, 1995 · Reality: Scrubber costs have been greatly exaggerated. Numerous studies show that scrubbers are often one of the cheapest SO2 control options to install and operate, in either new or retrofit high ...
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