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Gear damage can occur long before a failure, and even moderate damage can be difficult to detect with shaft vibration probes and bearing temperature probes. Gear manufacturers continue to increase power densities, and more complex, integrally geared ...

A microgrid, the capability to self-generate, has been around for decades. However, the microgrid of today is new in how it continuously manipulates its load in order to fiscally optimize generation.

In addition to fiscal optimization, self-generation ...

I’m sure you know all about fracking – or at least you’ve read a lot about it. My daily news feeds are full of it, even though I’ve never entered it as a search term.

It comes up in articles about the latest power generation ...

President Obama’s second term cabinet nominees have been named, and as far as the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency go, the response has been pretty good.

Gina McCarthy, Obama’s pick to head the EPA, ...

Background
Some units return from a major turbine generator outage and experience new and unprecedented sub-synchronous vibration, preventing a normal return to operation. If these issues are not recognized and addressed properly, ...

Have you ever had a situation where you were so sure of yourself that even the laws of physics had to bow to your superior intellect? In my experience, the little engineer alarm bells always go off when I think I have it nailed too early in the game. ...

Electric power generation requires reliable access to large volumes of water, primarily for cooling of thermal power plants. In the future, the power industry is expected to face increased competition for rights to both water withdrawals and consumption. ...

As I mentioned in my December 2012 editor’s note, President Obama’s re-election opened the door for new appointments to his cabinet, one of which will be a new Energy Secretary.

Secretary Steven Chu announced he would be leaving ...

Ball bearings are a type of rolling element bearing which consist of a number of hard spheres that run in races, or tracks, in two concentric rings. Hydrodynamic fluid film bearings consist of a rotating shaft that runs in a close clearance cylindrical ...

There are more than 15 testing labs, 10 turbine oil manufacturers, 7 varnish mitigation manufacturers, hundreds of vendors and numerous consultants who want to help you with your varnish and lubrication issues. How do you navigate through the plethora ...

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The May issue of Energy-Tech featured an article on microgrid planning and technology. Want to learn more? Check out this TEDx talk in Black Rock City. Everyone’s in beach wear and the stage is a little wild, but the presentation is still interesting. ...

In the second of the original Star Wars films, “The Empire Strikes Back”, at one point Yoda says, “Always in motion is the future.” Such is the case of the power industry on many different fronts.

One of these involves ...

In the fall of 2012, Alstom’s Turbine and Generator Services and APCom divisions successfully provided a broad, and somewhat unique, variety of field services to PPL Generation’s Brunner Island Unit 1. As a construction management company, ...

In 2011, SCE&G personnel had the unique opportunity and challenge to utilize core processes and expertise in meeting BSC’s business need to build a large solar generator on the rooftop of a new Dreamliner aircraft final assembly building ...

Laser system with Continuous Sweep allows turbine coupling checks with two measurements to be completed in as little as 6 minutes instead of 6 hours. The time savings can be further increased by using multiple laser systems for each coupling and having ...

The availability of fresh water for power plant makeup and cooling continues to decline. In addition, environmental regulators are placing tighter limitations on the methods by which water is obtained and discharged for and from industrial processes. ...

I recently attended the annual Cooling Technology Institute (CTI) winter meeting. This latest gathering of world-class cooling system experts again offered up-to-date information on cooling tower issues, particularly with regard to design, operation ...

Spring is right around the corner – do you know what you’re doing this summer? As you make vacation reservations, plan home improvement projects and think about a couple long-weekend trips, don’t forget to register for the 2013 ASME ...

Introduction
Fluidized bed combustion for biomass
When generating steam with bio-power applications, such as boilers combusting biomass, the quality of the fuel may become a challenge. Biomass fuel tends to be non-homogenous ...

In this day and age, power plants often face many challenges, including the age and degradation of their equipment. Generators might be condemned due to operating events that lead to major damage.  When this happens, options and answers can be ...

In today’s utility business environment, utility planners, operators and chemists face special challenges in providing equipment protection during plant layups.

In many plants, equipment is aging and more vulnerable to damage. An increasing ...

Pump Solutions Group (PSG^®) announced the acquisition of Ebsray Pumps Pty. Limited, located in Brookvale, Australia. Ebsray, a manufacturer of pumps for a wide range of industrial applications, ...

TAS Energy, a technology company providing clean, economic power solutions by focusing on the energy efficiency and renewable markets, named J.T. Grumski President & CEO of TAS Energy.

Prior to joining ...

The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals to participate in the review process of a new standard entitled Rotary Condition ...

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recently certified the Tranter Mexico Operation quality assurance system in accordance with international guidelines. The Certificate ...

Martin Engineering and the CCC Group have formed a strategic alliance specifically to design and manufacture state-of-the-art conveyor solutions for engineered transfer ...

Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies recently promoted two company executives to top leadership positions.

The Universal AET Board of Directors elected Dick Strojinc as executive vice president. ...

Pump Solutions Group, PSG^®, a business unit within Dover Corp., named Chris Distaso as director of Engineering for its Grand Terrace facility, which is located in Grand Terrace, Calif. Distaso will ...

As of Jan. 1, 2013, both Impact Sensors and Impact Systems UK were renamed Poseidon Systems.

While all company ownership and staff remains the same as Impact Sensors/Systems, its new name reflects the ...

Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. announced it was awarded a contract for the design and supply of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems, including Hitachi’s proprietary catalyst with Xcel ...

Oil Filtration Systems announced a new series of oil purification equipment to remove varnish from hydraulic and lubrication oils. By utilizing the two leading varnish mitigation technologies, a single ...

A portable tube fin removal tool that rapidly peels the fin and bevels the tube end in one-step for repairing and replacing tubes in heat recovery steam generators is available from ESCO Tool.

The Fin ...

Dresser-Rand, a supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power, and process industries, sold its 1,000th DATUM^® centrifugal compressor — the new DATUM I ...

Bionomic Industries Inc., a manufacturer of air pollution abatement, product and heat recovery technologies, released its Series 7000/8000 in a new version – a fully integrated pre-engineered package ...

PSG’s Maag Industrial Pumps introduced its S Series line of twin screw pumps.

The S Series screw pumps are part of Maag’s newly created Industrial Pumps platform, which also features both external ...

A portable end prep tool for heavy wall stainless steel pipe and hard to machine alloys that pulls a thick chip without cutting oils for producing superior welds is available from Esco Tool.

The Millhog^® ...