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The POWER Interview: Modeling Solutions for the Future of Energy

August 31, 2022 admin Business, clean energy, data, didem cataloglu, digitization, direxyon technologies, engineering, esg, Instrumentation & Controls, Interview, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:43:42 +0000

Utilities function in the present but must always plan for the future. That’s even more true today, as the rapid pace of change with power generation technologies, and the transition to cleaner forms of energy, means utilities—whether they deal with electricity, natural gas, water, transportation, or are a municipality that pays attention to all those […]

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Station Life Extension Through Coal-to-Gas Conversion

August 1, 2022 admin Canada, Coal, coal to gas, conversion, energy transition, engineering, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, International, natural gas, news

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:13:39 +0000

A project executed from conception through commissioning with the ideals of shared risk and shared success offers a unique approach to project execution, which could be replicated to keep other power plants in

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The POWER Interview: SMR Growth Tied to Plan for Nuclear Waste

July 27, 2022 admin crichlow, engineering, Interview, Nuclear, nuclear waste, power interview

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:22:30 +0000

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, based on research from Stanford University and the University of British Columbia, addressed the problem of nuclear waste from small modular reactors (SMRs). The study said that many designs for SMRs would increase the amount of nuclear waste in need of disposal, […]

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Ferris State University’s Construction Management Program Expands Its MEP Courses

July 22, 2022 admin Construction, education, electrical, engineering, ferris state university, full coverage, mechanical, news, plumbing, Technology, trades, Training, workforce

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:12:31 +0000

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The Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) trades make up a significant portion of a construction project’s budget, and MEP scope continues to grow in complexity and size as we get further into the 21st century. Depending on the type of project, the MEP scope can account for upwards of a third of an overall project’s […]

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Kairos Commissions Molten Salt Coolant Production Plant for High-Temperature Nuclear Reactors

July 21, 2022 admin advanced reactors, Business, engineering, flibe, fluoride salts, kairos power, materion, molten salt, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:14:15 +0000

Kairos Power, an advanced nuclear reactor developer, has commissioned a molten salt purification plant (MSPP) that will produce “large quantities” of a high-purity coolant for reactors based on its fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR) technology. The MSPP, one of the largest of its kind, is located at materials supplier Materion Corp.’s campus in Elmore, Ohio. […]

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Harnessing Cooling Tower Plumes to Provide Purified Water

July 1, 2022 admin Business, cooling towers, engineering, EPA, full coverage, infinite cooling, mit, netl, news, power plants, Research and Development, Technology, top plant, Water, water loss, water panel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:16:00 +0000

A novel technology that is surprisingly simple in principle promises to significantly reduce water consumption in evaporative cooling tower systems by capturing water from cooling tower plumes. Sonal Patel

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NASA Picks Three Nuclear Power Concepts for Demonstration on the Moon

June 23, 2022 admin battelle, Business, engineering, fission, fission surface power, full coverage, inl, lunar power, microreactor, nasa, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, space power, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:38:28 +0000

Three teams comprising some of the most prominent engineering and technology firms in the U.S. will provide initial designs for a fission surface power (FSP) system as part of a federal project to demonstrate a 40-kW nuclear reactor for power applications on the moon. NASA and Battelle Energy Alliance—the contracted entity that manages and operates […]

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Southern Co. Gas-Fired Demonstration Validates 20% Hydrogen Fuel Blend

June 16, 2022 admin Business, dln, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, Georgia Power, hydrogen, m501g, mitsubishi power, natural gas fuel blend, nedo, news, plant mcdonough-atkinson, Research and Development, Southern Co., Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:50:51 +0000

A demonstration project at Georgia Power’s 2.5-GW natural gas–fired Plant McDonough-Atkinson facility has validated a natural gas fuel blend with 20% hydrogen by volume on one of its six Mitsubishi Power advanced-class gas turbines. The test, one of the largest of its kind to date, provided an approximately 7% reduction in carbon emissions compared to […]

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DOD Picks BWXT Design for ‘Project Pele’ Prototype Nuclear Microreactor

June 9, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, BWXT, defense microreactor, dod, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, htgr, microreactor, news, Nuclear, project pele, Research and Development, Safety, sco, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:10:44 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has picked BWX Technologies’ (BWXT’s) microreactor design for its “Project Pele” full-scale transportable prototype. The selection closes out a much-watched contest with X-energy for the contract from the DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) to build and operate what could be the nation’s first advanced microreactor. Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT will now […]

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Advantages of Leak Detection Technology in Power Plants

June 9, 2022 admin Business, combustion turbine, engineering, full coverage, Gas, leak detection, lubrication, news, O&M, Oil, Safety, Technology, transformers

Credit to Author: Jon Irvine| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:35:15 +0000

The first step to solving a problem is recognizing that one is present. An operations team cannot adequately put a sufficient maintenance plan in place if there is no awareness that maintenance is required. One particular area that used to suffer much more regularly from this lack of diagnosis in a power plant setting is […]

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