Recent Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) research aims to better understand the potential of process control enhancements, such as load control, sliding pressure control, and steam temperature ...

A century-plus of steam-generated power production has shown the importance of water and steam chemistry. Just one boiler tube failure in a conventional unit or heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) ...

The operating profiles of traditional generators has changed to manage the variability of renewable resources. Several critical processes were not engineered to manage these highly variable operating ...

Starting with the sensor, measuring and controlling temperature is an essential building block of process industries. Automatic control in continuous processes uses industrial control systems to ...

Photo taken of the Emerson Exchange Immerse event in Anaheim, California. James Nyenhuis, Solutions Consultant at Emerson, noted the unprecedented changes happening in the power sector. The U.S.

The ISA-77 series of standards and technical reports provides essential guidance for the automation, control and safe operation of fossil fuel power plants. These documents define functional ...

Pellet extrusion is under increasing pressure to reduce energy use and material waste while maintaining consistent pellet ...