If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then, every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent ...

It is common knowledge that coal-fired power plant construction has come to a nearly complete standstill, and that many older coal plants are being or will be retired. The popular replacement will be ...

Most power plants use some form of condenser performance-monitoring protocol. Some of those protocols are deficient because the proper instrumentation is not installed to collect the necessary data.

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This may not sound like much, but such improvement can be very valuable. In this first part of a two-part series, we will examine basic ideas behind the importance of condenser heat transfer, and in ...

In Part I of this two-part report we examined the various chemical forces at work in condenser tube leaks, the steam plant components placed at risk, and the suite of instrumentation most capable of ...

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Traditionally, HVAC contractors, maintenance, and homeowners alike have turned to coil cleaner and water to clean condenser and evaporative HVAC coils, but over the last decade, steam cleaning has ...