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Upgrading a 1970s-era generator control system to new millennium technology in 12 days during a three-week shutdown would require careful planning and teamwork under any circumstances. The quick replacement of the governor and control system at the PT Inco smelter’s hydroelectric generation system is even more impressive because the facility is located in the middle [...]
Posted in Power generation, Power system
| Tagged generator control system, hydroelectric generation, hydroelectric generation system, hydropower stations, Power generation, POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, power station
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What do you do when your research institution is losing roughly half a million dollars annually as a result of multiple electricity outages—and electricity demand keeps rising? If you’re the Illinois Institute of Technology, you turn the challenge into a campuswide learning experience by teaming with the Galvin Electricity Initiative and other experts to design [...]
Posted in Power generation, Power system
| Tagged electricity outages, Electricity Supply, multiple electricity outages, Power Interruptions, power supply, Power system
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Investor-owned electric utilities are chartered to provide cost-effective and reliable electric service. An important element in ensuring the reliability of the electric system is a proactive preventive maintenance program. One of the tools available to identify areas of possible failure is the thermal imaging camera, which can capture an image and rapidly display areas of [...]
Posted in Power system
| Tagged electric system, electrical control panel, thermal images, Thermal Imaging, thermal imaging camera, Thermal Imaging Data
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This guide offers suggestions from a control system engineering perspective for protecting power-generating units that are determined to be critical cyber assets
In June 2006, the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)—Cyber Security 1 were adopted. The roots of these standards can be traced back to the U.S. Energy Policy Act [...]
Posted in Power system, power plants
| Tagged Control Systems, Cyber Security, power plant, power-generating units, protecting power-generating
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Tuning power plant controls takes nerves of steel and an intimate knowledge of plant systems gained only by experience. Tuning controls also requires equal parts art and science, which probably is why there are so few tuning experts in the power industry. In Part I of a two-part series, we explore a mix of the [...]
Posted in Power system, power plants
| Tagged Boiler-Tuning, Boiler-Tuning Basics, plant systems, Power industry, power plant controls, tuning boiler controls, Tuning controls, Tuning power plant
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The Siemens Sector Energy has secured a contract from Iraq for the supply of key components for the expansion of the country’s power system. The purchaser is the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity. The order volume is approximately US$2 billion. Siemens is supplying a total of 16 gas turbines with a total capacity of 3150 MW.
The company’s [...]
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The transport and logistics branch of the French Railways, Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais (SNCF) has confirmed a contract with Bombardier Transportation to supply 80 interoperable diesel electric BOMBARDIER TRAXX F140 DE locomotives, with an initial order of 45 locomotives.
The value of this firm order is estimated at approximately US$203 million. The first delivery [...]
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Over the past decade, power plant control systems have evolved from DCScentered platforms with proprietary software, to open systems using industry standard hardware and software, and then to totally integrated plant automation systems with almost unlimited connectivity and the ability to interrogate field instruments from many different manufacturers. What’s next?
Today’s power plant control room is evolving [...]
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Rolls-Royce has won a US$166.9 million contract to provide power and propulsion equipment, including four gas turbines, for two of the world’s largest warships — the U.K.’s new 65 000 tonne aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. The company is supplying the MT30 gas turbine as part of an integrated system [...]
Posted in Power system, gas turbines
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Distributed control systems are powerful assets for new and modernized power plants. Thanks to three product generations of technology innovations, these systems now provide new benefits including improved O&M efficiency, greater plant design flexibility, and improved process control and asset reliability—that help competitive plants advance in the game.
With nearly 30 years of evolution—and three fundamental technology [...]
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