Power Engineering articles from November 2005

Power Engineering archives from November 2005

DSM to the rescue?( demand-side management programs)(Column)
November 1, 2005... Americans love to refer to their country in lofty, idealistic terms. When we hear, "land of the free," "home of the brave," or "sweet land of liberty," our chests reflexively puff out and the strains of patriotism involuntarily ripple through...

Energy lessons from Rita and Katrina.(VIEW ON RENEWABLES)
November 1, 2005... As the aftershocks of both Hurricane Katrina and Rita break across U.S. energy markets, with gasoline prices reaching $3/gallon, and with home heating oil and natural gas prices projected to reach all-time highs this winter, it has become clear...

Committee supports radiation risk estimates.(NUCLEAR REACTIONS)(National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation report)(report on the health effects of exposure to low linear-energy-transfer radiation)
November 1, 2005... In late June the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) released the seventh of its ongoing series of reports, known as BEIR VII. The purpose of the report was to...

Intelligent sootblowing keeps getting smarter.(boiler cleaning techonogy by Applied Synergistic, Inc. )
November 1, 2005... Intelligent sootblowing, a concept that has been around since the early 1990s, has evolved to a point where "brilliant" might describe it better. Better boiler cleaning technology dramatically enhances performance of old coal-fired power plants...

FGD in a bottle.(UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... Sometimes thinking outside the box can put you inside a bottle. That's what engineers and constructors from TIC--The Industrial Company (TIC), Bibb and Associates, Inc. (Bibb) and T.E. Ibberson Company (Ibberson) learned as they brainstormed...

Wet compression technology not ambient condition-dependent.(UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... When facing combustion turbine upgrades, power generators should consider all turbine inlet cooling (TIC) technologies, including wet compression, says John Kraft, president of Caldwell Energy Company. Wet compression technology is defined on...

Group intends to fund $250 million in renewable energy projects.(US Renewables Group )
November 1, 2005... A California-based firm announced in October an initial close of $80 million in funding as part of its plan to raise a total of $250 million in financing to acquire, develop and operate renewable energy and clean fuel assets. Founded in 2003 to...

Peabody Energy.(acquired 30% stake in Econo-Power International Corporation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Peabody Energy will purchase a 30 percent interest in Econo-Power International Corporation, which owns and markets modular coal gasifiers for industrial applications. The firm's Clean Coal Gasification System uses air-blown gasifiers to...

Reliant Energy.(acquired by investor group led by Madison Dearborn Partners and US Power Generating Company)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Reliant Energy has agreed to sell the Astoria, Gowanus and Narrows plants in New York City to an investor group led by Madison Dearborn Partners and US Power Generating Company. The facilities have a combined summer capacity rating of about...

Siemens Power Generation.(acquired Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Siemens Power Generation has acquired Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control, designer and supplier of fabric filters, precipitators, wet and dry scrubbers, and N[O.sub.x] control systems.

New Energy Capital.(acquires Greenville Steam Company)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... New Energy Capital has acquired a majority interest in the Greenville Steam Company, a 16 MW biomass-fired operating power generation facility in Greenville, Maine, from Hafslund, USA.

Maverick Technologies.(acquires Automation Services business of GE Energy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Maverick Technologies has acquired the Automation Services business of GE Energy, expanding Maverick's global presence in the power generation, waste and wastewater, pulp and paper, semiconductor and automotive markets.

Edison Mission Group.(acquires 120 MW wind project in eastern New Mexico from Padoma Windpower)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Edison Mission Group will acquire a 120 MW wind project in eastern New Mexico from Padoma Windpower.

Puget Sound Energy.(acquired development rights to the Wild Horse Wind Power Project from Horizon Wind Energy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Puget Sound Energy has completed the acquisition of development rights to the Wild Horse Wind Power Project from Horizon Wind Energy, formerly Zilkha Renewable Energy, giving Puget 100 percent ownership of the project.

Fluke Electronics Corporation.(acquires Infrared Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Fluke Electronics Corporation has agreed to acquire Infrared Solutions, provider of portable thermography products.

Plymouth Tube Company.(acquired Trent Tube's Cold Work Anneal facility )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Plymouth Tube Company, supplier of specialty carbon, alloy, stainless steel, and nickel alloy tubing, has purchased Trent Tube's Cold Work Anneal facility in East Troy, Wisconsin.

Central Vermont Public Service.(sells its interest in Catamount Energy to Diamond Castle)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Central Vermont Public Service subsidiary Catamount Resources has agreed to sell controlling interest in wind development subsidiary Catamount Energy to investment firm Diamond Castle.

US Renewables Group.(acquires controlling interest in Bottle Rock Power Corporation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... US Renewables Group (USRG) has acquired controlling interest in Bottle Rock Power Corporation, whose principal asset is a 55 MW geothermal power station in Lake County, California. USRG plans to refurbish and restart the facility within the...

Energy Investors Funds.(sold its interests in Crockett Cogeneration facility to GE Energy Financial Services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Energy Investors Funds has sold its 24.3 percent interest in the 240 MW Crockett Cogeneration facility near San Francisco to GE Energy Financial Services. Energy Investors continues to own about 29 percent of the plant and remains a general...

Shell WindEnergy.(plans to acquire NedPower Mount Storm)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Shell WindEnergy plans to purchase NedPower Mount Storm, owner of the Mount Storm Wind Project in Grant County, West Virginia.

American Electric Power.(American Electric Power Company Inc. signed a contract with GE Energy and Bechtel Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... American Electric Power has signed an agreement with GE Energy and Bechtel to begin the front-end engineering design process for a commercial-scale, integrated gasification combined-cycle clean coal plant in the 600 MW range. It represents the...

ALSTOM.(won a contract of CPS Energy of San Antonio)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... ALSTOM has won a contract to design, manufacture and supply an advanced cycle, high-efficiency 750 MW coal-fired boiler with extremely low N[O.sub.x] emissions for the J. K. Spruce 2 power plant owned by CPS Energy of San Antonio, Texas.

Fluor Corp.(awarded contract by Kentucky Utilities Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Fluor Corp. has received a $500 million contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the installation of four new gas desulfurization systems at Kentucky Utilities' Ghent and E.W. Brown plants in northern and...

Acres-Sargent & Lundy and E.S. Fox.(ASLF which is a joint venture of Acres-Sargent & Lundy and E.S. Fox received a contract of Bruce A Nuclear Plant Units )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... A joint venture of Acres-Sargent & Lundy and E.S. Fox (known as ASLF) has been selected to support the Bruce A Nuclear Plant Units 1 & 2 Restart Project in Ontario, Canada. ASLF will provide engineering and construction services to upgrade...

Foster Wheeler.(Foster Wheeler's Global Power Group won a contract fro the joint venture of Hibbing Public Utilities and Virginia Public Utilities in Virginia and BASF FINA Petrochemicals L.P.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Foster Wheeler's Global Power Group has been awarded a contract valued at more than $14 million by a joint venture of Hibbing Public Utilities and Virginia Public Utilities in Virginia, Minnesota, for design and supply of two biomass-fired...

Babcock Power.(subsidiary unit Riley Power Inc. signed contract with American Electric Power Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Babcock Power subsidiary Riley Power Inc. has received a contract for the design and supply of a selective catalytic reduction system for Unit 4 of AEP's Conesville plant in Ohio.

VA TECH HYDRO.(got a contract of Chelan County Public Utility )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... VA TECH HYDRO has been contracted by Chelan County Public Utility to supply and install a generating unit as the first stage of modernizing five generating units in the powerhouse at Rock Island Dam in Washington state.

The PIC Companies.(received contract of New England university's central utility plant)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The PIC Companies has received an O & M services contract for a major New England university's central utility plant with a new 30 MW on-campus cogeneration plant and existing heating and cooling plant. The project includes management,...

Vestas Wind Systems.(got a contract of Puget Sound Energy Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Vestas Wind Systems has won an order to deliver 127 V80 1.8 MW wind turbine units for Puget Sound Energy's Wild Horse project located in Kittitas County, Washington State.

SmartSignal.(Ameren Corp. uses SmartSignal's EPI*Center business intelligence solution)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Ameren will deploy SmartSignal's EPI*Center business intelligence solution at its new performance monitoring center, enabling the utility to monitor the health of equipment on 23 coal-fired units representing more than 9,390 MW using...

PPM Energy.(contracted with GE Energy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... PPM Energy, ScottishPower's competitive U.S. energy business, has agreed to purchase 300 MW of wind turbines from GE Energy for projects in late stage development expected to be built in 2006.

Babcock Power Environmental.(signed an agreement with Austrian Energy & Environment )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Babcock Power Environmental has signed an exclusive agreement with Austrian Energy & Environment (AE & E) to offer AE & E's Turbosorp process to the utility coal-fired boiler market. The Turbosorp circulating fluidized bed scrubber is a dry...

Bear Stearns and Calpine will form CalBear Energy.(Bear Stearns Companies Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Bear Stearns and Calpine will form CalBear Energy, an energy marketing and trading venture focused on natural gas and power trading and related structured transactions.

American Electric Power.(plans to retire Units 1 and 2 at the Conesville power plant)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... American Electric Power has notified regulators that it plans to retire Units 1 and 2 at the Conesville power plant in Conesville, Ohio, at the end of 2005 due to severe boiler tube corrosion fatigue in both units.

Gale Foree Energy.(forms joint venture with Pandoma Wind Power)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Toronto-based wind farm developer Gale Foree Energy has entered into a joint venture with Pandoma Wind Power of California to develop more than 500 MW of wind energy projects across Canada.

SNC-Lavalin Power.(signed contract with Fibrominn to construct power plant)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SNC-Lavalin Power is conducting project engineering, procurement and construction for the first poultry litter-fueled power plant in the United States. The facility, being built by Fibrominn in Benson, Minnesota, will convert about 700,000 tons...

FirstEnergy and Powerspan.(testing carbon dioxide removal technology)(ElectroCatalytic Oxidation (ECO) multi-pollutant control technology)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... FirstEnergy and Powerspan will test a promising carbon dioxide removal technology at FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Plant in Shadyside, Ohio, where Powerspan has successfully demonstrated its ElectroCatalytic Oxidation (ECO) multi-pollutant control...

American Public Power Association.(survey of power utility employees reitements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... An American Public Power Association survey of the public power workforce finds that half of responding utilities project that more than 20 percent of their employees will be eligible to retire within the next five years. Skilled trades were...

Waukesha Engine.(won a contract from Department of Energy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Waukesha Engine has been awarded a $7.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy continuing the company's participation in the Advanced Reciprocating Engine Systems (ARES) program. In the first phase of the ARES program. Waukesha...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2005... The two figures in the story "Coal Quality Counts" which appeared in the October 2005 issue of Power Engineering, contain errors. The labels on two of the lines in Figure 1 on page 40 are reversed. The top line should be labeled "15% ash" and...

GE Energy.(Steve Schneider replaces Mark Little)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Steve Schneider has been named to lead GE Energy's power generation business, replacing Mark Little, who becomes director of GE Global Research. Schneider was most recently president and CEO of GE Asia and GE China.

GE Transportation.(Daniel Heintzelman is president of GE Energy's services business)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Daniel Heintzelman has been named president of GE Energy's services business. He comes to GE Energy from GE Transportation where he has led the aircraft engine services business and succeeds Ricardo Artigas who retires at the end of this year.

Brand Services, Inc.(appointed Del Williamson)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Del Williamson, who retired in February as vice president of sales for GE Energy, has joined the board of directors of Brand Services, Inc.--a JP Morgan Partners company that provides access, safety, insulation and concrete construction...

FuelCell Energy.(appointed R. Daniel Brdar )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... R. Daniel Brdar has been named president and COO of FuelCell Energy, assuming responsibility for the firm's sales and marketing activities.

Black & Veatch Energy.(promoted Dean Oskvig)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Dean Oskvig, COO of Black & Veatch Energy, will become president and CEO effective January 1.

Peabody Energy.(appointed Martin Considine as a vice president)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Martin Considine has been named vice president of technology for Peabody Energy, with responsibility for increasing the use of Peabody's coal reserves for conversion to synthetic natural gas, liquid transportation fuel and hydrogen.

Watlow.(PERSONNEL & PROMOTIONS)(Chris Eichmann appointed as vice president of sales)(Sam Sked appointed as co-director of North American sales)(Scott Voumard appointed as global demand and operations planning manager)(Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... St. Louis-based Watlow, provider of thermal solutions, has named Chris Eichmann vice president of sales. Sam Sked has been named co-director of North American sales and Scott Voumard has been named global demand and operations planning manager....

Lifting Gear Hire.(PERSONNEL & PROMOTIONS)(Tony Fiscelli appointed as general manager )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Tony Fiscelli has been named general manager of Lifting Gear Hire, which specializes in the rental, sales, service, inspection and testing of lifting and winching equipment.

PG & E Corporation.(PERSONNEL & PROMOTIONS)(Peter Darbee promoted as chairman )(Thomas King appointed as president)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... PG & E Corporation President and CEO Peter Darbee has assumed the additional title of chairman of the board for the corporation and its utility unit, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Also, Pacific Gas and Electric Company EVP and CEO Thomas...

DTE Energy.(PERSONNEL & PROMOTIONS)(Gerard Anderson promoted as president and chief executive officer )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Gerard Anderson has been named president and CEO of DTE Energy. He has been president since 2004. Stephen Ewing, formerly group president of the company's DTE Energy gas unit, has been named vice chairman, and Robert Buckler has been named...

Southern California Edison.(PERSONNEL & PROMOTIONS)(John Fielder appointed as president)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... John Fielder has been named president of Southern California Edison, succeeding Robert Foster, who stepped down as president Sept. 30 and will retire year-end.

Roberts & Schaefer.(PERSONNEL & PROMOTIONS)(Mark Collett appointed as vice president of Benetech Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Mark Collett has been named vice president of business development for coal yard solutions provider Benetech. He was most recently vice president of project development for Roberts & Schaefer.

Survey shows people near nuclear plants favor new ones.(UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... A first-of-its-kind survey conducted in August shows that 83 percent of Americans living close to nuclear power plants favor nuclear energy, and 76 percent are willing to see a new reactor built near them. More than 1,100 adults across the...

POWER-GEN: spotlighting the industry; It's Showtime at the sands, where POWER-GEN International will spotlight the latest developments in the industry.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2005... It's Showtime in the Desert--and nowhere are the shows bigger than in Las Vegas. That goes for POWER-GEN International, the world's largest power industry conference and exhibition, which is expected to attract more than 17,000 attendees and...

Handle with care: compared to a decade ago, pipeline natural gas is being delivered with more variable heating values and a greater tendency to form damaging hydrocarbon liquids.
November 1, 2005... The combined-cycle community understands all too well the adverse economic effects of soaring natural gas prices. Rising fuel costs have driven down the average combined-cycle capacity factor to around 30 percent, and have turned many such...

Unearthing hidden treasure: when the weather's hot, there's gold in those combustion turbines, just when you need it the most.(COMBUSTION TURBINE INLET COOLING)
November 1, 2005... Power shortages commonly occur in the United States and in other parts of the world during peak summer demand. Meanwhile, old plants are retired on a fairly frequent basis. In fact, a recent Wall Street Journal story reported that 5,000 to...

The value of steam turbine upgrades: recent technological advances in mechanical and aerodynamic design of the turbine steam path are resulting in higher reliability and efficiency.(STEAM TURBINES)
November 1, 2005... Historically, utility steam turbine design has been driven by the need for high reliability and efficiency. This remains true today, as the current marketplace creates a financial incentive for still higher efficiencies in new units and...

Rebuilding Iraq: an interview with the Iraqi Minister of Electricity explores the status of rebuilding efforts for the country's beleaguered electric power infrastructure.(IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... The government and people of Iraq face immense challenges in establishing and maintaining a power network that can reliably provide electricity to the country in its efforts to promote economic development. Power Engineering magazine recently...

Smart retrofit planning for a hassle-free future: major retrofit projects present an array of challenges that can jeopardize the delivery of an operationally sound unit once work is completed. Good planning and early participation by facility owners and management can ensure good results and prevent years of frustration.(ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION)
November 1, 2005... The power generation industry will likely be involved in a significant number of large construction projects in the next three to five years. Many of these projects will be complex retrofits involving hundreds of workers and millions of...

Priming the product pipeline: listening to the customer is a critical step in the development of products that truly meet industry needs.(PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT)
November 1, 2005... Although electricity is the "product" that governs the power industry, generating and delivering that product relies on a host of other products along the way. Everything from mining equipment and pipelines to gas turbines and emissions control...

Cutler-Hammer Excitation Control Systems.
November 1, 2005... Eaton's Cutler-Hammer[R] ECS2100--The Excitation Control System of Choice by BC Hydro for Seven Mile Dam [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ECS2100--The Digital Advantage Life-Cycle Support * Support for installed base over 30 years...

Silence is golden: today's stand-by gen-sets must be more powerful, more efficient, and produce fewer emissions than their predecessors. And in a growing number of applications, they must make less noise.(GEN-SET NOISE ATTENUATION)
November 1, 2005... Makers of stand-by generators have always had to manage the inherently competing requirements of noise control and heat management. Handling one well tends to make handling the other more difficult. In recent years there have been significant...

Building a market: fuel cell technology is one promising alternative source to conventional electric power generation and is expected to build market share in global power markets.(FUEL CELLS)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2005... Most electricity is generated using conventional technologies, but the use of alternative power sources is rising. Fuel cell technology is one promising alternative to conventional electric power generation. Fuel cell systems are being...

Vulnerable no more: to eliminate unnecessary plant trips, the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Kansas is taking a systematic approach to rooting out component vulnerability.(NUCLEAR POWER)
November 1, 2005... Five plant trips within three years were too many for the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Kansas. The 1163 MW (net) Westinghouse pressurized water reactor facility had amassed an excellent operating record over 20 years, at one time...

Microturbine exec optimistic about growing market acceptance.(NEWS & VIEWS ON DISTRIBUTED GENERATION)
November 1, 2005... Chip Bottone, president of Ingersoll-Rand's Energy Systems Division, thinks microturbine technology has turned the corner and that popularity of the compact, packaged energy systems--comprised of a gas turbine engine, a recuperator and a...

Jenbacher plans to expand specialty fuel use business in U.S.(NEWS & VIEWS ON DISTRIBUTED GENERATION)(Barry Glickman)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... Power Engineering recently posed some questions to Barry Glickman, general manager of GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business, about the company's products and plans for U.S. markets. A global market leader in engines fueled by gases such as...

"Chic" power for a chic address.(NEWS & VIEWS ON DISTRIBUTED GENERATION)
November 1, 2005... A 38-story residential apartment building recently built in New York City has more than 17 kW of solar capacity installed in a variety of locations. It's the latest addition to New York's Battery Park City, a section where all new development...

Microturbine maker's products pass 10 million hours of runtime.
November 1, 2005... Capstone Turbine Corporation announced in September that its installed fleet of MicroTurbine energy systems had surpassed 10 million hours of documented runtime. In November of 2003, the company reported that its installed products had...

First EPA tier 2-certified gen-set in North America now available.(NEWS & VIEWS ON DISTRIBUTED GENERATION)(Caterpillar Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Caterpillar has introduced the first line of diesel-fueled generator sets in North America with EPA Tier 2 certification. The new Cat C32 engine, equipped with ACERT technology, ranges from 900 to 1000 kW and 1000 to 1100 kVA. The packages are...

Fuel cell plant selected for critical federal training facility.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... A 250 kW fuel cell power plant has been chosen to improve power availability at a U.S. training center, where it will help meet security requirements and cope with fluctuating power needs that can triple from one season to the next. FuelCell...

NY power facility hopes to "chip" away at energy prices.(NEWS & VIEWS ON DISTRIBUTED GENERATION)
November 1, 2005... A New York City-based company that develops clean energy facilities that produce electricity for sale to local utilities from renewable fuels and other clean energy sources is developing a project that will convert a 5 MW natural gas-fired...

HRSG User's Group steam-plant workshop.
November 1, 2005... December 6-7, 2005 Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada In conjunction with POWER-GEN International 2005 Tuesday, December 6 Managing the Chemistry Program No matter what water-treatment equipment is installed...

Events.(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... DECEMBER 6-7, Human Resources Planning for the Energy Industry, The Canadian Institute (877/927-7936 x. 404), Calgary, Alberta, Canada 6-8, POWER-GEN International, Penn Well (www.powergen.com), Las Vegas, Nev. 12-15,...

Leak detection program results in MW increase.(FIELD NOTES)
November 1, 2005... THE MIAMI-DADE County Resources Recovery Facility has been turning trash into energy for more than 25 years. Although the owner retrofitted the plant three times in those 25 years, much of the equipment is original. Suspecting that aging...

Turbine controls upgrade yields higher reliability and efficiency.(FIELD NOTES)
November 1, 2005... POWER SUPPLY IS CRITICAL to any paper mill. When a major paper manufacturer found that its early 1980s vintage turbine-generator's unplanned downtime, mostly due to obsolete spare parts and maintenances issues, was jeopardizing one of its...

A power plant's panacea for concrete repair.(FIELD NOTES)
November 1, 2005... POWER PLANT OWNERS SPEND millions of dollars each year on structure maintenance, particularly on concrete repairs. While concrete remains the choice building material for power plant structures, it is not without its problems. Concrete is prone...

Bearing isolator eliminates clinker grinder maintenance.(FIELD NOTES)
November 1, 2005... MANY COAL-FIRED POWER plants have a continuing problem with premature bearing failures on clinker grinders. As with most coal-fired power plants, Georgia Power uses clinker grinders in its ash handling system to crush large lumps of bottom ash...

AC drive.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Yaskawa Electric America Inc. recently announced the availability of the G5HHP AC drive, providing up to 1,750 HP for use in pumps, fans, chillers, mining conveyers, rock crushers/extruders, and more. The G5HHP drive is designed as a modular...

Vibration monitor.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... The new Allen-Bradley XM-720 Machine Vibration Monitor from Rockwell Automation delivers cost-effective monitoring and protection of critical plant-floor assets, while providing manufacturers with a scalable, packaged solution that can be...

Communications module.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Triconex, a unit of Invensys Process Systems, recently announced a new communications module that meets today's user requirements for open and flexible communications integration between safety instrumented systems (SIS) and distributed control...

Air heater baskets.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Paragon Air Heater Technologies has just introduced replacement air heater baskets as the latest offering in its product line for power plant performance enhancement. Paragon's ridged quality control and precise chemical specifications for raw...

Swing Check Valve.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Asahi/America Inc. recently introduced its upgraded Swing Check Valve that is ideal for use in power plants, landfills and water and wastewater treatment plants. The enhanced valve features a top bonnet O-ring seal design, which allows for...

Energy pricing book.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Penn Well Books recently published "Surviving Energy Prices," written by Peter Beutel. The book explains the world of energy risk management in a conversational style perfectly suited for those who suddenly find themselves in the energy...

Energy monitoring system.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Sierra Instruments Inc. has released its new Innova-Mass Model 240 energy monitoring system (EMS) multivariable vortex mass flow meter for energy monitoring applications. This flow meter calculates energy consumption, delivers a real time...