EPRI Journal articles from June 1999

EPRI Journal archives from June 1999

Electric Transportation: Growing an Industry.
June 22, 1999... As energy providers, we have played a role in both the creation and the cleanup of air emissions. While overall air quality in the United States has improved, many cities around the globe are still shrouded in a thick brown haze, and the U.S....

UCA-Compliant Distribution Automation.(electrical distribution)
June 22, 1999... The first distribution automation products to use EPRI's Utility Communications Architecture are now available from GE Power Management. An ensemble of open protocols and standards, [UCA.sup.TM] enables the interoperability of equipment from...

MYGRT 3.0.(environmental testing software)
June 22, 1999... The [MYGRT.sup.TM] software enables utility managers to conveniently, quickly, and inexpensively estimate the possible effects of waste disposal sites or spills on the local groundwater. With Version 3.0, managers can predict the down-gradient...

Defrost Controller.(supermarket refrigerators)
June 22, 1999... Defrosting is one of the most energy-intensive processes in supermarket refrigeration systems, but a new smart controller for timing defrost cycles can cut energy use. The digital controller--available from Johnson Controls/Encore--has yielded...

Supermarket Simulation Tool.(energy consumption)
June 22, 1999... Conventional software for simulating hourly building energy use is not well suited for application to supermarkets, which have unusually complex, energy-intensive electrical and mechanical systems. Thus it has been difficult to estimate the...

ChemExpert.(water chemistry analytic software)
June 22, 1999... ChemExpert is an on-line expert advisor that delivers real-time information and analytical capabilities for optimizing water-steam chemistry at fossil-fired steam power plants. Developed in coordination with more than 20 energy companies...

Helping Coal Plants Respond to Mercury Directive.
June 22, 1999... Utilities that operate coal-fired power plants and other interested companies are invited to participate in a collaborative EPRI project to promote the best sampling and analytical techniques for responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Fuel Cell Venture Launched.
June 22, 1999... EPRI and the Gas Research Institute (GRI) are pursuing the commercialization of advanced planar solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for decentralized power systems through a consortium formed with the University of Utah and Materials and Systems...

Utilities Field-Test Microturbines at Customer Sites.
June 22, 1999... Some 20 utilities are participating with EPRI in a collaborative field evaluation program for microturbines installed at commercial customer sites. Beta-series prototypes from the five microturbine manufacturers that have products for testing...

Merchant Plants Drive Market Competition.
June 22, 1999... Background information for this article was provided by Tony Armor and John Scheibel (jscheibe@epri.com), Science and Technology Development Division; Stu Dalton (sdalton@epri.com), Product Management Division; Lance Dohman and Tom Morasky,...

Power Delivery in the 21st Century.
June 22, 1999... Background information for this article was provided by Brent Barker (bbarker@epri.com). Strategic and Executive Communications, and Steve Gehl (sgehl@epri.com), Strategic Technology Alliances. Power Delivery in the 21st Century was written...

Seeing [SF.sub.6] in a New Light.(detects greenhouse gas emissions)
June 22, 1999... Background information for this article was provided by Ben Damsky (bdamsky@epri.com) and Ken Loynes (kloynes@epri.com), Science and Technology Development Division. Seeing [SF.sub.6] is a New Light was written by Taylor Moore, Journal...

RCM Helps Detroit Edison Optimize Line Clearance.(reliability-centered maintenance)
June 22, 1999... Using EPRI's Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodology Detroit Edison has demonstrated it can save $17 million annually--while improving reliability--by moving from a 6-year to a 4-year cycle for trimming trees that might hamper...

Chromium Coatings Shine in Nuclear Plant Testing.
June 22, 1999... As shown in a series of field trials, electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto the surface of reactor components can reduce the incorporation of radionuclides that contribute to occupational radiation exposure at nuclear power plants....

Fuel Cell Performs Well on Anaerobic Digester Gas.(alternative energy production)
June 22, 1999... Phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs) can convert the methane-rich anaerobic digester gas (ADG) produced at municipal waste treatment plants to electricity at an efficiency of 40%, using a gas cleanup system developed through a joint effort of the...