bruce Articles
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Decommissioning begins at two of largest U.S. coal-fired power plants
Navajo Generating Station, a 2.25-GW coal plant in Arizona, closed in November after 45 years of providing power. Owner Salt River Project (SRP) said it was uneconomical to continue operating. The focus has now shifted to decommissioning, long-term monitoring and ongoing operation of the transmission system. Working with SRP, a number of U.S.-based contractors will conduct demolition and ...
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Berner Foods, Dakota, IL represented by Meilner Mechanical - Case Study
$ 135,685.00. That’s the amount of the rebate earned by Berner Foods in Dakota, IL from their gas utility, NICOR, for their installation of a HeatSponge condensing economizer on a 400 HP firetube boiler. Berner Foods’ application was ideal for the installation of a fully condensing HeatSponge economizer. Where economizers limited to preheating boiler feedwater are limited to the ...
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Coal phase out case study: What Alberta can learn from Washington State
How Bruce Nilles and the Sierra Club cleaned up Washington state Renewable energy made up half of all the new power plantsconstructed in the world in 2014. That’s an incredible number made all the better when you think of what these plants are replacing. Big, bad coal. There are good reasons for this. Coal is not only the most carbon intensive form of energy available, but it has ...
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An Emergency Request For A Steam Trap Testing Audit - Case Study
Challenge: Customer complained of high back pressure in their condensate system. He believed that the problem was failed steam traps. Solution: Bruce tested the 250 steam traps and found a failure rate of 23 percent. Around each steam trap was a bypass valve. Failed steam traps did indeed have a direct bearing on the problem he was called into solve: Abnormally High Back Pressure in the ...
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Capex of modular CSP plants could halve if 1 GW deployed
Soon to complete its first full-scale module in Morocco, CSP developer 247Solar predicts series build gains could reduce capex to $3,000/kWe and sees advantages for industrial energy supply. Last month, 247Solar announced it will build its first fully-operational demonstration Brayton cycle CSP plant module at the Ouarzazate solar park in central Morocco. Due online in the first half of ...
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