electrical power generation Articles
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A genetic algorithm to solve the thermal unit commitment problem
In this paper, a genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed to solve the thermal unit commitment (UC) problem. The objective of UC is to determine the optimal generation of the committed units to meet the load demand and spinning reserve at each time interval, such that the overall cost of generation is minimised, while satisfying different operational constraints. The results obtained show that, with ...
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Economic Potential for Thermophotovoltaic Electric Power Generation in the Steel Industry
ABSTRACT - A steel mill extrudes steel billets at temperatures above 1400 °C continuously 24 hours a day. The steel billets then go to cooling beds where they slowly cool down to below 1100 °C. JX Crystals Inc makes Gallium Antimonide (GaSb) thermophotoyoltaic (TPV) cells that can generate over 1 W/cm when exposed to infrared radiant energy from glowing steel at temperatures above 1100 ...
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Environmental Profile of the Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Industry
Introduction The EPA's Office of Compliance has developed a series of profiles or notebooks containing information on selected major industries. These notebooks, which focus on key indicators that holistically present air, water, and land pollutant release data, have been thoroughly reviewed by experts from both inside and outside the EPA. What will you find in this Notebook? The Notebook ...
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The Effect of Risk Characteristics on the Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions from Electric Power Generation
The objective of this study is to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for the reduction of mortality risks caused by fossil fuel (natural gas, coal and oil) versus nuclear electric power generation systems and to examine the influence of risk characteristics involved with electric power generation on WTP. A choice experiment was conducted to achieve these objectives. The attributes for nuclear ...
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Phase 1 Pilot Electrical Power Generation by Ener-Core Oxidizer - Case Study
DESCRIPTION Ener-Core simulated a low energy gas (50-70 Btu/scf) produced during a proprietary drilling process at the request of a large oil and gas customer. The pilot was conducted at Ener-Core’s Test Facility, located at the University of California, Irvine. This demonstration was the first phase of the customers FP250 installation process. ENER-CORE TECHNOLOGY Ener-Core’s ...
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The implications of efficient electrical appliances for CO2 mitigation and power generation: the case of Nepal
This study assesses the potential of selected efficient electrical appliances for CO2 mitigation and reduced power generation in Nepal, from the technical as well as national, utility and user perspectives. The study shows that entire amount of CO2 emission (about 1 million tons) could be avoided by the selected efficient appliances during 1996-2010 from the technical, national and utility ...
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Decentralised energy systems: state of the art and potentials
The increasing liberalisation of the energy market as well as the ecological and business environment of public heat and power supply are leading to a re-evaluation of established and innovative energy conversion systems. A more efficient usage of fossil and regenerative primary energy resources is to be achieved by decentralised systems providing combined heat and electrical power. This paper ...
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Studies of interstate electric ties in Northeast Asia
The formation of common electric power space (CEPS) in Northeast Asia (NEA) is considered; the prospective electric power demand of the NEA countries and potential electricity market niches in the region up to the year 2020 are evaluated; export power projects from Russia to other NEA countries are analysed and ranked by priority; the mathematical model for economic effectiveness assessment of ...
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Control of the regimes of the electric power systems and deregulation
This paper presents a survey of characteristics, balances, stabilities, reliability and regimes of Electric Power Systems (EPS) and Interconnected Electric Power Systems (IEPS). They are the most complicated and important 'machines' that have ever been created by humankind. Introduction of deregulation in the EPS will require and impose new systems, new algorithms and new rules for control. EPS ...
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Renewable and nuclear heresies
Renewables are not green. To reach the scale at which they would contribute importantly to meeting global energy demand, renewable sources of energy, such as wind, water and biomass, cause serious environmental harm. Measuring renewables in watts per square metre that each source could produce smashes these environmental idols. Nuclear energy is green. However, in order to grow, the nuclear ...
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Protection requirement graph for interconnection of distributed generation on distribution level
In this paper, the protection issues related to distributed generation in distribution networks are considered. Especially, the requirements for the generation unit's protection are discussed. A new graphical approach is used for finding the unambiguous limits of operation. The method is based on using present network planning systems applied widely among network companies. The features and ...
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Size optimisation of hybrid wind-PV power generation systems for remote rural areas
Electrical power generation with renewable energies, such as wind and solar, plays an important role in the electrification of remote rural areas. Since there are always seasonal and synoptic variations in wind and solar resources, a hybrid system, consisting of both wind and solar energy, may be more reliable and economical than a single energy system: this is because either energy can ...
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Potential benefits of and barriers to inter-country power grid connections in Northeast Asia
The current state and prospects of the power industry in Northeast Asia (NEA) are outlined. The potential benefits from power system interconnection in the region, in particular capacity saving, decreasing electricity production costs and tariffs, reliability improvement and environmental effect are considered. Specific estimates of the benefits for the region are given. Barriers to power system ...
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Storing carbon: options for liability risk management, financial responsibility
The authors of this article say the technical complexity, economic impacts, social demand, and political challenges underpinning the deployment of carbon capture and storage technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired electric power generation are daunting, but not unprecedented. In response to these challenges, the authors recommend the creation of a new “federal government ...
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Water sustainability decision-making for electric utilities case study
The electric power generation sector uses approximately 41% of all freshwater withdrawn in the United States—more than any other water use sector. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) conducts research and development to help address challenges in electricity generation, delivery, and use, including water sustainability issues. On behalf of EPRI, LimnoTech conducted research and is ...
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Nuclear education and manpower development
The successful applications of nuclear technology in areas as diverse as research, healthcare, nondestructive examinations, agriculture and electrical power generation are all dependent on the expert human resources available to the country or region utilising this technology. The expertise needed to understand and safely employ nuclear energy includes skilled craftsmen, operators, technicians ...
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Strategy for combining fast growth in electricity generation capacity with the early introduction of the thorium cycle in India
The purpose of this paper is to describe a strategy for combining fast growth in electricity generation capacity, with the early introduction of the thorium cycle in India. Three types of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors (LMFBRs) are considered: LMFBR 1, with plutonium/depleted uranium driver zones and depleted uranium blankets; LMFBR 2, with self-sustaining plutonium/depleted uranium ...
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Coupling aspects of an MSF desalination plant and loss of electrical power generation of a nuclear power plant: case study
Thermal desalination technologies are very energy intensive. The utilisation of nuclear energy for seawater desalination provides a safe, feasible and economic solution for the production of very good quality water. The Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) desalination plant of the Nuclear Desalination Demonstration Project (NDDP) of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, is coupled with ...
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Saint-Vincent Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Boiler/Cogen Heat/Energy Recovery Application Thermal Energy installed designed and implemented an integrated FLU-ACE heat recovery system with cogeneration unit for efficient electrical power generation and an overall reduction in energy consumption. The installation consists of a natural gas fueled engine with a 425 kW generator, waste heat boiler, and FLU-ACE system processing combined flue ...
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Enron's Dabhol power project in India
In the early nineties, Enron USA went to India to set up a $3 billion power plant at the express invitation of the then Indian government. The process and incidents associated with the setting up of the Dabhol Power Company are highly relevant, even in current times, for companies who intend to set up operations in India. The case is a good example of the strategic importance of ethical corporate ...
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