Energy-Tech Magazine

The concept of a joint project within the United Engineering Foundation Founder Societies (ASME, AIChE, IEEE, ASCE, AIME) led to the Founder Society Technologies for Carbon Management Project in 2008. This initiative grew out of discussions and ...

Since January 2005, Dow Electrodeionization modules have provided leak-free, reliable performance at the Madison Gas and Electric Cogeneration power plant in Madison, Wis. Located on ...

Many factors drive modern plants to make process equipment changes during outage season, and two of the most common are demands for increased production and process variable changes. Centrifugal fans and duct systems that are used throughout the power ...

Ultrasonic leak detection has been used for a variety of applications ranging from energy reduction by locating compressed air leaks to quality assurance inspections, such as pinpointing wind noise and water leaks in automobiles. The secret to success ...

Companies are increasingly exploring alternatives to fossil fuels, due to their high prices and stricter government regulations. Simply venting or flaring process by-products to the atmosphere no longer meets industries’ environmental and energy ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released action plans developed by 22 electric utility facilities with coal ash impoundments, describing the measures the facilities are taking to make their impoundments ...

The Hydraulic Institute, under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals in North America to participate ...

Siemens Energy was awarded an 18-month, $300,000 R&D program by the Illinois Clean Coal Institute to study the effects of coal and ...

The deadline to submit an abstract for the ASME Power 2010 Conference has been extended to Jan. 15, 2010. The conference will be held July 13-15, 2010, in Chicago, Ill.

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December 2, 2009

Letter to the Editor,

I have great respect for pump specialists who correctly and with the voice of experience give sound guidance on pump selection. The latest write-up following this highly commendable pattern ...

Rentech Inc. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with 13 domestic and international passenger and cargo carriers that is intended to serve ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that power plants across the country decreased emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), a precursor to acid rain, to 7.6 million tons in 2008. Emissions ...

The Abstract deadline for papers to be presented at the ASME Power Conference 2010 has been extended to Dec. 30, 2009. 

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced the creation of the ARPA-E Fellows Program at an event with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's ...

The Electric Power Research Institute announced two Industry technology demonstration projects designed to help utilities add solar energy to fossil-fueled power plants that could result in reduced ...

The U-SNAP Alliance and the Electric Power Research Institute announced today at Grid-Interop 2009 an agreement that will allow the sharing ...

Siemens Energy received an order from Wellington-based Transpower New Zealand Limited, the national grid operator, to modernize and increase the capacity of the existing high-voltage ...

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) disclosed plans for an industry-wide "transmission efficiency" demonstration collaborative that will identify technologies leading to greater ...

Alstom has acquired the engineering office of the former Lummus Global, a leading provider of technology for the hydrocarbon processing industry, in Wiesbaden, Germany. The unit, renamed ALSTOM ...

Alstom and major Canadian power company TransAlta - along with their partners in the governments of Canada and Alberta and Capital Power, an independent power producer - announced the creation of a partnership to construct a large-scale carbon ...

The Electric Power Research Institute announced the receipt of $1.3 million in federal grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch a regional water quality trading program in the Ohio ...

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This paper will address the most common technologies available, including capacitance, ultrasonics, free space radar, guided radar and vibrating forks. It discusses the basic principles of each ...

GE Energy invested more than $10 million to expand its generator development laboratories. The move is designed to help energy producers worldwide lower costs, improve performance and extend the life of their power generation equipment.

The Electric Power Research Institute announced that it has joined with American Electric Power and Alstom in a validation of advanced carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies at AEP's Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, W.Va.

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Alstom, a world leader in power generation equipment, and The Dow Chemical Company, a leader in innovative chemistry for the development of energy and climate change solutions, celebrated the successful start-up and operation of a pilot plant ...

Discussion Group 1: Turbomachinery Operation and Maintenance - Suggested topics include: Preventive/predictive maintenance programs, analysis of turbomachinery vibration problems, balancing, lubricants, component ...

Tutorial 1: Dry Screw Compressor Performance and Application Range - Dry screw compressors are suited for many applications in the oil and gas industry, chemical industry, steel ...

Short Course 1: Centrifugal Compressors 101 - For engineers and technical professionals who want a broad-based introduction to centrifugal compressor design and analysis. Learn ...

Lecture 1: Development and Application of a Vertical High Speed Motor-Compressor Simulator for Rotor Drop onto Auxiliary Bearings - Learn about a combined analytical ...

Case Study Session One:

• Case Study 1: Successful Avoidance of Major Secondary Damages Using Proximity Measurements to Detect a ...

The Baldwin Energy Complex, located near Decatur, Ill., is a coal-fired plant generating about 1,761 MW, and the site of a joint-venture pilot project aimed at demonstrating a wireless vibration monitoring solution for a coal pulverizer. The partners ...

igus announced that its product experts are available to examine cable carriers and continuous-flex cables free of charge during plant shutdowns in July and August.

Those involved with maintenance or production are invited to take advantage ...

Colfax Corporation, a global leader in fluid-handling solutions for critical applications, announced that Dave McKinstry, vice president of business development and special projects, received the Hydraulic Institute's (HI) lifetime achievement ...

Alstom signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with StatoilHydro on behalf of the partners of the European CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) for a chilled ammonia (carbonate) CO2 capture plant at TCM in Norway. The ...

One of the world's largest landfill gas-to-energy projects was unveiled in Istanbul.

The landfill gas project was developed as part of a national initiative to reduce the environmental impacts of solid waste facilities and use the landfills' ...

Nexterra Energy Corp. announced that its biomass gasification system at Dockside Green is operational and providing heat and hot water to residents of the $600 million green development in Victoria, British Columbia. The Dockside Green development ...

Alstom Hydro signed a licensing cooperation agreement with Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated, a Canadian company specialized in design and testing of tidal energy technology.

This emerging energy source will play a significant ...