(Editor’s Note: This story originally ran in November 2008 and has proved a perennial favorite of Power Engineering readers. With the New Year we thought we’d share it again. Click here to see the ...

The regenerative feedwater cycle of modern fossil and nuclear power plants normally includes four or five low-pressure, closed (tube surface-type) feedwater heaters (CFWHs). However, maximum ...

To address speed control, load control, and overspeed protection. Specifically excluded from consideration are extraction turbines, automated start up/shutdown systems, turbine supervisory ...

In March 2004, a large oil-fired power plant in the Northeastern United States had a predicament; flash steam released from a rooftop vent was inappropriately being viewed as environmental pollution ...

Gaze across the Salton Sea, a sparkling oasis in the California desert, and you’ll see white plumes of steam rising against the hazy Chocolate Mountains. The steam comes from 11 geothermal power ...

When a power plant experiences issues with performance, the obvious indicators are usually a loss in load capacity or an increase in fuel consumption. However, other issues exist that can be costly, ...