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10:15 AM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Supercritical CO2 cycles are a promising technology that offer the potential for higher efficiencies than Steam Rankine or Organic Rankine cycles, especially at higher temperatures. Led by Gas Technol ...
11:00 AM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Biomass co-firing and conversion interest has increased, but rarely do coal-to-torrefied biomass conversion studies advance beyond the laboratory. In 2023, Genesis Energy and Black & Veatch conducted ...
2:00 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Power plants in the Southern U.S. are being challenged by an increasing number of extreme cold weather events. These events have left millions of customers without power for significant periods of tim ...
2:45 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Remote operational capabilities are becoming economically vital. In this breakout, presenters will highlight how working from a centralized, distant location can augment onsite staff and increase plan ...
3:30 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Estimates indicate that plant reliability issues stemming from poor quality parts account for approximately 15 to 20 percent of lost generation or downtime. Constellation PowerLabs' Parts Quality Prog ...
10:00 AM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
This session will present case study statistics on how a major power generation cooperative used data to improve its existing Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system and maximize the Asset Performanc ...
11:30 AM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
This is an open discussion between the audience and power generation experts with more than 100 years of fossil-fired plant operations experience. The panelists in this discussion have dedicated their ...
1:15 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
To reduce the repair cost on a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and improve plant reliability, Waldron Engineering and Construction worked to replace two low-NOx gas-firing duct burners. This woul ...
2:00 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Cooling water treatment, especially for cooling tower-based systems, has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. Without proper treatment and monitoring, fouling, scaling and corrosion can dramati ...
2:45 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Cycling a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) is not new, but with the increase in renewable energy sources, these plants seem to be cycling harder than ever. A cycling plant makes it difficult to ...
3:30 PM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Steam turbine retrofits can allow the swallowing of additional steam, resulting in an increase in total plant output. Applications of newer technologies during a retrofit can improve steam turbine per ...
9:30 AM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
Owners and operators of U.S. power plants face the threat of well-resourced adversaries seeking to disrupt critical functions. With insights from a former leader of the Department of Energy's cyber in ...
11:00 AM
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21030 mins
- Optimizing Plant Performance
The damaging effects of increased cycling are well-documented, causing plant operators to question if greater turndown can be achieved. Fewer starts, lower fuel costs and extending the time between ou ...
