One important factor in power plant control system performance is the response time of the process measurement used in the control system. The response time of boiler steam temperature sensors and ...

PetroChina Co. Ltd. improved production safety, realized greater oil production, and saved energy costs after implementing model-free adaptive (MFA) control on its steam generators in Liaohe oil ...

The leading and longest established online Process Engineering publication serving the Process Manufacturing Industries Often misunderstood, steam powers a wide range of modern industrial processes, ...

Food and beverage applications must meet a variety of process temperature and pressure control requirements to maintain the tight temperatures that ensure product quality and safety. Selecting the ...

A century-plus of steam-generated power production has shown the importance of water and steam chemistry. Just one boiler tube failure in a conventional unit or heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) ...

Photo taken of the Emerson Exchange Immerse event in Anaheim, California. James Nyenhuis, Solutions Consultant at Emerson, noted the unprecedented changes happening in the power sector. The U.S.

The operating profiles of traditional generators has changed to manage the variability of renewable resources. Several critical processes were not engineered to manage these highly variable operating ...

Turboden, an Italian company specializing in renewable energy systems, announced that it has started up what it describes as the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump. The claim, if independently ...