The steam condenser of a power plant boiler is a critical heat exchanger in the process. Poor performance due to restricted heat transfer can have a dramatic influence on unit efficiency. And, ...

If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then, every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent ...

Weaning the world off fossil fuels will take some time, so finding ways to make energy generation more efficient is still important. Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have ...

Most power plants use some form of condenser performance-monitoring protocol. Some of those protocols are deficient because the proper instrumentation is not installed to collect the necessary data.

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 7, 2013) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Surface condensers, which are water-cooled shell and tube heat exchangers, are typically ...

BATAVIA — Batavia’s Graham Corporation announced Wednesday that it has been awarded about $6 million in orders for steam surface condensers that will be installed at facilities in the United States ...

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Part 1 of this series discussed the importance of steam condensation in conventional power units and the heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) of combined cycle plants. Condenser tube waterside ...

River or ocean water has been the mainstay for condensing turbine exhaust steam since the first steam turbine began generating electricity. A primary challenge facing today’s plant developers, ...

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