Keeping a power plant’s surface condenser in proper working order requires paying attention to balance-of-plant systems as well. Failure to monitor and maintain cooling towers and vacuum pumps in ...

Image art by Kevin Clark via ChatGPT-5.4. The first three parts of this series outlined how water-side microbiological fouling and mineral scaling, and excess air in-leakage on the steam side, can ...

Declining performance of a large compressor-driven steam turbine's surface condenser at Shell Chemical LP's petrochemical complex in Norco, La., was constraining an associated process unit to a ...

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Jacksonville Electric Authority’s Northside Generating Station has two operating gas/oil-fired steam units. Unit 1 is a 275 MW unit with a General Electric steam turbine and a Westinghouse steam ...

CLEVELAND — The Heat Exchange Institute (HEI) announced the release of Standards for Air Cooled Condensers, 2 nd edition. The Standards for Air Cooled Condensers (ACCs) covers specification and design ...