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Space for another try
22 December, 2009
Engineers were confident that they could design hazards nearly-enough out of the system

ZLD operation & maintenance – problems and solutions
01 December, 2009
In Part 1 of this two-part series (see MPS, March 2009, pp 15-19), Dan Sampson, now with WorleyParsons, Sacramento office, discussed the general design options available for zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems. This second article focuses on the many challenges associated with the operation and maintenance of such systems.

Supercritical-pressure power plants: a progress report
01 December, 2009
Recent trends in steam parameters for supercritical power plants are reviewed, along with the evolution of steam turbine and boiler technology. The current phase of rising main reheat steam temperatures is expected to end early in the next decade, at around 620-630 °C, with new materials making it possible to achieve 28 MPa, 630/650 °C about the middle of the decade and thereafter USC conditions (35 MPa, 700/720 °C) with the promise of efficiencies over 50%.

Going Mainstream – an interview with Eddie O’Connor
01 November, 2009
The first in a series of interviews with the most influential people in the power business as reckoned by the force of their ideas, the size of their office or the spending power they can command. Here Leonard Sanford talks to Dr Eddie O’Connor, founder of Airtricity and Mainstream and creator of the Supergrid concept, a continent-embracing transmission system designed to connect all renewable power sources located at sea.

Earth heat versus global warming
19 October, 2009
"Here might be one of the best hopes for the survival of civilisation"

Getting the right balance
13 October, 2009

Grass roots growth in the biofuels business
01 October, 2009
"Two distinct biodiesel market opportunities have apparently blossomed"

Medupi and Kusile boilers build on operating experience with the South African coal-fired fleet
01 October, 2009
The design of the boilers being supplied to Eskom’s new generation of large coal fired plants aims to fully address the issues that have arisen from previous operating experience in South Africa, including dealing with the high ash content of the fuel.

One step forward, one step back, in Germany
01 September, 2009

Pathfinding in Korea and China
01 August, 2009
Superconductor transmission cable projects in Korea and China highlight the market potential for HTS worldwide and illustrate the principal market drivers

Completing Torrenord and looking ahead to Porto Tolle
01 August, 2009
ENEL is in the process of increasing the proportion of clean coal in its fuel mix through two major oil repowering projects, one at Torrenord where the first unit has just gone commercial, and one at Porto Tolle, where work is due to start next year and which will be put forward as a candidate for the EU CCS demonstration flagship programme.

RWE presses on with demo IGCC+CCS project
01 June, 2009
RWE hopes to be able to announce the preferred gasification technology provider and gas turbine supplier for its Goldenberg IGCC+CCS project this autumn.

UK's only wind turbine manufacturing plant to close
03 May, 2009

No clear engineering strategy and a lack of expertise say UK MPs
18 April, 2009

VVER-1200 plans become concrete
01 April, 2009

How could this have been possible?
01 February, 2009
A dismal political economy has not overwhelmed Nippon’s engineers

Enmax places Shepard order
23 January, 2009

Time to tackle another major climate warming culprit – CH4
01 January, 2009
As a result of natural gas, crude oil and coal production huge amounts of methane, a far more effective GHG than CO2, are entering the atmosphere. Maarten J. van der Burgt analyses possible solutions.

How could this have been possible?
01 January, 2009
A dismal political economy has not overwhelmed Nippon’s engineers