It is well-known that a conventional boiler or heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and related steam turbine have innumerable pieces all working in conjunction to produce the end product of electric ...

Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a multi-part series by Brad Buecker, President of Buecker & Associates, LLC. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Parts 1 and 2 of this series examined ...

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, ...

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 ...