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 ...

A supercritical plant uses a steam generator design that operates at full load above critical pressure 22.1 MPa (3,208 psia). The Benson boiler refers to a steam generator design that is capable of ...

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 ...

Atommash has completed hydraulic tests on the first steam generator for the Kursk II nuclear power plant under construction in Western Russia, which will be the first to use the VVER-TOI (typical ...

Water and steam are the lifeblood of any steam-driven power facility, and proper chemistry control is critically important to plant operation, reliability, the bottom line, and especially personnel ...

Cycling a combined cycle plant places additional stresses on all equipment, but the impacts extend beyond the gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator. Plant owners and managers are beginning to ...

When alloy tubing in one of the new steam generators at San Onofre leaked a small amount of radiation four years ago this week, engineers at Southern California Edison immediately instituted emergency ...

Three steam generators from unit 4 of Sweden's Ringhals nuclear power plant have been transported to Studsvik's plant, where they will be processed for recycling and disposal. Three steam generators ...