Performance of Generating Plant

Papers, Presentations, Case Studies

* Please refer to individual presentations for contact details should you require further information.

May 2008: EnergyPulse - The Role of Existing Generation in the Fight to Reduce Greenhouse Gases 

December 2007: Existing Generation - the Forgotten Asset in the Fight to Reduce Greenhouse Gases? 

June 2007: Power-Gen Europe - Reducing 1.5 Million Tonnes of CO2 Annually in Europe  

June 2006: Dickerson Generating Station - Improved Generator Performance Utilizing Onsite Hydrogen Generation and Control  

April 2006: Generator Circuit-Breaker as a Means for a HILP Reduction Program

April 2005: Availability - Assuit Thermal Power Plant 

July 2004: Aging versus Reliability - Do generating plants experience lower performance as they get older?  

May 2004: Performance Improvement in Coal-Fired Power Stations -- the Southern Company Experience  

March 2004: The future is not what it used to be  

January 2004: Changing Gas Turbine Design Requirements  

December 2003: AGING OR VINTAGE - Which is most responsible for differences in boiler tube leak rates?   

November 2003: AGING OR VINTAGE - Which is most responsible for differences in boiler tube leak rates?  

October 2003: Estimating a Generating Plant's future Maintenance Cost  

September 2003: Peer Selection for Benchmarking - Does it make a Difference?  

August 2003: STATISTICS or UNDERSTANDING - Which one do YOU believe?  

July 2003: The Relationship between Scheduled Maintenance and Forced Outages and its Economic Impact on Selecting Availability Goals  

June 2003: Are Reliability Measures Unreliable? Part 2 - Using Commercial Availability  

May 2003: Are Reliability Measures Unreliable?  

April 2003: Performance Data to Performance Improvement: Answering the $80 Billion per Year Question - STEP 4 IMPLEMENTATION  

March 2003: Performance Data to Performance Improvement: Answering the $80 Billion per Year Question - STEP THREE EVALUATION  

February 2003: Feb03Performance Data to Performance Improvement: Answering the $80 Billion per Year Question - STEP TWO  

January 2003: Performance Data to Performance Improvement: Answering the $80 Billion per Year Question - STEP ONE  

December 2002: Reliability Versus Demand  

November 2002: Estimating New Technology Reliability  

October 2002: Availability Impact of Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems  

September 2002: Predicting Unit Reliability 

August 2002: Assessing Factors Affecting Availability  

July 2002: Optimum Economic Availability  

June 2002: Generating Unit Availability Following Planned Outages  

May 2002: Design or Management - Which influences your plant's reliability most?  

April 2002: An Application of Benchmarking to Eskom's 90:7:3 Programme  

March 2002: Peak Season Reliability  

February 2002: High Impact Low Probability (HILP) Reduction Programme  

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