The following is a small selection of items recently published by EPRI. To view complete lists of your company-funded research reports, updates, software, training announcements, and other program deliverables, log in at www.epri.com and go to Program Cockpits.
This study investigated the use of data from wireless sensors to support demand response in a large commercial office building at the University of California, Berkeley. Researchers examined optimal sensor density and control schemes for demand response events.
This study examines various practices used by utilities to address energy efficiency resource assessment, renewables integration, natural gas price forecasts, portfolio development, and other key elements in their recent resource plans.
In recent years, power plants have experienced premature failures and severe degradation of metallic and nonmetallic flue gas desulfurization recycle pump internals, often leading to costly plant outages. This study examines the resistance to degradation of various commercial flue gas desulfurization recycle pump materials, including 10 white cast irons and three nonmetallic coatings.
In this study, EPRI evaluated the performance of a new thermal evaporation system (developed by Sylvan Source) in treating wastewater at a natural gas combined-cycle power plant in California.
Configuration management involves identifying and documenting a power plant’s various physical configurations, changes to configurations, and compliance with requirements. Plant operators can use this guideline to assess configuration management policies and procedures and develop new ones.
Laboratory research has indicated that applying flue gas desulfurization gypsum (a by-product of power plant scrubbers) to agricultural fields can reduce phosphorus runoff. In this study, EPRI measured the effectiveness of gypsum at working farms, applying it on eight Ohio farms and monitoring phosphorus concentrations in edge-of-field drainage over three years.
Increasing distributed energy resources in utility portfolios are expected to change electricity costs. Drawing on publicly available data, this white paper examines how costs change over time and as a result of resource mix, utility structure, and other factors. The analysis is intended to inform utilities, regulators, and policy makers as they consider cost recovery strategies that can equitably accommodate growing distributed energy resources.
“Use cases” are valuable for documenting applications and defining requirements for the smart grid. This software automates the importation of utility use cases into a searchable EPRI repository.
This study evaluated the performance, capital cost, and operation and maintenance cost of an oxy-fired ultra-supercritical pulverized coal boiler-based power plant.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act 316(b) rule establishes requirements for cooling water intake structures at power plants effective October 2014. It also includes provisions to protect species listed as threatened and endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. This report explains these provisions to inform plant owners and operators as they plan National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit renewal and compliance with the rule.
In this study, EPRI analyzed flue gas desulfurization wastewater from six coal-fired power plants with a range of control technologies, operations, and coal sources.
Intended for power plant managers and utility senior management, this report focuses on six areas related to mobile technologies: strategy for power plant operations and maintenance, software applications, handheld devices, wireless network connectivity, implementation of pilot programs, and complementary technologies.
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