Tag Archives: Availability
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Wind Turbine Performance Analytics Techniques: Where to Look for More Production—Tracking Every Asset with Wind Farm Owner’s Data
As the wind industry matures, there is growing use of analytics to improve turbine performance, reduce downtime and maintenance costs, and extend the life of assets. This report discusses how standard performance measurement methods can be augmented with state-of-the art analytics, including comparing performance among neighboring turbines and analyzing blade pitch and rotational speeds. The […]
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Guidelines on Optimizing Heat Recovery Steam Generator Drains
During power plant startup and shutdown, condensation occurs in the high-pressure superheaters and reheaters of heat recovery steam generators, and many drain systems inadequately remove the condensate, resulting in severe fatigue and cracking on superheaters, reheaters, headers, and piping. This report is intended to help steam generators owners to evaluate, maintain, and retrofit ineffective drain […]
