Waste to Energy Archives https://live-powermag.pantheonsite.io/category/waste-to-energy/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:57:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg Waste to Energy Archives https://live-powermag.pantheonsite.io/category/waste-to-energy/ 32 32 Minimize Risks with Robotic Generator Inspections and Comprehensive Testing https://www.powermag.com/minimize-risks-with-robotic-generator-inspections-and-comprehensive-testing/ https://www.powermag.com/minimize-risks-with-robotic-generator-inspections-and-comprehensive-testing/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:44:57 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=223282 Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 3). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also requires

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/minimize-risks-with-robotic-generator-inspections-and-comprehensive-testing/feed/ 0 Marnie Surfaceblow: It’s Ghostbusting Time … Again https://www.powermag.com/marnie-surfaceblow-its-ghostbusting-time-again/ https://www.powermag.com/marnie-surfaceblow-its-ghostbusting-time-again/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:43:51 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=223293 Everything happens for a reason, and fantastic events often have mundane causes. Two women silently waited in their rental car next to a guard hut, sheltered under spreading banana tree leaves. Sunlight

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/marnie-surfaceblow-its-ghostbusting-time-again/feed/ 0 Empowering Waste-to-Energy Solutions with Steam Turbines https://www.powermag.com/empowering-waste-to-energy-solutions-with-steam-turbines/ https://www.powermag.com/empowering-waste-to-energy-solutions-with-steam-turbines/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:03 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=221114 Sustainable municipal waste management solutions often involve waste-to-energy plants that can produce electricity while also providing steam to district heating systems. Efficient steam turbines are important

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/empowering-waste-to-energy-solutions-with-steam-turbines/feed/ 0 Unseen Heroes: Cutting-Edge Sensors Combatting Air Pollution https://www.powermag.com/unseen-heroes-cutting-edge-sensors-combatting-air-pollution/ https://www.powermag.com/unseen-heroes-cutting-edge-sensors-combatting-air-pollution/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:41:58 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=221117 There is an urgent need for accurate and efficient emissions monitoring technologies to ensure air pollution is adequately controlled. Infrared spectroscopy and precision infrared filters play a critical role

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/unseen-heroes-cutting-edge-sensors-combatting-air-pollution/feed/ 0 How to Stay in the Renewables Stone Age https://www.powermag.com/how-to-stay-in-the-renewables-stone-age/ https://www.powermag.com/how-to-stay-in-the-renewables-stone-age/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:14:58 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=221120 In approving the development of a 2,800-acre wind farm across prime agricultural land in the east of England, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/how-to-stay-in-the-renewables-stone-age/feed/ 0 Technology Turning Food Waste into Renewable Energy https://www.powermag.com/technology-turning-food-waste-into-renewable-energy/ https://www.powermag.com/technology-turning-food-waste-into-renewable-energy/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=218592 Food waste is an enormous environmental and economic crisis that demands urgent solutions. Each year, an astonishing 1.03 billion tons of food is wasted globally—enough to feed 1.26 billion hungry […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/technology-turning-food-waste-into-renewable-energy/feed/ 0 UK’s Drax Eyes U.S. for Bioenergy CCS Expansion Drive https://www.powermag.com/uks-drax-eyes-u-s-for-bioenergy-ccs-expansion-drive/ https://www.powermag.com/uks-drax-eyes-u-s-for-bioenergy-ccs-expansion-drive/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:11:44 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=214975 The 2.6-GW Drax Power Station in northeastern England—once Western Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant—is poised to pioneer bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions

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2. Drax’s conversion of its 4-GW coal-fired power plant to a 2.6-GW biomass plant leveraged its existing steam turbines, generators, specially built trains, and pulverizing mills. But to accommodate new storage needs, the company built giant EcoStore biomass domes—advanced technological structures carefully attuned to storing biomass. Courtesy: Drax Group

]]> https://www.powermag.com/uks-drax-eyes-u-s-for-bioenergy-ccs-expansion-drive/feed/ 0 Preparing Steam and Water Analysis Equipment for Summer Heat https://www.powermag.com/preparing-steam-and-water-analysis-equipment-for-summer-heat/ https://www.powermag.com/preparing-steam-and-water-analysis-equipment-for-summer-heat/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:42 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=214875 While the effects of extreme summer weather are one thing, even regular summer weather can wreak havoc on steam and water analysis systems (SWAS) without adequate preparation. Summer sunshine and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/preparing-steam-and-water-analysis-equipment-for-summer-heat/feed/ 0 Maximizing Corrosion Prevention in Waste-to-Energy Plants https://www.powermag.com/maximizing-corrosion-prevention-in-waste-to-energy-plants/ https://www.powermag.com/maximizing-corrosion-prevention-in-waste-to-energy-plants/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:48:21 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=214091 Waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities have the potential to become one of the most sustainable and reliable forms of energy creation on the planet, but they have their challenges. The most eco-conscious […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/maximizing-corrosion-prevention-in-waste-to-energy-plants/feed/ 0 A Proactive Approach to Treating Varnish Can Prevent Significant Downtime at Plants https://www.powermag.com/a-proactive-approach-to-treating-varnish-can-prevent-significant-downtime-at-plants/ https://www.powermag.com/a-proactive-approach-to-treating-varnish-can-prevent-significant-downtime-at-plants/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:03:46 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=213573 Varnish is one of the most widespread issues in power plants. It’s the hard, oil-insoluble organic residue that cannot be easily removed from mechanical components. It typically occurs in turbines […]

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