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An Ohio plant that manufactures part of the cells used in the solar-power industry faced lost production after its deaerator failed, causing potential rust buildup in its powerhouse boiler. A deaerator is a device that i s widely used to remove
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When a Louisiana chemical plant suffered a site-wide blackout, plant personnel learned they would have to bring each power-generation unit, and its corresponding water filtration system, back on-line individually. Facility workers quickly returned the on-site demineralization system to functional status, but
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The EPA finalized new regulations for the safe disposal of coal ash. Discharge water is restricted to a permitted amount of total suspended solids. Ash ponds need to be agitated, treated and filtered.
The EPA finalized national regulations to provide a comprehensive set of requirements for the safe
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Wastewater treatment, or the process of converting unsuitable water to a usable resource, has recently been utilized more frequently in the industrial process industries as demand for freshwater continues to rise. The primary goal of wastewater treatment is to remove as many pathogens as possible from the water
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Increased regulations from governing bodies now require extra attention from power plants when managing the coal ash disposal process. A recent ruling by the EPA provided a comprehensive set of requirements for the safe disposal of coal ash and was enacted to clean up faulty surface impoundments
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The use of automated monitoring tools in industrial plant management has become one of the most important innovations for companies over the past decade — especially in the water and wastewater industries.
The latest advances in technology yield several benefits, including increased plant safety and system efficiency. Other
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Making this job challenging, however, was the fact that color units for the surface feedwater ranged from 180 to 420 units, well in excess of the treated water requirement of 5 or fewer units.
Trees, leaves and other organic matter continually decay in the surface water that feeds
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When commissioning a new power plant, requirements for purified water can be large—often more than an unfinished plant can supply. When it’s time to bring in outside help, proper planning can help avoid problems and keep budgets under control.
With all the complexity inherent in the commissioning of
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Ash ponds have been as much a part of the landscape at coal-fired power plants as stock- piles of coal and the conveyors that carry the fuel source to furnaces. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations that went into effect late last year, however, have power plant operators scrambling to
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The shift to natural gas to generate electricity in the U.S. has been unmistakable and sudden.
From 2000 to 2015, electricity generation from natural gas-fired plants doubled to 32% of all fuel sources. Last April, natural gas generated more electricity than coal for the first time since the
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