Reducing inefficiency and emissions of large steam generators in the United States

Spectral measurement of the complex refractive index of fly ashes of canadian lignite and sub‐bituminous coals

“…those of Wyatt (1980), and Damle et al (1982) indicated that different combustion conditions may produce ashes of different degrees of homogeneity. Also it was shown that the higher burning rates may lead to a higher concentration of soot particles in the ash (Breen and Sotter, 1978).…”

State regulation and power plant productivity: background and recommendations

“…Another problem with the EEI data base is in the area of component outage causes that was analyzed by Stone & Webster for EPRI [6]. Stone & Webster's findings are as follows:…”

“…Stone & Webster under the same EPRI contract performed a similar analysis for nuclear unit outage data and derived the following limitations to data reported In the Gray Book [6].…”

“…Numerous studies by the Department of Energy (and previously by the Federal Energy Administration) and state agencies have demonstrated significant benefits from productivity improvements. Government studies have been reported in references [6,[33][34][35][36], and state-agency studies in references [22,27,28] and in appendixes of this report. Specifically, a study [37] sponsored by the Department of Energy indicates that approximately 54 million barrels of oil could be saved in the northeast and east central regions of the U.S. if a 10-percent-point improvement In availability could be attained for large-coal-fired and nuclear units.…”