Browsing by Subject "Thermal Efficiency"

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    • Energy Piles in Cooling Dominated Climates 
      Akrouch, Ghassan (2014-04-10)
      Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems mankind faces in the 21^(st) century caused by to the extensive use of fossil fuels. One of the opportunities to overcome this problem is to develop new technologies ...
    • Improved Efficiency in Ladle Preheating - A Case Study 
      Kiefer, J. R.; Battles, D. D. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1980)
      The Advanced Technology Ladle Preheater program is a joint industry and gas utility funded project. The Cadre Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia is the prime systems contractor, Southern California Gas Company and The Gas ...
    • Thermal Efficiency Optimization for Industrial Power Plants Under Load Fluctuations Using Fuzzy Logic 
      Steffenhagan, W.; de Sam Lazaro, A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
      The automation of the control to a power plant is indeed a challenge mainly because of the occurrences of random and unpredictable variations in output demands as well as because of highly non-linear behavior of the system ...
    • Topping Turbines: Adding New Life to Older Plants 
      Cadrecha, M. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1984)
      An existing power plant can be repowered at a modest investment cost through a topping turbine installation. Essentially, this consists of replacing the existing old, low pressure boilers with new, high pressure boilers ...