As the independent energy industry matures, the traditional role of the engineering, procurement and construction firms is rapidly evolving into one of active participation in front-end development and long term ownership ...

The Texas Legislature has charged the Public Utility Commission of Texas with the responsibility to license utility power plants and transmission lines, and develop a statewide electrical energy plan. Related duties include ...

This paper is aimed at people who have a full or part time responsibility for keeping energy costs down. The information in this paper is based on a combination of four years as the energy coordinator of a fertilizer ...

Cooling towers, because of their seeming simplicity, are usually orphans of the facilities operation. We are all aware that cooling towers are the step-children of the chemical process plant, electric power generating ...

Extended surfaces are widely used in heat transfer equipment in power and process plants. While various types of extended surfaces are used in the industry, this paper will limit the discussions to the widely used ...

Electric energy is an integral element of today's economy and the standard quality of life. The availability of energy at an affordable cost has always been of basic concern because of the intimate relationship of energy ...

The removal and recovery of organic contaminants from aqueous streams by pervaporation membrane systems is a viable and economical treatment for many waste streams. Specific opportunities for the technology are identified ...

Ontario is the industrial heartland of Canada and more than 80% of its energy comes from Canadian sources with the remainder from the neighbouring U.S. states. Because of the ever increasing demand for energy relating to ...

The energy consumption of the chiller and cooling tower in a process cooling application was analyzed using the TRNSYS computer code. The basic system included a constant speed centrifugal chiller and an induced-draft, ...

Use of Turbo Compressor/ Expanders (TCEs) as industrial reversed Brayton Cycle Heat Pumps offers many technical and energy saving advantages. Until recently, such devices have been far too expensive in both capital ...