Latest Papers & Articles
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| Recent Digital Upgrades in U.S. Nuclear Power Plants |
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| Electric Power 2008 |
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Summarizes the key elements of successfully implementing a digital controls upgrade based on the experience of recently completed successful projects. A copy of the presentation only is available. |
| A Look Ahead at Operational Decisions on a Steam Turbine |
| EPRI Winter 2008 Technical Workshop & TGUG Meeting |
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Discusses options available to utilities to extend the life of an existing unit and/or increase its power output. Presents strategies for extending the life of steam turbines, including improved maintenance, repowering, refurbishment and/or modernization. |
| Mitigating Lightning Outages on 138-kV Transmission Lines |
| IEEE PES T&D Conference & Expo 2008 |
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Compares different means of improving lightning performance (increasing insulator string length, adding an overhead ground wire, installing arresters, making grounding improvements) and discusses the costs and benefits to the owner of improved lightning performance. Highlights a low cost means of improving line performance has been applied for several years with excellent results. |
| Sunrise Powerlink Project: Meeting Reliability, Renewable Energy, and Economic Goals in Southern California |
| IEEE PES T&D Conference & Expo 2008 |
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Discusses the comprehensive and proactive approach undertaken to plan, assess, and develop the project. Highlights covered include: Detailed evaluation of system reliability, renewable energy access, and economics; public outreach process involving stakeholders in the selection of the transmission line route; and extensive engineering studies to establish a design criteria and types of construction that cost-effectively meet project objectives with the lowest possible environmental impact. |