Parabolic trough solar technology is the most proven and lowest cost large-scale solar power technology available today, primarily because of the nine large commercial-scale solar power plants that are operating in the California Mojave Desert. However, no new plants have been built during the past ten years because the cost of power from these plants is more expensive than power from conventio...

Recently, consistency in government policies between economic efficiency and environmental protection becomes increasingly important for electric power companies. In particular, the problem of consistency influences a decision-making process in management for a utilization of power plants and a fuel mix. This study is interested in the performance assessment of power plants under U.S. environme...

Abstract: This paper presents results on performance limitations for direct fired coal power plants. A specific feature of this system is the existence of a very large input delay between one of the inputs, namely coal flow, and the two outputs, load and vapour pressure. This problem motivates the main theoretical question addressed in this paper: To examine tracking performance limitations in ...

In this paper, the statistical analyses are presented to study the thermal efficiency and power output of gas turbine (GT) power plants. For analyzing gas turbine operation and performance, a novel approach is developed utilizing the response surface methodology (RSM) which is based on the central composite design (CCD) method. An attempt is made to study the effect of some operational factors ...

INTRODUCTION The objective of radiation safety assessment of an operating nuclear power plant (NPP) is to assure that the licensee’s radiation protection program (RPP) has achieved the goal of radiation protection. For this, currently Korean regulatory safety inspection program is aimed at ensuring compliance with licensing requirements and regulations. The legislation requires that inspections...