| How CPS J.T.Deely Achieved Big Benefits In the Face of Known Problems |
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Peter Spinney
Market and Technology Assessment
NeuCo, Inc.
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During the first quarter of 2010, CPS Energy’s J.T. Deely Station was operating with the worst coal it had ever burned, with big hard chunks of limestone at the bottom of the coal piles seriously degrading mill fineness. The plant also discovered a subtle but serious logic problem in the DCS affecting mill (primary) air control. While both problems were discovered early in the New Year, it was going to require three months or more to resolve them.
Historically, there has been a predisposition among control room operators to disable combustion optimization systems once problems of this magnitude are discovered, awaiting their resolution to re-engage. At CPS Deely, however, Plant Management and Engineering, in conjunction with NeuCo's Customer Support team, had been working...
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| EPA Announces Long-Awaited CAIR Replacement |
Peter Spinney
Market and Technology Assessment
NeuCo, Inc.
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As you likely already know, on July 6th the EPA announced the long-awaited replacement to the CAIR regulations for NOx and SO2. A December 2008 court decision kept the requirements of CAIR in place temporarily but directed EPA to issue a new rule to implement the Clean Air Act requirements concerning the transport of air pollution across state boundaries, for which the new "Transport Rule” is the EPA's response.
The EPA's new proposal requires 31 states and the District of Columbia to significantly improve air quality by 2012 through reducing power plant emissions that contribute to ozone and fine particle pollution in other states. It sets a pollution limit for each... [Read More] |
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| We'd Like Your Input; The Next Plant Optimization Tour Fall 2010 |
Peter Spinney
Market and Technology Assessment
NeuCo, Inc.
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Several customers have been asking for the details of our next Plant Optimization Tour and I'm pleased to say another one is in the works for this Fall. But before we finalize the date and location, we want to get your input.
Please take a moment to fill out this short survey so we can tailor the tour to your needs: <Click here to take survey
The Plant Optimization Tour has been very successful since we introduced the concept last September. Customers and others interested in optimization technology get to see our optimizers in action and interact...
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| New CAIR Rule? Carbon Price vs. NSR-Style Command and Control? Big Questions! |
Peter Spinney
Market and Technology Assessment
NeuCo, Inc.
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New CAIR Rule? Carbon Price vs. NSR-Style Command and Control? Big Questions!
US EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson had stated earlier this year that the new CAIR rule -- modified in response to the DC Circuit Court's 2008 vacating then remanding of the original rule -- would be announced in April. But while April's showers may have brought spring flowers, there has still been no word on the revised rule.
In fact, the EPA has asked congress for help, given the difficult issues involved in fixing the legal deficiencies of the original rule. While the EPA is reportedly still working feverishly to craft a revised rule that passes legal muster, they are apparently not in a position to make any official announcement.
Meanwhile Tom Carper...
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