Turkey has considered adding nuclear power plants to its fleet of generators since at least 1970; yet, no commercial reactor units have ever been completed. That is likely to change soon. The ...

The hydropower industry stands at a critical juncture where traditional operation and maintenance are quickly becoming ...

For decades, utility plant personnel have performed insulation resistance tests with handheld megohmmeters to prevent motor failures that lead to costly unplanned shutdowns, penalties and re-winding ...

In part because they are closed-loop systems, it can be easy to ignore power plant cooling water systems that support the reliable functioning of everything from stator bars in the generator to ...

Everyone who is responsible for pump maintenance has received the dreaded phone call at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday afternoon that a critical pump has a seal failure. All parties now go into crisis mode.

With the decline of coal-fired power generation and the upswing in renewables, a large bridge between the two has been and continues to be simple- and especially combined cycle power generation with ...

To some, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is just a new buzzword—but to the process industries, the IIoT is becoming a necessity to maintain competitiveness. Oil and gas companies, refineries, ...

The SKF Multilog DMx functions as an independent monitor or as a complete system connecting to plant-wide fieldbus infrastructure and SKF’s @ptitude Monitoring Suite, an asset-management program SKF’s ...

As the world becomes more deeply connected through IoT devices and networks, consumer and business needs and expectations will soon only be sustainable through automation. Recognizing this, artificial ...

Facepalm: Contec is an Osaka-based company that sells a dedicated monitoring system for solar power plants known as SolarView. Despite its widespread installation in over 30,000 power stations, the ...