By Michael Tate, NERC Reliability Specialist VAR-002, a standard with roots back to the 2003 blackout, is a trending audit item for Generator Operators. Some generators are constrained by a narrow voltage schedule issued by their Transmission Operator and do not...
by Hugo Ordoñez Ruiz and Henry Barrios García – Plant Manager and Plant Engineer, Nuevo Pemex Cogeneration Facility The Challenge The Nuevo Pemex cogeneration facility, located in the State of Tabasco, Mexico, is equipped with two GEMS7001FA combustion turbines, each...
by Hugo Ordoñez Ruiz, Henry Barrios García and Ernesto Hernández Peña – Nuevo Pemex, Tabasco, Mexico The Challenge We wanted to find a way to reliably perform battery discharge-testing as stipulated by the IEEE as wellas NERC standard PRC-005-02 at the recommended...
Backwashing the Closed Cycle Heat Exchangerby Jorge Esparza – Plant Manager, Leonel Rosas – Production Director,and Erasmo Casados – Operations Manager, Tuxpan II & V, Veracruz, Mexico The ChallengeIn the MHI´s operating procedures of the plant, they provide to...
Kimberly Greene and Megan Matthews are presenting at Maximo World on Thursday, August 8 at 10 AM. The conference takes place from August 6-8, in Orlando Florida. To register click Here.
