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FINDING THE ECONOMIC OPTIMUM IN POWER PLANT O&M
WHY THE LOWEST O&M BUDGET IS RARELY THE MOST PROFITABLE By: Robert Wolfe, Director of Asset Optimization, NAES Executive Summary. O&M budgets should be evaluated by the operating margin they enable, not by cost adherence alone. The optimal investment level...
Cleaning Your HRSG Tubes Improves Performance
by Sanjeev Jolly, P.E. – Senior Engineer, Engineering Services, NAES Corporation A number of conditions can cause fouling in a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG): deposits plugging the finned tubes; sulfur in the fuel reacting...
RCA Investigations: The Challenge of Getting Past ‘Done’
by Dave Righthouse – Senior Project Manager, Plant Operations Whew! Your facility has had an incident. You’ve been diligent about conducting a thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigation: you’ve assembled a competent and engaged RCA...
NAES Corporation Recognized By ‘Combined Cycle Journal’ For Power Plant Best Practices
ISSAQUAH, WA, July 24, 2018 — NAES Corporation has received 18 Best Practice Awards and three of eight coveted ‘Best of the Best’ Awards from the editors of Combined Cycle Journal (CCJ) in the magazine’s 2018 competition. The awards...
Cyber Security Myths Exposed
By Allen Kent, NERC CIP Specialist, NAES Corporation Fear is a strong motivator for most people – which is why it gets used a lot in security presentations. “The sky is falling!” cried Chicken Little....
Primary Frequency Response: A Solution to an Emerging Problem
By John Schmoker – NERC Compliance Testing Specialist, NAES Corporation The Bulk Electric System’s (BES’s) ability to maintain frequency within predefined limits is essential to its overall stability. Inertial resistance (spinning mass), primary frequency response...
How WECC Assures Reliability – Beyond Standards and Penalties
By Duncan Brown – Director, Corporate Development, NAES Corporation The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) describes its mission as ‘To effectively and efficiently reduce risks to the reliability and security of the Western Interconnection’s Bulk...
NAES NERC Know Your Vendor Webinar
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Environmental Services Hosts Part 75 Training in Philadelphia
by Pamela Berner – Director, NAES Environmental Services One of the primary functions of our NAES Environmental Services (ES) group is to provide regulatory guidance and training for the plant personnel responsible for environmental compliance....
Don’t Work for Maximo; Make Maximo Work for You
by Megan Matthews – Project Engineer, NAES CMMS Services Most power plants get the original version of Maximo and use it ‘as is’ out of the box. This allows them to use all of the...
