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use innovative technologies such as high-efficiency, fish-friendly turbines, improved water intakes, and advanced control systems in order to increase power generation and improve environmental stewardship without requiring work on existing
so it is more reliable and less dependent on operator intervention, installing better automation such as more advanced control systems , and implementing combustion and plant optimization software programs. Beyond hardware solutions, direct improvement
are designed to shorten construction schedules, thereby reducing overall capital costs. All three also use advanced control systems to reduce required operating staff, resulting in reduced operations and maintenance costs. Licensing Regulations
digital control upgrades will be an enabling technology used in the uprate programs. The capabilities of these advanced control systems will allow the plants to more safely operate at the upper ends of the operating limits of the equipment.” McCreary
breech the widening gap between technology creators and technology users, DOE, ISA, EPRI and EPA sponsored an Advanced Control Systems Forum on October 20, 1999 in Germantown, Md. to promote the use of advanced instrumentation and control systems
the Panda Black Prairie Project will be generated from natural gas and steam. The plant will be equipped with advanced control systems to ensure compliance with the latest environmental regulations.'' With Panda's announcement today that it
of the U.S. power grid under the new utility structuring efforts. Among the technologies under study are advanced control systems and "distributed generation." The introduction of retail competition and advanced environmentally friendly
Systems and Control Systems. With over 80,000 employees, the company's products and services range from advanced control systems and networks for automating industrial plants and controlling the environments of buildings, to electronic devices
Systems. With just over 75,000 employees, the Group supplies a wide range of products and services, including advanced control systems , remote diagnostics and energy management for process plants, factories, and commercial environments; electronic
Research Center at the University of North Dakota had to rely on thermochemical equilibrium predictions to evaluate advanced control systems because good emissions data were so scarce. Actual test data for the study came from Tidd, GE, Louisiana Gasification