By: Ad de Pijper, Aalborg Industries Inc. Because modern combined-cycle plants are dispatched quickly, the heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) are exposed to a large number of thermal transients.

Due to the uncertainty over future carbon dioxide emissions regulations, many power companies are turning to combined-cycle power technology for future generation. Of course, the combustion turbine is ...

Demand for natural gas–fired power plants is perhaps more intense than it’s ever been. That means a big market to serve, and new opportunities for innovation. The major manufacturers are all working ...

Distributed generation integrated with intermittent renewable generation responds to the growing need for highly flexible small-scale (less than 100 MW) power generation resources. The limiting factor ...

Foster Wheeler Energia has been awarded three contracts for heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. An HRSG recovers heat from a hot gas stream and produces ...