Image art by Kevin Clark via ChatGPT-5.4. The first three parts of this series outlined how water-side microbiological fouling and mineral scaling, and excess air in-leakage on the steam side, can ...
Many power plant personnel are aware that chemistry upsets in a steam generator may cause severe corrosion and failure of boiler waterwall tubes and other components. These failures place the staff at ...
Cycling a combined cycle plant places additional stresses on all equipment, but the impacts extend beyond the gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator. Plant owners and managers are beginning to ...