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Failure of Circulating Water Pumps Discharge Header Cross Connect Valve — Optimum Solutions

Mohammed Alismail
Proc. ASME. POWER2014, Volume 1: Fuels and Combustion, Material Handling, Emissions; Steam Generators; Heat Exchangers and Cooling Systems; Turbines, Generators and Auxiliaries; Plant Operations and Maintenance; Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues, V001T07A001, July 28–31, 2014
Paper No: POWER2014-32003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2014-32003
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Topics: Failure, Pumps, Valves, Water, Maintenance, Collapse, Condensers (steam plant), Design, Leakage, Pipes
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Issues Related to Creep-Strength-Enhanced Ferritic (CSEF) Steels

Rama S. Koripelli, David N. French
Proc. ASME. POWER2014, Volume 1: Fuels and Combustion, Material Handling, Emissions; Steam Generators; Heat Exchangers and Cooling Systems; Turbines, Generators and Auxiliaries; Plant Operations and Maintenance; Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues, V001T07A002, July 28–31, 2014
Paper No: POWER2014-32027
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2014-32027
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Topics: Creep, Steel, Temperature, Alloys, Failure, Heat treating (Metalworking), Stress, Superheaters, Welding, Cooling
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Zone Based Control of Building Air Conditioning Systems Through Temperature Monitoring and Control

Rakesh M. Patil, Anupama Keeli, Di Shi, Ratnesh Sharma
Proc. ASME. POWER2014, Volume 1: Fuels and Combustion, Material Handling, Emissions; Steam Generators; Heat Exchangers and Cooling Systems; Turbines, Generators and Auxiliaries; Plant Operations and Maintenance; Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues, V001T07A003, July 28–31, 2014
Paper No: POWER2014-32119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2014-32119
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Topics: Air conditioning, Temperature, Energy consumption, Structures, HVAC equipment, Control systems, Heating, Redundancy (Engineering), Temperature sensors, Ventilation
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Modelling Chemical and Microstructural Evolution Across Dissimilar Interfaces in Power Plants

J. W. G. Clark, D. G. McCartney, H. Saghafifar, P. H. Shipway
Proc. ASME. POWER2014, Volume 1: Fuels and Combustion, Material Handling, Emissions; Steam Generators; Heat Exchangers and Cooling Systems; Turbines, Generators and Auxiliaries; Plant Operations and Maintenance; Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues, V001T07A004, July 28–31, 2014
Paper No: POWER2014-32242
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2014-32242
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Topics: Modeling, Power stations, Diffusion (Physics), Steel, Computer software, Metals, Atoms, Carbon, Chemical potential, Crystal structure
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Study on the Reliability Improvement of a Mechanical Seal for the Primary Loop Recirculation Pumps (PLR Pump)

Naoto Hikida, Hiroyuki Torigoe, Kikuo Nishiyama, Kenichi Sugiyama
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A004, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98130
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Topics: Pumps, Reliability, Ceramics, Boiling water reactors, Sealants, Abrasion, Deformation, Test facilities
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Measurement of Thickness and Reflectivity of Fouling Deposits on Wall Tubes in a Pulverized-Coal Firing Furnace

Naftaly Menn, Boris Chudnovsky
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A005, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98187
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98187
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Topics: Coal, Firing, Furnaces, Reflectance, Thickness measurement, Boilers, Emissivity, Energy generation, Fuels, Heat transfer
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Analysis of a Hybrid PEMFC-SOFC Gas Turbine Power Plant

Mohamed Gadalla, Nabil Al Aid
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A006, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98242
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98242
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Topics: Gas turbines, Power stations, Proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Solid oxide fuel cells, Economic analysis, Design, Fuel cells, Modeling, Optimization, Thermoeconomics
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Fatigue Crack Propagation Analysis of Gear Tooth Under Various Load Conditions and Repaired With Boron/Epoxy Patch

Mir Ali Ghaffari, Shaoping Xiao
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A007, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98270
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Topics: Boron, Epoxy adhesives, Epoxy resins, Fatigue cracks, Gear teeth, Stress, Fracture (Materials), Composite materials, Finite element analysis, Fracture mechanics
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Vibration Induced Failure Investigation and Evaluation for Main Steam Moisture Separator Drain Tanks

Timothy M. Adams, Shawn Nickholds, Bruce F. Dubovecky, Art Watkins, R. Steven Mackowski
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A001, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98076
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Topics: Failure, Steam, Vibration, Pipes, Nozzles, Stress, Transients (Dynamics), Accelerometers, Cracking (Materials), Cycles
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Evaluation of Irradiation Effects on Concrete Structure: Gamma-Ray Irradiation Tests on Cement Paste

Osamu Kontani, Shohei Sawada, Ippei Maruyama, Masayuki Takizawa, Osamu Sato
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A002, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98099
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98099
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Topics: Cements (Adhesives), Concretes, Gamma rays, Irradiation (Radiation exposure), Light water reactors, Heat, Neutrons, Radiation (Physics)
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Evaluation of Irradiation Effects on Concrete Structure: Background and Preparation of Neutron Irradiation Test

Ippei Maruyama, Osamu Kontani, Shohei Sawada, Osamu Sato, Go Igarashi, Masayuki Takizawa
Proc. ASME. POWER2013, Volume 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM); Plant Systems, Structures, Components and Materials Issues; Simple and Combined Cycles; Advanced Energy Systems and Renewables (Wind, Solar and Geothermal); Energy Water Nexus; Thermal Hydraulics and CFD; Nuclear Plant Design, Licensing and Construction; Performance Testing and Performance Test Codes, V002T07A003, July 29–August 1, 2013
Paper No: POWER2013-98114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98114
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Topics: Concretes, Irradiation (Radiation exposure), Neutrons, Atomic structure, Atoms, Cements (Adhesives), Dislocations, Gamma rays, Heating, Minerals
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Clarification of Measurement Error of Orifice Flow Meter in Wet Steam Flow

Ryo Morita, Shuichi Umezawa, Tatsuya Funaki, Fumio Inada, Masayuki Sakai, Masahiro Ishibashi, Yuta Uchiyama, Haruo Amari, Masaki Takamoto, Hiroyuki Shimada
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 307-313, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55457
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55457
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Topics: Errors, Flow (Dynamics), Flowmeters, Steam, Pressure
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Evaluation of Crack Growth Behavior of Alloy 625 Under Cyclic Loading in a Steam Environment at 750°C

Yoichi Takeda, Hirofumi Sato, Shuhei Yamamoto, Takamichi Tokunaga, Akio Ohji
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 315-324, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55471
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55471
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Topics: Alloys, Fracture (Materials), Steam, High temperature, Creep, Direct current potential drop techniques, Energy generation, Generators, High pressure (Physics), High temperature steam
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Effect of Elbows on Stability of Water-Based TiO 2 Nanofluids Under Laminar Flow Conditions

Junhong Yang, Dapeng Cheng, Qianqian Di, Jialing Zhu, Junhong Zhang
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 267-274, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55348
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55348
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Topics: Laminar flow, Nanofluids, Reynolds number, Stability, Water, Nanoparticles, Flow (Dynamics), Fluids, Particle size, Agglomeration (Materials)
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HDPE Cooling Water Pipe for Power Generation

Z. Jimmy Zhou
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 261-265, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55338
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55338
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Topics: Cooling, Energy generation, Water pipes, Pipes, Steel, Safety, Corrosion, Maintenance, Corrosion protection, Corrosion resistance
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Studies on Flow and Pipe Wall Thinning and the Reduction in the Downstream of Orifice Nozzle

Toshihiko Shakouchi, Takayuki Suzuki, Hideki Yuya, Masaki Naruse, Koichi Tsujimoto, Toshitake Ando
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 275-280, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55354
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55354
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Topics: Flow (Dynamics), Nozzles, Pipes, Piping systems, Cavitation erosion, Corrosion, Damage, Drops, Erosion, Experimental analysis
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Genetic Algorithm-Based Searching Method for Piping Path Routing in Coal-Fired Boiler Buildings

Naohiro Kusumi, David E. Goldberg, Noriyuki Ichinose
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 281-286, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55374
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55374
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Topics: Algorithms, Boilers, Coal, Pipes, Structures, Design, Steam, Dynamic programming, Fans, Genetic algorithms
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Performance Deterioration Mechanism Analysis of Natural Draft Cooling Towers Under Crosswind Conditions

Feng-zhong Sun, Yuan-bin Zhao, Ming Gao, You-liang Chen, Yue-tao Shi
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 287-291, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55443
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55443
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Topics: Cooling towers, Heat, Mass transfer
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Experimental Research on Environmental Crosswind Effects to Airflow Rate in Wet Cooling Tower

Ming Gao, Nini Wang, Yuetao Shi, Yuanbin Zhao, Fengzhong Sun
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 293-297, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55446
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55446
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Topics: Air flow, Cooling towers, Heat, Mass transfer
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Transient Analysis for Effect of TDFWP on the Operation of Main Equipments in Direct Air-Cooled Thermal Power Generating Unit

Chen Yang, Shengli Tang
Proc. ASME. POWER2011, ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 2, 299-305, July 12–14, 2011
Paper No: POWER2011-55447
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55447
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Topics: Thermal energy, Transient analysis