Coal is still here – 30% of all U.S. electricity produced in 2016 came from coal – but that hasn’t stopped utilities from finding other sources to provide a balanced mix. One of those sources is biomass, and it makes sense for a variety of reasons – especially when the… Read More
ProcessBarron was recently featured in Business in Focus magazine as a provider of turnkey solutions to the power, steel, cement & lime, and paper industry. Business in Focus is an international magazine dedicated to sharing stories about North American business, to business professionals in a wide variety of industries. The… Read More
Clean Coal Technologies, Inc., a technology developer, is planning to relocate a test facility from Oklahoma to Wyoming by the end of January. The facility is designed to use a unique coal dehydration technique to turn Powder River Basin coal into a cleaner version that burns with fewer emissions. Coal-drying… Read More
Efficiency is the name of the game for mechanical draft fans. An efficient fan is a productive one, and a productive fan is one that doesn’t increase costs and hurt a plant’s bottom line. There are several types of fan efficiency ratings. Not all are created equal. It helps to… Read More
Dealing with ash is one of the main challenges facing a plant or mill manager. Ash has to be removed, but it needs to be removed in a cost-efficient manner – and in a way that doesn’t run afoul of regulations. To save money and streamline operations, managers have to… Read More
A plan to replace the Clean Power Plan will soon be introduced, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. On December 7th, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt informed members of the House of Representatives that a plan to repeal the controversial CPP from the Obama administration will be introduced soon. This is… Read More
New technology developed in the United Kingdom could convert biomass fuel into a coal-like product, thus creating next-generation fuel that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide stable energy for the masses. A coalition of public and private-industry entities – ranging from the University of Nottingham to the Energy… Read More
Heat rate, as any power plant engineer knows, is the amount of energy a plant has to expend in order to generate a unit of work or electricity. It’s expressed in Btu/kWh, or how many Btu/hr of energy are needed to generate one kW. For decades, the gold standard of… Read More
