by McHale & Associates Inc. | Oct 7, 2022 | Tech Pub Library
ABSTRACT This paper describes a real-time performance monitoring method based on PTC 4-2013 for determining instantaneous heat rate for coal-fired power plants. The calculation protocol uses a modified output-loss approach applied to a control volume that closely...
by McHale & Associates Inc. | Sep 26, 2022 | Tech Pub Library
ABSTRACT This paper describes a real-time performance monitoring method based on PTC 4-2013 that was developed for determining and reporting annual heat rate for fossil fuel power plants. Unlike for the PTC 4 test, the coal composition is typically not known in...
by McHale & Associates Inc. | Jul 18, 2022 | Tech Pub Library
ABSTRACT This paper describes a modified F-factor approach for real-time performance monitoring of heat rate and CO2 emissions for fossil fuel power plants. The calculation protocol introduced in the present investigation is a modification of the F-factor method...
by Frank Grotkopf | Oct 30, 2013 | Tech Pub Library
Setting Standards for Solar: ASME’s PTC 52 and the Future of Concentrated Solar Power Testing With an overwhelming push for “green” renewable energy in the recent years, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Performance Test Codes (PTCs) are being called...
by McHale & Associates Inc. | Feb 28, 2012 | Tech Pub Library
ABSTRACT Since its publication in 1996, ASME PTC 46 Performance Test Code on Overall Plant Performance has established itself as the premier test code for conducting overall plant performance within the power industry, especially for combined cycle power plants. The...
by McHale & Associates Inc. | Apr 21, 2009 | Tech Pub Library
ABSTRACT One of the most important aspects of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Performance Test Code (PTC) thermal performance testing is the proper determination of test uncertainty since the Uncertainty Analysis (UA) validates the quality of a test as...
