Scaling up a concentrated solar power plant from 30-60 MW to 300 MW+ results in substantial technological and cost challenges in the area of instrumentation and control. These challenges are a direct result of the high number of solar collector assemblies (SCAs) and the large amount of acreage that a Concentrated Solar Power Plant occupies. This paper will concentrate on solar plants utilizing parabolic trough SCA technology.

Climate change is forcing the consideration of CO2 emissions in the operation of power plant fleets throughout the world for both new and old facilities.  Burns and Roe discusses the alternatives.

There are quite a few power stations less than 400 MW in size with successful and long histories of operation. Some of these, in fact, are considered “young” if they have operated for less than 40 years. However, they represent power plant technology  developed at best in the 1960s, if not earlier. This article identifies some of the challenges and discusses a variety of technical solutions available to power plant owners to keep these plants operating while reducing their carbon footprint.

Insurers are more likely to take a leadership role in reducing the risks of climate change as companies become more liable for damage related to it. Regardless of the real cause of the climate change - we have to address climate change in some fashion.

A design that combines the benefits of throttle pressure firing and drum pressure firing offers a quick and inexpensive solution to pressure stability problems, as three case studies demonstrate.

The City of Galena, Alaska, has no connection to an outside power grid. The city currently depends on diesel generators for its electric power supply. Diesel generators have several drawbacks for the city such as high cost of operation and environmental pollution concerns. The U.S. Department of Energy concluded that a power generation facility based on Toshiba Corporation's "Super-Safe, Small and Simple" (4S) reactor is the best economic and environmental choice for Galena.

This paper describes the approach being used by Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. in the classification of Hazardous Areas for a typical CTG power plant. Others may find this paper useful in developing their own guidelines for classifying Hazardous Areas in power plants.

As a leading engineering and design firm, Burns and Roe uses advanced Microstation CAD techniques to create real-world lighting effects that add greater depth to visualizations. This article is the first of a two-part series introducing Radiosity Solving and its lighting options.

Visualization - by means of a rendering or an animation - simplifies even the most complicated design idea. Burns and Roe's Ray Dwyer presents an introduction to visualizations and their powerful rendering options.