Fossil Boilers and Nuclear Steam Generators

Leif Svensen, P.E., Santee Cooper and Gene L. Minner, PhD, Scientech "Working with Sensitivity Studies Using Linked Input and Output Component” (102 KB) 2007 Symposium:  Managing and Improving Plant Performance, Clearwater Beach, FL - August 22-24, 2007.

Ed Haack, Duke Energy, "Steam Generator, Cooling Tower, and Low Load Modeling," (136 KB) User's Group Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, August 20-21, 2006.

Gene L. Minner, PhD, Scientech, LLC. and E.D. Hughes, PhD, Hughes and Associates, "Using PEPSE to Model Nuclear Steam Generators,"   (130 KB) User's Group Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, June 20-21, 2005.

Gene L. Minner, SCIENTECH, Inc., "Emissions of Air Pollutants From Fossil Boilers and Gas Turbine Engines as Calculated by PEPSE®," (112 KB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater Beach, FL, June 7-9, 1999.

Philip D. French, P.E., French & Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C., "The Boiler is a Calorimeter," (1.3 MB) User's Group Meeting, Idaho Falls, ID, June 22-25, 1998.

William C. Kettenacker, SCIENTECH, Inc. and Don Baxa, Northern States Power Company, "Evaluation of Boiler Modifications at Sherco Unit 2," (392 KB) User's Group Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 23-27, 1997.

Michael Neundorfer, Neundorfer Engineered Systems, "Electrostatis Percipitator Design & Operation," (9.8 MB) User's Group Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 11-14, 1996.

Gerald Weber and Scott Gronwold, Commonwealth Edison Company, "Furnace Air Leakage Modeling," (671 KB) User's Group Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 11-14, 1996.

Gene L. Minner, NUS Corporation and Dan Hughes, Hughes & Associates, "Application of PEPSE for Nuclear Steam Generator Analysis," (2.16 MB) User's Group Meeting, Charleston , SC , June 11-14, 1996.

Glenn Beckerdite, Kansas City Power & Light Company; M.L. Berasi and D.A. Rosario, Structural Integrity Associates; L. Evans, KPL a Western Resources Company; and D. R. Broske, Electric Research Institute, "On-Line Aging Monitoring of Boiler and Turbine Components Using Creep-FatiguePro," (1.2 MB) User's Group Meeting, Kansas City, MO, June 20-23, 1995

James C. Paul, P.E., Airflow Sciences Corporation and Bruce E. Scherer, Consumers Power Company, "Applications of Numerical Boiler Models to Evaluate NOx Reduction Methods," (1.9 MB) User's Group Meeting, Kansas City, MO, June 20-23, 1995.

Scott Gronwold, Commonwealth Edison Company, "Low Load Boiler Modeling and Application," (784 KB) User's Group Meeting, Kansas City, MO, June 20-23, 1995.

Andrew Eaton, Scott D. Hill, and L. Douglas Smoot, Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, Brigham Young University, "A Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Model for Simulation of Combustion Systems: PCGC-3," (1.7 MB) User's Group Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 21-24, 1994.

William C. Kettenacker, Performance Engineering, Inc. and Jay O. Favinger, Nebraska Public Power District, "Boiler Modification Studies at Gerald Gentleman Station Unit 1," (815 KB) User's Group Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 21-24, 1994.

Gene L. Minner, Halliburton NUS and Duane L. Hill, Dairyland Power Cooperative, "On-Off Switching of PEPSE Controls," (3.38 MB) User's Group Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 21-24, 1994.

Duane L. Hill, Dairyland Power Cooperative, "Use of PEPSE To Model Steam Header Conditions," (827 KB) User's Group Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 21-24, 1994.

Bernard P. Breen and Joseph A. Urich, Energy Systems Associates, "Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Boiler Furnaces for Engineering Analysis," (405 KB) User's Group Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 21-24, 1994.

H. Randy Carter and Wayne K. Larson, Diamond Power Specialty Company, "NOx Emission Reduction by Furnace Cleanliness and Combustion Management," (1.25 MB) User's Group Meeting, Teton Village, Wyoming, June 15-18, 1993.

David P. Williams, Kansas City Power & Light Company, "Utilization of the Hawthorn 5 PEPSE Boiler Model," (1.97 MB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater Beach, Florida, June 23-26, 1992.

James E. Blakeley, Halliburton NUS Environmental Corp., "Tuning PEPSE Boiler Models Using Compiled Algorithms," (855 KB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater Beach, Florida, June 23-26, 1992.

Mitchell J. Pezzi, Diamond Power Specialty Company, "Boiler Diagnostics for Real-time Determination of Cleanliness and Automatic Cleaning Control," (741 KB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater Beach, Florida, June 23-26, 1992.

William C. Kettenacker, Performance Engineering, Inc. and Steve Kokotovich, Minnesota Power Company, "Predicting Boiler Performance Using an Energy Balance Computer Program," (1.0 MB) User's Group Meeting, Rochester, NY, June 18-21, 1991.

Gene Minner, Halliburton NUS Environmental Corporation, "Fossil Boiler Model Overview," (736 KB) User's Group Meeting, Rochester, NY, June 18-21, 1991.

Al Hall, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and Gene L. Minner, Halliburton NUS Environmental Corporation, "The Development of a Design Mode Fluidized Bed Plant Model Using the PEPSE Heat Balance Code," (2.65 MB) User's Group Meeting, Rochester, NY, June 18-21, 1991.

Thomas A. Davey, Consumers Power Company, "Validation of PEPSE Pulverizer Model," (460 KB) User's Group Meeting, Rochester, NY, June 18-21, 1991.

Al Hall, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., "Atmospheric Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustion and the PEPSE Code," (919 KB) User's Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1-4, 1990.

Greg Alder, EI International, Inc., "Split Flue Modeling Techniques," (648 KB) User's Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1-4, 1990.

William C. Kettenacker, Performance Engineering, Inc. and Barry R. Walchuk, Ontario Hydro, "Development of a Multi-Furnace PEPSE Boiler Model," (2.05 MB) User's Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1-4, 1990.

William T. Brockman, Kentucky Utilities Company, "A Method of Emulating Burner Tilts In PEPSE Boiler Models," (879 KB) User's Group Meeting, Park City, Utah, June 7-9, 1989.

William T. Brockman, Kentucky Utilities Company, "Combustion Engineering Boilers-Convection Surface Studies, An Analytical Method," (1.3 MB) User's Group Meeting, Park City, Utah, June 7-9, 1989.

William C. Kettenacker, Central and Southwest Services, Inc. and Gustavo A. Leal, Central Power & West Services, Inc., "Boiler Test Comparisons with PEPSE," (1.57 MB) User's Group Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, June 22-24, 1988.

Jeffery G. Hood, Santee Cooper, "Simplified Design Mode Boiler Modeling," (2.2 MB) User's Group Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, June 22-24, 1988.

Greg Eanes, Duke Power Company "PEPSE Pulverizer Submodel (Addendum)," (1.4 MB) User's Group Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, June 22-24, 1988.

Greg Eanes, Duke Power Company, "PEPSE Pulverizer Submodel," (729 KB) User's Group Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 17-19, 1987.

Jim Adams, New York State Electric & Gas Company,"PEPSE Modeling Techniques for Estimating Boiler Parameters," (1.1 MB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater, Florida, May 21-23, 1986.

Tami Thatcher, EI International, Inc., "Modeling Boiler Economizers with Finned Tubes," (908 KB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater, Florida, May 21-23, 1986.

Gene Minner, EI International, Inc., "Design Mode Drum Attemperator Calculations Using PEPSE," (1.24 MB) User's Group Meeting, Clearwater, Florida, May 21-23, 1986.