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Performance of generating plants: new realities, new needs.

Author(s) : WEC

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

The availability of a power plant is a critical indicator for assessing the overall performance of the plant and its service to customers. The report is a collection of papers describing some of the activities of the WEC Committee on the Performance of Generating Plants. It demonstrates a range of approaches used to assess the availability of coal and gas fired thermal units, nuclear reactors and renewable energy plants, and presents selected availability statistics from around the world. The report includes a special section containing over 25 case studies from utilities all over the world outlining various benchmarking approaches using advanced methodologies. A separate section contains detailed descriptions of the leading power plant statistics databases. Extract from the table of contents: international availability data exchange for thermal generating plants; thermal generating plant unavailability factors and availability statistics; nuclear generating plant unavailability factors and availability statistics; performance of hydro and pump storage plants; proposal of technical environmental and sociological performance indicators for renewable energy sources; workshops and communications case studies of the month.

Details

  • Original title: Performance of generating plants: new realities, new needs.
  • Record ID : 2005-1572
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Figures, economy, Environment, General information
  • Publication: WEC (World Energy Council) - United kingdom/United kingdom
  • Publication date: 2004/08
  • ISBN: 0946121192
  • Source: Source: 291 p. (21 x 29.7); fig.; tabl.; ref.; append.; GBP 85.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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