Becht’s Power Engineering service line includes project services to Operating and New Plant as well as support to Combined and Simple Cycle, Coal, Nuclear and Renewable generation facilites.
Power Engineering brings together in a matrix fashion the applicable Becht service lines to focus on power generation projects. Examples of these other Becht services include Piping, NDE, Nuclear, Equipment Troubleshooting, Instrumentation & Control, Dimensional Technologies, Heavy Lift and Thermo-Hydraulic areas of the Becht company.
With contributing author: Al Aliperti This article is intended to stimulate thought and discussion on concrete encased grounding electrodes (Ufer grounding) and is the result of an outgrowth of a recent assignment the author assisted with. The author recognizes the subject is somewhat controversial among electrical engineers and designers. Photo: Rebar cage with embedded Ufer […]
The Problem Too often, the inability to get the required work done correctly, and on-time, has been blamed on too few people, not enough of the right people, or situations that were not anticipated. Dr. Louis T. Rader’s comments, about engineering management, are still applicable to many managers today. In 1964, he noted that: “The […]
Contributing Authors – Dave Dewees (Becht) and Dr. Keith Kirkpatrick (McHale Performance) Reducing HRSG & Stack Pressure Drop to Improve Profitability Many operating Simple and Combined Cycle HRSG (Heat Recovery Steam Generator) ducts and stack exhaust system designs can be optimized to reduce pressure drop, improve combustion turbine backpressure, improve performance and increase revenue. CFD analysis […]
