Building and engineering software designer Autodesk Inc. announced the availability of AutoCAD Plant 3D 2010, a product that it says brings the benefits of model-based design to mainstream plant ...

An optimal coal pile design takes into account the site-specific (and often conflicting) needs of a new power plant early in its design — rather than using whatever land is available after the plant ...

With the advent of higher gas and oil prices, solid fuel is making a comeback. Solid fuel plants must overcome several obstacles, however, including higher capital costs, longer construction periods ...

Developed by Chinese researchers, the novel design methodology consists of utilizing metal brackets as mounting structures, conventional solar panels, and a grooved glass plate placed between the ...

Power plants are not the first thing you think of when told to imagine a welcoming, inviting building. And when I say “power plant,” you might picture a hot, dirty space full of coal with thick, acrid ...

Before Duerr Inc. laid out its new building, it had a wish list built over years to start the planning. The company’s best single investment? The central material handling system. Husky’s Factory ...

The H12 is supposedly a variant of the HR12, a 1.2-liter, three-cylinder turbocharged engine, which was fitted with a new combustion system with a 17:1 compression ratio, a new exhaust gas ...