Linda Sweeney 
By Jim Staudt, presented to the EPRI CEMS meeting, 2018 ABSTRACT – Lowering heat rate from electric utility boilers has the economic benefit of reducing fuel consumption and the environmental benefit of reducing pollutant emissions. There have been various estimates of the potential heat rate improvements possible from the existing fleet of electric utility boilers … Read more
By Staudt and Glesmann ABSTRACT – This paper explores the use of smart building technology to provide lower building operating costs as well as increased revenue opportunities with improved safety, security and resilience. When the term “smart” technology for buildings is used in the context of this paper, it refers to integrated sensors and systems … Read more
In May 2020, ATP and SincEnergy issued a White Paper on the Past Present and Future of Smart Building Management. Please see the Featured Article. In addition to discussing the advances in smart building technology, the paper explores the value proposition of using buildings for clean generation and even supplying the grid. New, open-source technologies … Read more
Welcome to the new ATP web site. It was recently redesigned. While I generally kept the same format, there are several improvements that utilize more current technology than the old site. In this time of the COVID 19 pandemic we are observing changes that I believe will have long term consequences for energy. Trends that … Read more
ABSTRACT – The ability of power plants and other emissions sources to comply with clean air regulations within a given time frame is limited in part by the resources available for implementing the necessary modifications to the facility. The resources include labor, materials, and equipment. In this White Paper the assumptions used to assess the ability … Read more
Not So Ancient Naval History Thirty years ago I was an officer in the US Navy assigned to the engineering department of the USS Enterprise, the Navy’s first nuclear aircraft carrier that was placed in service in 1960. It was an impressive ship – nearly 1,200 feet long and nearly 100,000 tons in displacement with … Read more
On September 30, 2019 the United States District Court Eastern District of Missouri issued its Memorandum Opinion and Order requiring Ameren Missouri to install flue gas desulfurization on the Rush Island power plant and dry sorbent injection on the Labadie power plant. It had previously been determined that Ameren Missouri did not file a PSD … Read more