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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Plant construction"”.
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Organization, management, and construction procedures used in power plant construction
… of Technology. Dept. of Building Engineering and Construction, 1951.
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Scenario modeling for feasibility assessment of nuclear power plant construction projects
… proven to be problematic for utility companies. Construction costs and schedules have proven to be highly unpredictable, with the average reactor construction project costing two to three times more than its initial budget and taking almost twice as long to complete as expected. The causes of …
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An examination of the pursuit of nuclear power plant construction projects in the United States
… the achievable success of future nuclear power plant construction projects. The troublesome nature characterizing much of the history of U.S. nuclear power plant commercialization provides impetus for an examination of the reasons behind the unanticipated outcomes of many nuclear power plant …
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A Work Package-Based Process Model for Petrochemical Construction Planning
… the planning and control of petrochemical plant construction projects and the impact of work packaging on planning. This study was accomplished primarily through interviews with various levels of people in the business of building petrochemical plants. This study indicated that work …
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Determination of the proper operating range for the CAFCA IIB fuel cycle model
… shows the schedule for deployment of recycling plants. All of these models are dependent on user inputs, some of which specify advanced technology type and capacity, plant lifetime and recycling facility capacity. The behavior of CAFCA IIB resulting from the most recent modifications are …
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Modeling barriers to cost change in solar and nuclear energy technologies
… production technologies, while nuclear plant costs have risen. Changing costs have contributed to global energy transitions in the past, and our capacity to decarbonize the electricity sector will depend on the cost of low-carbon electricity production technologies like photovoltaic and …
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Modularity in design of the MIT Pebble Bed Reactor
The future of new nuclear power plant construction will depend in large part on the ability of designers to reduce capital, operations, and maintenance costs. One of the methods proposed, is to enhance the modularity of the designs in which the basic plant is broken down into modules, each of which …
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Real options approach to capacity planning under uncertainty
… utilization policies and decision-making in the construction of such plants. Two specific options have been examined: (1) Vary size and timing of capacity increment (2) Defer hydropower plant construction to observe demand by relying on low fixed-cost and high operational-cost facilities in the …
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The Effect of Supply Chain Configuration on Small Modular Reactor Economics
… By employing the most comprehensive nuclear plant construction cost data available, in conjunction with established cost estimating methods, a model was devised to estimate the capital costs and levelized electricity cost of a SMR, based on conventional light water reactor technology. Key …
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The Sustainability of Biofuels Produced from Microalgae
… the GHG emissions from the materials used for plant construction. A LCA was performed for the infrastructure materials and compared to results from the fuel-cycle. Plastic from pond liners had the largest contribution to GHG emissions for the baseline case. Increasing productivity and lipid …
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Inferior speed capability, yet faster speed: Evidence from entry into liquefied natural gas industry
… the firm’s speed in the time-to-build its plant as a source of its competitive advantage. The extant research literature has achieved substantial progress by recognizing the firm’s speed in its time-to-build its plant as a strategic decision involving a cost-benefit tradeoff, and by …
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An econometric analysis of the role of air and water residuals in the production technology for steam-generating electric plants
… residuals in the production technology of the plants;</li> <li>to estimate the partial elasticities of substitution between labor and fuel;</li> <li>to test the input homotheticity of the production technology;</li> <li>to test the hypotheses of separability between the joint outputs (i.e. …
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Cooperative Hoisting with Dual Crawler Cranes: Modeling, Motion Planning, and Control under Constraints
… rapid development of large scale infrastructure construction and industrial assembly such as wind turbine installation, bridge segment erection, and modular plant construction dual crawler cranes (DCCs) have become essential equipment for handling oversized and heavy loads. Their cooperative …
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Environmental transfer of radionuclides in a Sub-Saharan Africa setting
… both are proposed locations for nuclear power plant construction in Nigeria. The sampling campaign involved the collection of soil, agricultural food crops, and wildlife samples. Animal sampling focused on the Reference Animals & Plants (RAPs) defined by the International Commission on …
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Measuring the social costs of coal-based electricity generation in South Africa
… of power generation in a coal-fired power plant, not all intrinsic aspects were incorporated due to lack of data, gaps in knowledge and anticipated model complication. The shortcomings of the model were highlighted and recommendations for future research were made. Sepedi: Ditheknolotši tša …