Today is the momentous day of Barack Obama’s Inauguration, where he gets sworn in as the president of the United States at noon on Capitol Hill. Many people are hoping for and anticipating change and a new direction for America, especially in this economic recession. The engineering sector is also one that is expected to [...]
This is Part 2 of our grand launching of Engineerography Blog. If you haven’t checked out Part 1 already, I recommend that you do. I talked about the fundamentals to electricity generation there.
The simplest form of a steam turbine power plant consists of a boiler and a turbine driving an electric generator. Typically, the axis of [...]
I’d like to start off with something so important, but so invisible, in our everyday lives. We all know by now that energy and power generation is the hot topic that’s moving us forward, with talk about global climate change, renewable energy, and “green” technology.
I’ll kick off the blog with a special 4-part series about energy [...]