{"id":105,"date":"2025-07-29T02:27:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:56:11","slug":"latex-code","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/?page_id=105","title":{"rendered":"Latex code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have used Latex for greater than 20 years and below is some example documents with source code for your interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All code is free to use\/reuse, but comes with no warranty whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carnot to Supercritical steam cycle efficiency in Latex<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The sole purpose of this document is to illustrate and show calculations for the progression from the theoretical Carnot cycle proposed in ‘Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire 1824’ by Sadi Carnot to the advanced Rankine Supercritical cycle employed today in many power generation plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carnot to Supercritical cycle efficiency calculation.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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CEGB Correspondence Tuition Scheme for Power Plant Operators from the 1960\/70’s<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The following files are a selection from the CEGB (Central Electric Generating Board) correspondence course for power plant operations that I have re-written in Latex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson 2 – Development of the Power Station Site.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lesson 4 – The Development of the Modern Boiler.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lesson 5 – The Operation of the Modern Boiler.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lesson 6 – The Development of the Modern Steam Turbine.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lesson 7 – The Operation of the Modern Steam Turbine.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lesson 2 – Development of the Power Station Site.zip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pulverised Fuel code of Practice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Example of a power station policy – in this case for operation of pulverised fuel equipment, from plants in Thailand, Indonesia and New Zealand for comparison. Latex code for compiling final documents is also included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APS-P-OPS-03-001-A Operation of Pulverized Fuel Firing Equipment.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
datafiles – Thailand.zip<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
APS-P-OPS-1120-A Operation of Pulverized Fuel Firing Equipment.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
datafilesIndonesia.zip<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
PF code – NZ.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
datafilesNZ.zip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Minimising circulating currents when operating multiple generators in parallel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presentation detailing that parallel generators connected to a common bus should be operated with similar power factors to reduce circulating currents. Latex code for compiling final document is also included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parallel Generation and MVars.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Guide to Furnace Sootblowing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A basic guide to soot blowing of large tangentially fired p.f. coal furnaces to ensure maximum boiler efficiency is achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guide to Furnace Sootblowing.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
datafilesSootblowing.zip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Calculating most efficient reheat steam pressure using Python<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

With a given main steam pressure (sub-critical boiler), what is the ideal reheat pressure to maximise Ranking cycle efficieny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the ideal reheat pressure.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
datafilesRHpressure.zip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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more to come soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. I have used Latex for greater than 20 years and below is some example documents with source code for your interest. All code is free to use\/reuse, but comes with no warranty whatsoever. Carnot to Supercritical steam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardspowergenerationpage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}