White Papers

PCS staff participate in many industry conferences and events and often present technical papers that are of general interest to the industry. Click "Download" under the title of each paper to view the Adobe Acrobat Version (pdf file). If you need the Acrobat viewer, click HERE.

The white papers have been divided into six subsections:

• Knowledge Management
• Capturing the Knowledge and Best Practices of Your "Old Timers"
• Capturing and Storing Knowledge Before It Goes Out the Door
• How to Capture and Store Existing Skills Before the SME Leave


• Heat Rate Awareness and Improvement
• Development of More Accurate Correction Factors through Heat Balance Modeling
• Development of Controllable Parameter Heat Rate Effect Curves Using PEPSE®
• It's the Megawatts Stupid!
• Heat Rate Assessments and Training Improve Bottom Line for AES
• Performance Assessments: An Essential Tool for Heat Rate Improvement
• An Overview of the Motivation and the Method for Heat Rate Awareness Training


• Performance Monitoring & Optimization
• The Ultimate Performance Optimization Program
• Using Diagnostic Monitoring Centers for Fleet Equipment Condition Monitoring
• The Results of the Application of On-Line Monitoring to Power Plant Rotating Equipment
• Calculating the Uncertainty of Performance Monitoring Instrumentation at Salt River Project Coronado Generating Station
• Evaluation of Steam Path Audits


• Pattern Recognition and Data Validation
• Advanced Pattern Recognition for Critical Data Validation - Economic, Environmental and Maintenance Footprint Shrinkage Strategies
• Early Discovery of Failing Equipment and Sensors in Power Plants using Advanced Pattern Recognition
• Equipment Condition Monitoring Through Advance Pattern Recognition
• Application of Advanced Pattern Recognition for Nuclear Plant Performance Optimization
• Precision Data Validation Boosts Process Optimization Benefits
• Applied Pattern Recognition for Plant Monitoring and Data Validation
• Similarity Based Regression: Applied Advanced Pattern Recognition for Power Plant Analysis


• Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS)
• What is an EPSS (Electronic Performance Support System) and How Do Two Utilities Use It?
• What is an EPSS (Electronic Performance Support System) and Why Does My Company Need one?


• Training Solutions
• Overview of the ASME QFO Standard
• Gaming Technology as a Training Tool
• Industry Related Conference Updates
• Internet-Based Simulation Training
• Key Components to Effective Simulator Instruction
• Learning Styles Inventory - A "Must Have" for Generation X'ers