Resources · Industrial Thermodynamic Intelligence™ Doctrine
The following executive briefs and methodology papers explore foundational concepts within Industrial Thermodynamic Intelligence™ — including operational drift, thermal-state behaviour, heat-rate deterioration, emissions intensity, radiative coupling, and best demonstrated performance.
These resources support the discipline. ControlAlign™ is the operational platform through which Industrial Thermodynamic Intelligence™ is applied to thermal infrastructure — historian-derived, deterministic, read-only, and audit-grade.
Industrial Thermodynamic Intelligence™ Series · Paper No. 01
Industrial decarbonisation is increasingly a capital allocation problem. This executive briefing introduces Thermodynamic Visibility™ as the foundational layer beneath investment prioritisation, technology deployment and industrial transition planning. Designed for OECD Climate Club stakeholders, multilateral development banks, infrastructure funds and industrial executives.
Why Thermal Performance Deteriorates While The Unit Appears Stable
In many large-scale industrial thermal environments — and in thermal power most visibly — assets continue operating within apparently normal ranges while thermodynamic efficiency progressively deteriorates. This brief examines why fuel and energy intensity drift beneath stable operational conditions, and how historian-derived reconstruction of thermal-state behaviour improves visibility into the thermodynamic transfer environment between fuel input and useful output.
Thermodynamic Visibility™ and the Industrial Capital Allocation Problem
PDF · A4 · 8 pp · YBG Global · 2026 · v1.0 · Industrial Thermodynamic Intelligence™ Series
Heat Rate Drift — Why Thermal Performance Deteriorates While The Unit Appears Stable
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Heat Rate Is An Outcome — Not A Primary Control Variable
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Combustion Is Controlled. Heat Transfer Often Isn’t.
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Why Identical Fuel Input Does Not Always Produce Identical Output
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Best Demonstrated Performance — Using A Plant’s Own Operational History As A Thermal Performance Reference Environment
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Thermal Plants Do Not Lose Performance All At Once — They Drift, Shift By Shift
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Fleet Thermodynamic Intelligence — Why Small Thermal-Performance Deviations Become Material At Fleet Scale
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Operational Thermodynamics Intelligence — A Historian-Derived Framework for Thermal-State Interpretation
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Radiative Coupling — An Emerging Operational Variable in Thermal Power Performance
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Thermal Coupling Effectiveness (TCE) — An Emerging Framework for Interpreting Fuel-to-Steam Conversion Stability
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Thermal-State Reconstruction Framework — Historian-Derived Operational Thermodynamics Intelligence
PDF · A4 Landscape · 14 Slides · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Historian-Derived Operational Intelligence Architecture — Deterministic Thermal-State Interpretation Framework
PDF · A4 Landscape · 15 Slides · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
Operational Drift Analysis — A Framework For Interpreting Progressive Thermal-Performance Deterioration
PDF · A4 Landscape · 15 Slides · YBG Global · 2025 · v1.0
YBG Operational Thermodynamics Doctrine — Methodology Framework
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · v2025.11
LNG Thermodynamics — Liquefaction, Compression-Train and Cryogenic Thermal-State Interpretation
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2026 · v1.0
CCS / CCUS Parasitic Energy — Capture-Loop Thermodynamics and Host-Asset Coupling
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2026 · v1.0
Industrial Process Heat — Refinery, Petrochemical and Industrial-Steam Thermal-Stability Interpretation
PDF · A4 · YBG Global · 2026 · v1.0
Sector Expansion · Forthcoming Doctrine
The current library reflects the deployed vertical — thermal power — where the doctrine has been most extensively proven. Forthcoming publications extend the same historian-derived interpretive framework into LNG thermodynamics, CCS / CCUS parasitic-energy interpretation, refinery and process-heater operational behaviour, industrial steam and process-heat systems, and cross-sector thermal-state interpretation beyond power generation. Each publication is engineering-reviewable, deterministic in interpretation, and intended for large-scale industrial thermal infrastructure environments.
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