Category Archives: WTUI
HOT TOPICS at Western Turbine breakout sessions for the LM2500, LM5000, and LM6000
Hundreds of LM2500, LM5000, LM6000, and LMS100 owner/operators are compelled to attend annual meetings of the Western Turbine Users Inc for the updates they receive on fleet issues from the OEM and its licensed repair depots—TransCanada Turbines (TCT), Air New Zealand Gas Turbines (ANZGT), Avio SpA, IHI Corp, and MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH. The comprehensive [...]
LM2500 assessment: Control systems, components leading contributors to forced outages
It’s unanimous. Control systems and their components—including controllers, cards, and gas- fuel modulating valves—were the major contributors to forced outages in 2012 for each of the fleets supported by the Western Turbine Users Inc: LM2500, LM5000, LM6000, and LMS100. Details on the Top Ten contributors to forced-outage incidents involving the LM2500 were presented to the [...]
Special sessions at WTUI focus on HRSGs, emissions reduction, inlet cooling
An important part of the technical program at all annual meetings of the Western Turbine Users Inc are the six special presentations on the afternoon of the second day covering topics of importance to attendees not addressed in the engine breakout sessions. These hour-long presentations (including a brief open discussion period after each) are arranged [...]
Have ORAP®? If yes, then NERC reporting just got easy
Some things you can’t say too many times. One of them: As of 2013, all thermal generating units having a gross nameplate rating above 20 MVA, as well as a direct connection to the bulk power system at more than 100 kV, must report certain operating information to the North American Electric Reliability Corp. NERC [...]
