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2012 EU Handbook WEB
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2013 WTUI
2017 Best of the Best: Athens Generating Plant
2017 Best of the Best: Effingham County Power
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2017 Best of the Best: Nueces Bay and Barney Davis
2017 Best of the Best: Riverside Energy Resource Center
2017 Best of the Best: Woodbridge Energy Center
2019 WTUI 1-40_W
2020 BEST PRACTICES AWARDS: Eight plants earn Best of the Best honors in CCJ’s annual Best Practices program
2020 CCJ Best of the Best: Crete Energy Venture
2020 CCJ Best of the Best: Green Country
2020 CCJ Best of the Best: Hermiston
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2020 CCJ Best of the Best: River Road Generating Plant
2020 CCJ Best of the Best: St. Charles Energy Center
25-MW Frame 5P upgraded to profitability
2Q – 2012 Outage Handbook
2Q 2011
501D5D5A Users: Blackhawk
501F and 501G Users Group: Virtual Conference Agenda
501F and 501G Users Groups: Synergy between groups benefits all participants
501F BEST PRACTICES: Dogwood
501F BEST PRACTICES: Lea
501F BEST PRACTICES: Midulla
501F BEST PRACTICES: Whitewater
501F Hilco
501F Users Group
501F Users Group – Doosan
501F Users Group 2021: AGT Services, Inc.
501F Users Group 2021: JASC
501F Users Group 2021: Mee Industries, Inc
501F Users Group report
501F Users Group: Controls issues, mods dominate conference program
501F USERS GROUP: Learn from colleagues, rub elbows with 100 vendors in Scottsdale, Feb 17 – 22
501F USERS GROUP: Learn from colleagues, rub elbows with 100 vendors in Scottsdale, Feb 17 – 22
501F Vendor Spotlight: Colorless varnish?
501F Vendor Spotlight: Getting to the bottom of bearing damage
501F Vendor Spotlight: Maintaining reliability in 501F generators
501F Vendor Spotlight: Proactive approach to mitigate torque-tube and air-separator risks
501F Vendor Spotlight: The pressure-drop dilemma with self-cleaning filter houses
501F Vendor Spotlight: Turnkey outage support for HRSGs, including complete valve services
501F Vendor Spotlight: Users convert to single-layer SCR catalyst to reduce pressure drop, ammonia use
501F/G Best Practices: AMP Fremont
501F/G Best Practices: Athens
501F/G Best Practices: Dogwood
501F/G BEST PRACTICES: High Desert
501F/G Best Practices: Lea
501F/G Best Practices: State Line
501G BEST PRACTICES: Middletown
501G BEST PRACTICES: New Athens
501G BEST PRACTICES: New Harquahala
501G BEST PRACTICES: New Harquahala
501G BEST PRACTICES: Shepard
501G USERS GROUP: 2019 recap and 2020 updates
501G Users Group: Design refinements, upgrades help improve fleet performance
6B BEST PRACTICES: BASF GEISMAR
6B BEST PRACTICES: BASF Geismar
7EA BEST PRACTICE: Eagle Point
7EA BEST PRACTICE: Ferndale
7EA Users Group 2020
7EA Users Group 2020: AP+M Compressor Cleaning Solutions
7EA Users Group 2020: AP+M Outage in a Box
7EA Users Group 2020: Braden Filtration
7EA Users Group 2020: Cemtek KVB-Enertec
7EA Users Group 2020: Certrec Corp
7EA Users Group 2020: Chevron Lubricants
7EA Users Group 2020: JASC
7EA Users Group 2020: Mee Industries
7EA Users Group 2020: Moog
7EA Users Group 2020: National Electric Coil (NEC)
7EA Users Group 2020: Parker Hannifin Energy Division
7EA Users Group 2020: SVI INDUSTRIAL & SVI DYNAMICS
7EA Users Group: Doyle
7EA Users Group: Lincoln
7EA Users Group: Mulberry
7EA USERS GROUP: New challenges arise as equipment ages
7EA Users Group: Parker Hannifin Corp
7F – Vendor Presentations
7F BEST PRACTICES: Faribault
7F BEST PRACTICES: Nuevo Pemex
7F BEST PRACTICES: Rathdrum
7F BEST PRACTICES: Rowan
7F BEST PRACTICES: T A SMITH
7F BEST PRACTICES: Vandolah Power
7F USERS GROUP
7F Users Group Best Practices Awards 2021
7F Users Group: A really big show
7F Users Group: Repairing second-stage nozzles
7F USERS GROUP: Steering committee, OEM discuss ways to improve field service
7F Webinar: TIL Updates
7FUG 2020 Live: AGTServices Inc.
7FUG 2020 Live: Enerpac
7FUG 2020 Live: EPT
7FUG 2020 Live: Hytorc
7FUG 2020 Live: PSM
7FUG 2020: Allied Power Group
7FUG 2020: Badger Industries
7FUG 2020: Braden Filtration LLC
7FUG 2020: C.C.JENSEN, Oil Maintenance
7FUG 2020: Conax Technologies
7FUG 2020: DEKOMTE DE TEMPLE
7FUG 2020: Donaldson Company – Gas Turbine Systems
7FUG 2020: ESC | Spectrum
7FUG 2020: Gas Path Solutions LLC
7FUG 2020: GE Gas Power/FieldCore
7FUG 2020: Groome Industrial Service Group, LLC
7FUG 2020: GTC Control Solutions
7FUG 2020: HRST Inc.
7FUG 2020: Liburdi Turbine Services Inc.
7FUG 2020: MD&A
7FUG 2020: Mercer Thompson LLC & IEM Energy Consultants
7FUG 2020: Moog Inc.
7FUG 2020: Nel Hydrogen
7FUG 2020: Nitto Inc
7FUG 2020: Parker Hannifin Corporation
7FUG 2020: Pioneer Motor Bearing Co.
7FUG 2020: Polling and User Feedback
7FUG 2020: Recordings help vendors get the word out to wider audience
7FUG 2020: Special Technical Presentations
7FUG 2020: Strategic Power Systems, Inc.
7FUG 2020: Sulzer
7FUG 2020: User presentation recaps
7H USERS GROUP: Owner/operators wrestle with emergent issues at inaugural meeting
7HA USERS GROUP: GE Day
7HA USERS GROUP: Progress with centerline issues; non-drive-train topics dominate discussion
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ACC USERS GROUP
ACC USERS GROUP 2017 MEETING: Performance improvements in fans, heat transfer, water chemistry reflect global effort
ACOUSTIC MONITORING: Operators alerted to HRSG tube leaks in real time
AHUG: Tight control of cycle chemistry, proper layups, probing inspections, rigorous operating procedures critical to high availability
Air Inlet System Special Report: Chillers
Air Inlet System Special Report: Evap Coolers, Fogging
Air Inlet System Special Report: Inspection and Filtration
AIR INLET SYSTEM: Maintenance critical to assure top gas-turbine performance
Air-Cooled Condenser Cleaning and Leak Detection
Air-Cooled Condensers: Effective Cleaning and Leak Detection
AIR-COOLED CONDENSERS: Users group publishes tube-cleaning guidelines
Alarm Management: Proven Methods for Power Generation
ALSTOM UNITS: Alstom Owners Group gains widespread support from third-party vendors
And finally, don’t forget the gears
Anual HRSG Forum
AOG Training Session Registration
AOG2022
Archive
ARNOLD GROUP: Advanced Steam Turbine Warming Systems to Increase Startup Flexibility
Arnold Warming System
Assessing HRSG dependability
Assure peak performance from RO membranes
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AUSTRALASIAN BOILER & HRSG USERS GROUP: Owner/operators of fired boilers, HRSGs share experiences to resolve common issues
AUSTRALASIAN HRSG USERS GROUP: Deep dive on HRSG, cycle chemistry make this meeting special
AUXILIARY STEAM SYSTEMS: How to achieve reliable pressure regulation
Avoid desuperheater problems with quality equipment, proper installation, tight process control
Best Practices
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Best Practices: Rathdrum
Best Practices: Rowan
Best Practices: Woodbridge
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Borescope inspections reveal clashing damage in 7FAs as well as 7EAs
BrHB_2-24 web version
BUSINESS PARTNERS: Elections have consequences
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CCS1-20 WEB
CECO Webinar
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Clean heat-transfer surfaces inside and out to keep HRSGs at peak efficiency
COLD WELDING: The science and art of quality weld repairs
Combined Cycle Journal
COMBINED CYCLE Journal: Issue 51
COMBINED CYCLE Journal: Number 50
COMBINED CYCLE USERS GROUP
Combined Cycle Users Group
Combined Cycle Users Group : Hydro, Inc
Combined Cycle Users Group : SVI DYNAMICS
COMBINED CYCLE USERS GROUP (CCUG): 2020 Virtual Conference
COMBINED CYCLE USERS GROUP: Adapt to survive the coming sea change in industry structure
COMBINED CYCLE USERS GROUP: Annual meeting focuses on equipment inspection, operation, maintenance
Combined Cycle Users Group: Certrec, Inc.
Combined Cycle Users Group: JASC Controls
Combined Cycle Users Group: Parker Filtration
COMBUSTION DYNAMICS MONITORING: Advanced CDM detects impending combustor failure, prevents forced outage
Comprehensive fall hazard initiative brainstorms solutions, establishes procedures
Conco Services: Cleaning and Testing Condensers and Heat Exchangers
CONDITION MONITORING: Ultrasound warns of mechanical, electrical problems before failures occur
Contributing to industry knowledge on ACCs, predictive analytics, use of recycled water
Control Systems
CONTROL SYSTEMS: Disparate ‘no starts’ offer chance to review for single points of failure
CONTROLS UPGRADES: Age is only a number
CONVAL OFFERS HIGH-PERFORMANCE GATE VALVES
CRANE SAFETY
CTOTF tackles user issues on a wide range of aero, frame machines
Cutsforth Webinar: Integrated Generator Condition Monitoring
CYCLE CHEMISTRY
Cycle chemistry program for PG&E’s Colusa and Gateway Generating Stations
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY CONFERENCE: From central to distributed, the inflection point still not clear?
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Drum-Weld Critical-Crack-Size Pre-Outage Assessment and Application Experience
E/One Webinar: Automating Your Generator Degas Process
Effective ACC Cleaning and Leak Detection (2022)
El Rol del Comportamiento Metalúrgico en el Rendimiento de la Turbina a Gas
EL SEGUNDO ENERGY CENTER: Unique ‘flex’ unit design takes on the tough California market
ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS: Simple EMI test detects failing joints, promotes high plant availability
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
EMISSIONS CONTROL: Ammonia oxidation in simple-cycle SCRs can cause understatement of catalyst activity
EMISSIONS CONTROL: Latest GTs pose special challenges for NOx, CO catalyst system design?
Employee-driven safety culture generates enthusiasm, results
EMSA by RMS Energy
ENERGY STORAGE: Highview rolls out liquid-air-based system for long-duration storage
Environmental Stewardship – Faribault Energy Park/Minnesota River Station
EPRI reports: A short course on delamination of hardfacing and how to avoid it
EPT Webinar
Equipment Layup: Preservation program works for outages from one month to several years
EthosEnergy Webinar: Improve Availability AND Reduce Costs? Your Data Knows How…
EthosEnergy Webinar: Rethink Traditional Repair Options
EthosEnergy Webinar: You CAN run longer
European HRSG Forum
European HRSG Forum
Extended Technical Presentations: Doosan Turbomachinery Services
Extended Technical Presentations: MD&A
Find parts, list surplus: Who/Why/When for PeAks
Five Reasons Why You Should Upgrade Your Fuel Train
Five Reasons Why You Should Upgrade Your Fuel Train
Flame sensors without water cooling offer significant benefits for GE’s gas turbines
Focused discussion key to problem-solving
For many power plants, TOMONI HUB is making remote support the new normal.
Frame 6 case history: Effects of cyclic duty on air-cooled generators
Frame 6 Users Group: OEM’s rotor life assessment concerns many with high-hours machines
FRAME 6 USERS GROUP: What a difference a couple of years can make.
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Fuel Preparation
Future Generation
GAS TURBINE EXHAUST SYSTEMS: Diffuser-duct upgrade mitigates reliability concerns
Gas Turbine Failure Analysis and Avoidance
Gas Turbine Fuels: What color is your hydrogen?
Gas Turbine Fuels: What color is your hydrogen?
GAS TURBINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Gas Turbine Historical Society
GAS TURBINE UPGRADE
GAS TURBINES: Check turbine wheels for cracks during HGP and major inspections
GAS TURBINES: Doosan takes a high-profile position in aftermarket services
GAS TURBINES: Frame 5PA upgrade motivated by forced outage
GAS TURBINES: How natural-gas fuel variability impacts GT operation
GAS TURBINES: How to mitigate risks associated with LCI starting systems
GAS TURBINES: How to mitigate risks associated with LCI starting systems
GAS TURBINES: Monitor engine cooling-air flows to enable top performance
GAS TURBINES: Solutions for more reliable GT starts
GAS-TURBINE INLET AIR FILTRATION: ‘Three Pillars’ methodology helps users select the optimal filter for plant conditions
GAS-TURBINE INLET AIR FILTRATION: ‘Three Pillars’ methodology helps users select the optimal filter for plant conditions
GAS-TURBINE LIQUID FUEL SYSTEMS: Liquid-fuel quality
GAS-TURBINE LIQUID FUEL SYSTEMS: The road to 100% reliability in liquid-fuel starts, transfers on dual-fuel engines
GAS-TURBINE LIQUID FUEL SYSTEMS: Water-cooled liquid-fuel system
Generator Expert : Clyde Maughan
Generator Expert : DUNCAN WALKER
Generator Expert : James Michalec
Generator Expert : Jamie Clark
Generator Expert : Jim Lau
Generator expert : Kent Smith
Generator Expert : Mladen Sasic
Generator Expert : Relu Ilie
Generator Expert : Thomas Laird
Generator Expert: James Timperley
Generator expertise from Clyde Maughan
- Maintaining carbon-brush collectors
- Options for monitoring generator condition and their limitations
GENERATOR TESTING AND REPAIR
Generator Users Group : AGTServices Inc.
Generator Users Group : BPHASEinc
Generator Users Group : Electric Machinery
Generator Users Group : Electrical Builders, Inc.
Generator Users Group : Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis
Generator Users Group : National Electric Coil
Generator Users Group : Nel Hydrogen
Generator Users Group : Nord-Lock, Inc.
Generator Users Group : Siemens Energy
Generator Users Group (GUG): 2020 Virtual Conference
Generator Users Group Week Two
Generator Users Group Weeks Three and Four
Generator Users Group: Brush Generators
Generators
GENERATORS
Generators 101
Generators Users Group 2020
GENERATORS: ‘CliffsNotes’ on design, O&M of stator-bar insulation systems helps improve reliability
GENERATORS: Advisory document reflects OEM’s changing maintenance philosophy over time
GENERATORS: Introductory Webinar Series
GENERATORS: Unconventional stator design, construction complicate rewinds
GENERATORS: Unconventional stator design, construction complicate rewinds
GENERATORS: Understanding insulation basics helps promote long service life
GENERATORS/MOTORS: Protecting electrical insulation against moisture, dirt helps keep outages on schedule
GRID-SCALE STORAGE: Come up to speed fast on batteries with this no-cost resource
Growing experience with P91/T91 forcing essential code changes
GT INLET-AIR COOLING SYSTEMS
Guaranteed emissions compliance for aging gas turbines
GUEST COMMENTARY: The value of remote technical support during generator inspections, maintenance
GUG Vendor Breakout Presentations BPhase Inc
GUG Vendor Breakout Presentations Brush Group
GUG Vendor Breakout Presentations Electric Machinery
GUG Vendor Breakout Presentations Electrical Builders Inc
GUG Vendor Breakout Presentations Nel Hydrogen
GUG Vendor Breakout Presentations Nord-Lock Inc
GUG Week One User presentations
Harry Allen Generating Station
Harry Allen Generating Station design best practices
Heat Recovery Steam Generators
Heat Recovery Steam Generators
HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: ‘Good tubes don’t fail!’
HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: How best to replace an HP evaporator… Tubes only or entire harp??
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS Benefit from current experience with film-forming substances
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: Attention to detail early in the lifecycle sets the tone for long-term reliable service
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: How poor gas baffling affects HRSG performance
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: How to quickly inspect for cracking at tube-to-header welds
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: HRSG best practices…Plan now for old age
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: Inspection, maintenance priorities for ageing HRSGs
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: Lessons learned from an HRSG over-pressure event
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS: New tools for locating pitting, wall loss, corrosion, cracking in headers, tubes, welds
HEP and HRSG INSPECTION and MAINTENANCE: Factor European experience into O&M practices at US combined cycles?
HIGH ENERGY PIPING: Track performance data from plant’s historian to prevent piping failures
How to conduct an objective investigation of a gas-turbine event
How to identify, prevent waterside failure mechanisms in your HRSGs
How to inspect, replace GT exhaust system components
HRSG Forum
HRSG Forum
HRSG FORUM w/ Bob Anderson: Exclusive 2019 conference report
HRSG UPGRADES: How to design, retrofit drum-type HRSGs to cycle, start faster
HRSGs for small combined-cycle and cogen plants
HRSGS: Adapt advanced process control for tighter regulation of SH, RH temperatures
HRSGS: FFS applied correctly benefits water/steam cycle — less FAC, less iron
Hydrogen: A quick reality check
IAPWS TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS: Just released: TGDs on generator cooling-water chemistry, FFS, air in-leakage
Identify, correct HRSG gas-side corrosion problems
IGNITION SYSTEMS
Improve GT operating flexibility, reliability with fuel-system mods
Improving the Life Safety of CO2 Fire Extinguishing Systems
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Industry, colleagues praise The Clyde—most deservedly
Innovations In Vertical-Pump Vibration Monitoring
Inspecting, maintaining air-cooled generators
INSPECTION: In-situ extraction of a migrating 7EA S-12 shim saves owner more than $400k
Integrating Renewables Special Report
Is your exciter brush system meeting expectations?
Is Your SCR/CO System Ready for Turndown?
Isophase Bus System Maintenance in Action
Issue 62
Keep Aging Gas Turbines Competitive with Coatings and Material Upgrades
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: Tailoring global experience to meet the needs of local user communities
LARGE STEAM VALVES: Stellite delamination is preventable, but owner/operators must ‘enforce’ the solution
Latest Issue of CCJ
Latest Issue of CCJ
Latest issue of Combined Cycle Journal
Latest Issue of Combined Cycle Journal
Learn the basics of HRSG inspection
LESSONS LEARNED: Inspect, maintain hoses to prevent failures?
LESSONS LEARNED: Would you like a little sea salt on that??
Liburdi Webinar: 7F Nozzle Repair
LMS 100
Maintaining servos to ensure top GT performance
Maintenance of turbine-driven generators
MANAGEMENT: Make sure cyber issues don’t overwhelm an acquisition
March 2011 WTUI
March 2015 25WTUI
March 2016 15WTUI
March 2017 WTUI
Media Kit
NDE identifies birth defects, wear and tear in HRSG tube-to-header weld area
NERC, industry not in synch on battery testing
NEW GENERATION: Aero combined cycle enhances reliability, flexibility for Pasadena
New Harquahala Generating Co
New software tracks life remaining in critical HRSG parts; field tests verify expected results
Nitto Webinar
Nord-Lock Webinar: Solutions for Turbine/Generator Coupling Seize Up
O&M and Lifecycle Management for CCGT Power Plants Conference
O&M Best Practice: Numerous benefits from best-in-class diagnostic and analytic tools
ON-DEMAND, DISTANCE LEARNING: Webinars help users identify, implement solutions critical to plant betterment
Onscreen
Onsite
Operations & Maintenance – Balance of Plant – North Pole Expansion Plant
Operations Supervisor – Gateway Generating Station
Options for preventing, eliminating varnish in hydraulic, lube-oil systems
ORANGE COUNTY COGEN
OSHA VPP Star facility establishes solid safety partnership with contractors
OVATION USERS GROUP: More tools, more features, fewer connections
OVATION USERS GROUP: Users ponder big issues, knuckle down on knotty plant problems
OVATION USERS’ GROUP, UT-AUSTIN UPDATE: Real-time optimization pushes out into distribution networks
P91 commands respect
PACESETTER PLANT AWARDS
Pacesetter Plant: Altura Cogen
PACESETTER PLANT: TEXAS CITY
PAG gets good reviews from two top generating companies
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PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: Automating startup procedures can provide numerous benefits
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: How adjustable peak firing can improve your plant’s bottom line
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: Human performance events become opportunities at NV Energy
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Acoustic leak detection benefits boiler owners, but not all systems are HRSG-qualified
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Coating critical steam-valve parts with chrome carbide avoids stellite delamination issue
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: HRSG inspection tips
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Keep your plant competitive…Obsolete legacy systems
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Overhaul, upgrade legacy fog systems to maximize performance
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Pitfalls to avoid when adding a fuel-gas compression system to an operating plant
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Sometimes it takes a good turbine mechanic to solve a generator problem
PLANT SOLUTIONS IN BRIEF: Transformer armor helps ensure high availability
Plant staff, EPC contractor team to minimize water consumption at ZLD site
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Power Plant Controls Users Group : CEMTEK KVB-Enertec
Power Plant Controls Users Group : Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis
Power Plant Controls Users Group (PPCUG): 2020 Virtual Conference
Power Users 2020 Digital Combined Conference – Company Info
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PPCUG Vendor Presentations Cemtek KVB-Enertec’s
PPCUG Vendor Presentations Gas Turbine Controls.
PPCUG Vendor Presentations GE Day
PPCUG Vendor Presentations MD&A’s
PPCUG Vendor Presentations PSM
PPCUG Vendor Presentations Siemens Energy’s
PPCUG Vendor Presentations TC&E’s
PPCUG: Turbine Controls and Excitation Group
Proactive management of GT parts life key to controlling maintenance cost
PROTECTION OF METAL SURFACES: A wakeup call on film-forming substances
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Recorded Webinar Company Information
REDUCE RISK: Expand scope of 7EA compressor in-situ inspections
Registration Complete! Power Users Digital Conferences 2020 (CCUG, STUG, GUG, PPCUG)
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Repair cross-threaded compression fittings quickly, simplify maintenance
Replacing jaw clutches with automatic ones can improve operating flexibility, reduce maintenance
Retain your most valuable asset: Human-capital tacit knowledge
ROTORS: Macroetching aids in removing heat-affected zones of rubs
SAFETY: Working safely in a powerplant with a medical implant
SCR CATALYST MANAGEMENT
Selecting the appropriate vendor to refurbish parts for your turbines
SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION: Consider the impact of new operating regimes on your SCR
SGT 800 Users: Holland
SGT 800 Users: Holland
Six steps to successful repair of GT components
Special Issue – 2011 Outage Handbook
SPECIAL REPORT: HRSG assessments identify trends in cycle chemistry, thermal transient performance
Special workshop explores P91/T91 issues, impending ASME Code changes
State-of-the-art Cogen at Bay View
Steam Generators, Turbines
Steam Generators, Turbines
STEAM TURBINE PRIMER: Diaphragm repair strategies
STEAM TURBINE USERS GROUP
Steam Turbine Users Group : ARNOLD Group
Steam Turbine Users Group : EthosEnergy
Steam Turbine Users Group : Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis
Steam Turbine Users Group : Nord-Lock, Inc.
Steam Turbine Users Group : Parker Hannifin Corporation
Steam Turbine Users Group : Siemens Energy
STEAM TURBINE USERS GROUP (STUG): 2020 Virtual Conference
Steam Turbine Users Group 2020
Steam Turbine Users Group 2020
Steam Turbine Users Group: Intek, Inc.
Steam Turbine Users Group: Shell Lubricant Solutions
STEAM TURBINE USERS GROUP: Vendor presentations
STEAM TURBINE Vendor Breakout Presentations ARNOLD Group
STEAM TURBINE Vendor Breakout Presentations C C Jensen, Oil Maintenance
STEAM TURBINE Vendor Breakout Presentations Intek Inc
STEAM TURBINE Vendor Breakout Presentations Nord-Lock Group
STEAM TURBINE Vendor Breakout Presentations Parker Motion & Flow Control Products Inc
STEAM TURBINE Vendor Breakout Presentations Siemens Energy
STEAM TURBINES: Protect plant equipment through better training
Steam Valves
Steam-plant workshop focuses owner/operators on best practices for managing water chemistry, improving O&M
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The lowdown on the sticky subject of lubricant varnish
TRANSFORMER TESTING
TURBINE FLUIDS: How does PAG stack up against mineral oils after a decade of experience?
TURBINE TIP 10: Replace your ageing CO2 fire protection system
TURBINE TIP 11: Compartment heaters not for creature comfort
TURBINE TIP 12: Are your compressor bleed valves open or closed?
TURBINE TIP 13: How to test your emergency lube-oil pump
TURBINE TIP 9: What to do before relocating a gas turbine
TURBINE TIP NO. 7: Benefits accrue from observing startup, operational, shutdown sequences
TURBINE TIPS, No. 1 in a series: Limit output to maintain reliability of legacy engines?
TURBINE TIPS, No. 14 in a series
TURBINE TIPS, No. 14 in a series
TURBINE TIPS, No. 3 in a series: Be sure your GT maintenance plan includes auxiliary (fluid) systems
TURBINE TIPS, No. 6 in a series: Troubleshooting Speedtronic Mark I and II control systems
TURBINE TIPS, No. 8 in a series: Test VIGVs periodically to assure reliable operation
TURBINE TIPS, No. 8 in a series: Test VIGVs periodically to assure reliable operation
TURBINE TIPS: How to conduct a firing check on a fuel pump to confirm proper operation
TURBINE VALVES: How to prevent an actuator failure from tripping your plant
Turbocharging your SCR with Next Generation Technology – Just say NOx!
TVGS Best Practice: Achieving customer centricity requires hands-on approach
TVGS Best Practice: Contractor safety key component to OSHA VPP Star status
TVGS Best Practice: CT enclosure general lighting, power
TVGS Best Practice: Ergonomic improvements in an industrial setting
TVGS Best Practice: Process improvement program virtually eliminates HMI failures
TVGS Best Practice: Real-time response with automatic generator control
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