Features
HEAT-RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS
- Historian data critical to HRSG operational assessments
- How a leaking valve was IDed as the cause of tube-to-header failures
- Problem solving 101: Don’t jump to conclusions more
- Cogen facility in the oil patch gets a controls makeover.
- Operator can control plant from a tablet while on rounds
- Electric fuel control valve streamlines plant operations more
- PAG acceptance grows with field experience
- Learn from in-depth interviews with plant colleagues who have cured their varnish problems by replacing mineral oil with polyalkylene glycol, now OEM-approved more
- Grid dispatch requirements obsolete legacy controls more
- Proper substation maintenance critical to plant profitability more
- Cybersecurity: Get your mind right more
- Does grid-scale storage threaten gas turbine plants?
- Competing grid-scale technologies
- California embraces energy storage more
- Understanding, detecting, and interpreting PD activity more
BEST PRACTICES: THE FIRST DECADE
- Takeaways from time-tested best practices
- Well-engineered best practices pay dividends for the life of the plant at Central Alabama, Lindsay Hill, and Effingham more
- Base water-quality specs on reality, not the GT OEM more
- IAPWS gives guidance for monitoring steam purity more
User Group Reports
- Controls platform expands envelope of services, functions
- Automatic voltage regulation
- Wireless electric actuators more
- Presentations at annual, mid-year meetings highlight safety, performance improvement
- Turbine component sealing, rotor and casing inspection, modernization and upgrade products, non-OEM turbine parts were among topics that piqued attendee interest more
- Presentations by owner/operators dominate the closed user sessions at what is likely the world’s largest frame meeting
- Corrosion pitting in the compressor, blending of 17th stage discs, fogging-related R0 erosion, fall protection, conversion from dual fuel to gas only, TIL1919, DLN2.6 fuel-nozzle repair, upgrading the .03 to .04 are some of the topics covered more
- Vendor presentation recaps from CSE Engineering, Sulzer, EthosEnergy Group, and PW Power Systems
- Lessons learned during a 7FA.03 CI/Package 3 upgrade
Plants Sharing Best Practices
Armstrong Energy
Calculator for weight management of forklift jib extension
Aurora Generating Station
Pre-job briefing card promotes safer workplace
Demin-water checklist
CAMS East Region Fleet
Developing multi-skilled technicians at minimal cost
Chalk Cliff Cogeneration
RO system dramatically reduces chemical costs
College Park Energy LLC
Remove/replace manhole covers safely
Decatur Energy Center
New exhaust seal assures effective fire protection
Local level indicators improve safety, inventory management
Dogwood Energy Facility
Installing battery disconnects allows safe, reliable testing, maintenance
Cooling-tower blowdown reclamation reduces water use, processing costs
Outage safety observers
Innovative forced-outage strategy
EcoElectrica
Valve-actuator hands-on training tool
Emergency regulatory compliance matrix
Thermal integration of CCGT and LNG terminal
EHS technicians perform OHSAS, ISO inspections
Operator cross-training and certification program
Green Country Energy
Leadership training: Equipping plant leaders for new, greater challenges
Guadalupe Power Partners LP
Turning-gear speed reducer modification
Juniper Generation LLC
Forced-outage reduction initiative
Ammonia system remote actuator
Klamath Generation Peakers
Triple block, double bleed fast-start mod
Lawrence County Generating Station
Daily safety moment keeps safety as day’s prime focus
Lea Power Partners LLC
Turbine-casing cooling-air mod
Chilled-water switch-on-the-fly mod
Lube-oil mist separator vent-pipe mod
Two-pass RO mod
MEAG Wansley
Safety-barricade tape warnings
Millennium Power
Plant significantly reduces nuisance alarms
Osprey Energy Center
Arc-flash quick guides enhance safety
Pasco Cogen
Rerouting plant infrastructure avoids outages from condenser tube leaks
Rathdrum Power Plant
Water tank inspection yields comprehensive safety procedures
DCS operator interface emergency response screen
Sabine Cogen LP
Developing a system to clearly distinguish confined spaces
SEEDCO
Fogging-water reclamation project
T-Power NV
Project management database, analysis tool
Competency management system
Walton County Power LLC
Turbine-enclosure ventilation upgrade
Fuel-line venting improvement
Washington County Power LLC
Test points added increase LCI start reliability
Troubleshooting tool for intermittent problems
Worthington Generation Station
Daily safety moment keeps safety as day’s prime focus
