The 501F Users Group dodged the Covid-19 bullet last year, completing its 2020 conference just days before the pandemic forced the cancellation of in-person industry meetings. This year’s conference, which began February 15, was the organization’s first virtual event and included content also of interest to owner/operators of 501G and H frames, plus the V engines. Users responsible for all four frames were encouraged to participate.
What follows is a summary of 501F content broadcast during seven days over a two-week period. Sessions began at 10 a.m. Eastern all days and concluded by 4:30. Visit the 501F Users Group’s website (https://forum.501fusers.org) to access presentations made available to the organization’s membership.
Monday, February 15. Safety roundtable, plus Vendorama presentations by ARNOLD Group, Allied Power Group, Durr Universal, AGT Services, and National Electric Coil covering steam-turbine warming systems, gas-turbine inlet and exhaust systems, generators, and the inspection and refurbishment of generator high-voltage electrical connections.
Tuesday, February 16. Generator roundtable and user presentations, plus Vendorama presentations by Braden Filtration, Donaldson, Frenzelit, Parker Hannifin, and C C Jensen covering self-cleaning air inlet systems, gas-turbine solutions for more power, exhaust expansion joints, oil and water injection systems for dual-fuel engines, and remote monitoring of oil and diesel conditioning.
Wednesday, February 17. Inlet and exhaust roundtable and user presentations began the day’s program, which included optional advanced-frame breakouts for owner/operators with engines later than the model FD3. A special training session, Generator Rotor 101, followed.
Presentations by PSM concluded the day.
Thursday, February 18. Compressor roundtable and user presentations began the day’s program, which included optional advance-frame breakouts for owner/operators with engines later than the model FD3. A special training session, Generator Stator 101, followed.
Presentations by Mitsubishi Power concluded the day.
Tuesday, February 23. Rotor roundtable and user presentations, plus Vendorama presentations by Voith Turbo, ORR Protection Systems, SVI Dynamics, Shell, Reliability 360, and NordLock Group covering legacy starting systems, fire suppression, HGP component upgrades, interpreting lab oil-analysis results, monitoring of turbine bearings, and 4-way-joint leak solution.
Wednesday, February 24. Combustion roundtable and user presentations, plus Vendorama presentations by Nord-Lock, EMW filtertechnik, ARNOLD Group, and Doosan covering anti-seize coupling bolts, air inlet filters, and advanced single-layer insulation. GE’s presentations to users followed.
Thursday, February 25. Hot-gas and auxiliaries roundtables and user presentations launched the day’s program. Six presentations by Siemens Energy concluded the 2021 conference.
501FUG: 2020 Conference Review
501FUG: Presentations by Owner/Operators
501FUG: Special Closed Sessions – Doosan
501FUG: Special Closed Sessions – GE
501FUG: Special Closed Sessions – Mitsubishi Power Americas
501FUG: Special Closed Sessions – PSM
501FUG: Special Closed Sessions – Siemens Energy
501FUG: Vendorama
Nord-Lock Group solution mitigates 4-way joint leakage
PSM Shop Tour for 501F Users
Officers and Board of Directors
President/Chairman of the Board
Russ Snyder, VP generation operations, Cleco Power LLC
Vice Chairman
Carey Frost, program manager, Duke Energy
Secretary and Board Member
Brian Berkstresser, plant manager, Liberty Utilities
Board Members:
Blaine Gartner, principal engineer, Xcel Energy John Burke, O&M manager, NAES Corp
Dave Gundry, senior engineer, Xcel Energy
Dennis Winn, managing director, Klamath Energy LLC (Avangrid Renewables)
Ivan Kush, principal CT and controls engineer, Cogentrix Energy Power Management
Jaime Oliveira, O&M senior manager, EdF
