The HRSG Forum isn’t just another industry conference—it’s the only “user group” event where every session is open to all participants, fostering real-time exchange across users, OEMs, consultants, and solution providers. No sessions are restricted but are moderated by Bob Anderson (Competitive Power Resources) and Barry Dooley (Structural Integrity, UK) to ensure fruitful presentation and […]
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The HRSG Forum isn’t just another industry conference—it’s the only “user group” event where every session is open to all participants, fostering real-time exchange across users, OEMs, consultants, and solution providers. No sessions are restricted but are moderated by Bob Anderson (Competitive Power Resources) and Barry Dooley (Structural Integrity, UK) to ensure fruitful presentation and
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The HRSG Forum isn’t just another industry conference—it’s the only “user group” event where every session is open to all participants, fostering real-time exchange across users, OEMs, consultants, and solution providers. No sessions are restricted but are moderated by Bob Anderson (Competitive Power Resources) and Barry Dooley (Structural Integrity, UK) to ensure fruitful presentation and
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The HRSG Forum isn’t just another industry conference—it’s the only “user group” event where every session is open to all participants, fostering real-time exchange across users, OEMs, consultants, and solution providers. No sessions are restricted but are moderated by Bob Anderson (Competitive Power Resources) and Barry Dooley (Structural Integrity, UK) to ensure fruitful presentation and
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The Legacy Turbine Users Group (LTUG), part of the Power Users suite of end-user networks, returns this June with its highly anticipated 2025 conference, gathering Frame 7EA, Frame 6B, and Frame 5 owner/operators, OEMs, and independent service providers for four days of collaborative learning, solution sharing, and fleet updates. Held at the Hilton Minneapolis, June
LTUG25: Advancing Frame 5, 6B and 7E together Read More »
To some, here’s the distinction between reliability and resiliency: Reliability is avoiding a punch; Resiliency is recovering as quickly as possible from a punch. Aging assets, such as those with older turbine models, are likely going to take more punches than they avoid because the resources to avoid the punch are devoted to newer, more
Following is an overview of a White Paper released in 2025 by the Power Cycle Chemistry Working Group of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS), accessible via this link. An IAPWS PCC White Paper is a technical document collating knowledge on a particular subject, often leading to an IAPWS Technical
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With all the sophisticated gas-turbine inspection technologies available today—including ultrasonic, eddy current array, and phased-array ultrasonic—one might think the borescope had lost a step in status. Nothing could be further from the truth. Borescope capabilities have improved dramatically over time and they put your eyes right into the guts of critical plant equipment—to warn of
Borescope inspections often more important than ever Read More »
Legacy Turbine Doctor, No. 4 in a series By Luke Williams, PE, Consultant www.geLegacyGasTurbineSupport.com The first article in Luke Williams’ continuing column, Legacy Turbine Doctor, published last summer (Are your GE B/E-Class hot parts and rotor really near ‘end of life?’), posited that gas-turbine operation at loads less than base would extend the OEM-recommended service
Updating calculations of maintenance intervals, factored hours Read More »
Legacy Turbine Doctor, No. 3 in a series By Luke Williams, PE, Consultant www.geLegacyGasTurbineSupport.com An MS6001B in Florida experienced a significant failure in 1994 when its stop-ratio valve (SRV) servo failed. On startup, the unit cranked and fired successfully; however, the valve continued to open. The failure was caused by the servo sticking at a
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