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WTUI AERO DISCUSSION FORUM: O&M advice free for the asking

Online forums sponsored by gas-turbine user groups are of increasing value to owner/operators, especially given today’s smaller O&M staffs at simple-cycle, combined-cycle, and cogeneration plants and the loss of experienced personnel to retirement and better opportunities. Long gone are the days of on-the-job training when new employees would tag along with experienced crews to grow […]

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7F Users Group 2023: User Presentations and Discussion

Seasoned owner/operator personnel tackle the biggest industry issues  The depth and breadth of experience represented by 11 owner/operator presentations at the 2023 7F Users Group Conference can be summed up like this: Chronologically, they represent machines dating back to the original F-class gas turbines (GT) off of the test stands in 1988. Numerically, these users

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WORK MANAGEMENT: A proven method for improving operational reliability

By Rishi Velkar and Todd Robison, NV Energy Combined-cycle plants built during the construction boom of the late 1990s/early 2000s are now about 70% through their 30-yr design lives. Although not originally designed to cycle, ever-increasing amounts of solar energy readily available on the grid, especially in the Southwest, make it economically prudent for these

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Air-Cooled Condensers: ACCUG 2023 Conference Recap

The 13th annual meeting of the Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group (ACCUG) was held June 20 – 22 (2023) at Dominion Energy’s offices in Glen Allen (Richmond), Va. Strong international participation, interaction, and discussion enhanced the benefit of this event to all ACC owner/operators, service providers, and technical consultants worldwide. The presentations discussed below, which focus

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ACC and H20 Best Practices from CPV Valley Energy Center

CPV Valley Energy Center Owned by CPV/Diamond Generating Corp Managed by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by DGC Operations LLC 680 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 SGT6-5000-powered combined cycle, located in Middletown, NY Plant manager: Michael Baier Overcoming unique challenges to optimize ACC performance Challenge. At first glance, the air-cooled condenser (ACC) at Valley Energy Center

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HRSG Forum 2023: Cycle Chemistry and FFS Workshop

Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor Barry Dooley, Structural Integrity Associates (UK), opened the Cycle Chemistry Workshop on Day One of the HRSG Forum’s 2023 Conference and Vendor Fair, June 12 – 15, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly, with Film-forming substances for combined-cycle/HRSG plants: History, background, and needs. He first presented IAPWS nomenclature background for film-forming

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Don’t forget the stack in your annual inspections

There are several reasons stacks don’t get much attention from operators on their rounds—among them: They’re static and there’s nothing much to see externally except perhaps peeling paint. Forgetting the switchyard, they’re likely a longer walk from the control room base than any other plant component. Internal access is not possible with the plant in

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