A goal of every engine inspection is not to miss something that could contribute to a forced outage. Success requires qualified technicians equipped with the most sophisticated tools available and well connected to company experts with deep and applicable experience ready to help diagnose findings that may be unfamiliar to those at the plant site. […]
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The Rotor Life Roundtable, chaired by Tracy Dreymala of EthosEnergy Group, covered issues, procedures, and capabilities of life-extension programs. The following seven vendors participated with brief overviews of their companies’ capabilities/activities, before Chairman Dreymala opened the discussion portion of the session: Scott Kennedy, Veracity Technology Solutions. Doug Sewell, Sulzer Turbo Services Houston Inc. Paul Tucker,
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In 7EA Users lingo, “roundtable” is essentially a panel discussion. The 2017 meeting of the 7EA Users Group featured two two-hour roundtables, one on bus duct, the other on rotor life management. The way these sessions are arranged, participating vendors are seated at the front of the meeting room, owner/operators in the audience. To begin,
To say that developing and organizing content of interest and value to owner/operators of a gas-turbine fleet as large and diverse as the 7B-EA is challenging would be trite. It is a Herculean task. Be mindful that the 1168 engines in this fleet (the OEM’s number in fall 2017) serve in simple-cycle, combined-cycle, and cogeneration
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Presentations by suppliers expose users to new technologies and solutions for improving unit performance and personnel safety, providing valuable perspective on topics of importance. At the 2017 7EA Users Group meeting, 27 companies interfaced with owner/operators from the podium. There was GE Day, the Bus Duct Roundtable, the Rotor Life Roundtable, and more than a
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At the 2016 meeting of the 7EA Users Group, Bruce Hack of National Breaker Services LLC presented on the benefits of using his company’s Citadel product line to mitigate problems with circuit breakers that several owner/operators were dealing with. After his presentation, the steering committee met with Hack to discuss ongoing issues with breakers supplied
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Presentations by owner/operators are the lifeblood of every user-group meeting. There is value in presentations by vendors, of course, but when a user colleague shares experiences, best practices, and lessons learned everyone listens—you can tell by the questions asked and the follow-on discussion generated. There were five user presentations at the 2017 meeting of the
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There’s a new test standard for evaluating the efficiency of HVAC and industrial air filters—Classes G1 to F9. ISO 16890, which completed an 18-month phase-in period in June 2018, is the first uniform filter standard for the world, Jason Tiffany, a product development engineer in the Gas Turbine Systems unit of Donaldson Company Inc, told
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Managing a powerplant for top performance can be a thankless task. You always seem to be at odds with those controlling the purse strings who don’t fully understand how generating assets work. So you write a business case to illustrate that a better balance sheet would be possible were a given upgrade funded. Sometimes difficult
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The Australasian HRSG Users Group (AHUG) celebrates 11 years of service to the industry at the organization’s 2018 meeting at the Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Center, November 11-13. Review the agenda here. Of all the HRSG groups outside the US, AHUG has the second longest history, behind only IMechE in the UK. The shared purpose
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