The world’s largest user organization supporting owner/operators of 7F gas turbines promises the industry’s most robust in-person meeting of its type since the pandemic began two years ago, when the group meets at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel, May 23-27. Recall that the 7F Users Group pioneered a return to in-person conferencing last August, conducting its […]
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One of the unique aspects of the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference is the opportunity to interact online with the OEM and nearly 50 third-party solutions providers. Ten companies in the latter group were selected by the steering committee to conduct live technical presentations of one or two hours during Weeks Two, Three, and Four of the five-week
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One of the unique aspects of the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference is the opportunity to interact online with the OEM and nearly 50 third-party solutions providers. Ten companies in the latter group were selected by the steering committee to conduct live technical presentations of one or two hours during Weeks Two, Three, and Four of the five-week
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One of the unique aspects of the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference is the opportunity to interact online with the OEM and nearly 50 third-party solutions providers. Ten companies in the latter group were selected by the steering committee to conduct live technical presentations of one or two hours during Weeks Two, Three, and Four
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One of the unique aspects of the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference is the opportunity to interact online with the OEM and nearly 50 third-party solutions providers. Ten companies in the latter group were selected by the steering committee to conduct live technical presentations which are available for on-demand playpack. The remaining solutions providers
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Editor’s note: The traditional annual conferences of all user groups serving the gas-turbine sector of the US electric-power industry scheduled between Mar 1, 2020 and Dec 31 have been canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 30th anniversary meeting of the Western Turbine Users (slated for March 29 to April 1 at the Long Beach
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Special to CCJ ONsite By Larry Muzio and Sean Bogseth, Fossil Energy Research Corp, and Frederic Vitse, GE Power Portfolio Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is widely used to reduce NOx emissions from gas-turbine powerplants—both simple- and combined-cycle units. Once the catalyst is installed it is important to monitor its activity periodically. This involves removing a
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The 2020 Digital Conference hosted by the 7F Users Group was the first web-based annual meeting conducted by a user group serving owner/operators of gas-turbine-powered simple- and combined-cycle generating plants in the US. Most of nearly 700 registered users believed the 13-day event, conducted over five weeks from June 16 through July 16, exceeded expectations.
Unit trips finally stop at Crete after relocating generator PTs—a 12-yr case history Since 2008, perhaps earlier, Crete Energy Venture, operated by CAMS, had been experiencing generator circuit-breaker trips and grid separation because of PT (potential transformer) fuse failures. Between 2008 and 2009, Unit 1 suffered eight PT fuse-failure events (nine total among the plant’s
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Hydrogen purge remote activation helps keep employees safe Hermiston Generating Plant Owned by Perennial Power Holdings and Pacificorp. Operated by Hermiston Operations Co. 500-MW, gas-fired, 2 × 1 7FA-powered combined cycle located in Hermiston, Ore Plant manager: Brad Knight Challenge. Provide an automatic remote means to purge a hydrogen- cooled generator without dispatching employees to
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