Edgewood Energy LLC Owned by J-Power USA Development Co Operated by NAES Corp 88 MW, gas-fired 2 × 0 LM6000-powered peaking plant, located in Brentwood, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Background. Edgewood’s gas-compressor (GC) skid is comprised of three screw-type compressors served by a common system for removing lube oil entrained in the natural gas […]
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Worthington Generation Station Owned by Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Co-op Inc Operated by NAES Corp 174 MW, gas-fired facility equipped with four LM6000 simple-cycle engines for meeting member peaking-power needs, making off-system sales, and satisfying generating reserve requirements. Station is located in Green County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 138-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert
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Fairview Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures, Osaka Gas, and DLE Operated by NAES Corp 1050 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7HA.02-powered combined cycle equipped with a GE D602 steamer and John Cockerill (formerly CMI) HRSGs, located in Johnstown, Pa Plant manager: Irvin Holes Enclosure improves air-compressor reliability in winter Challenge. Fairview’s Atlas Copco
CPV Towantic Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures and Osaka Gas Operated by NAES Corp 805 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7HA.01-powered combined cycle equipped with DLN2.6+ AFS combustion systems, GE D602 steamer, and John Cockerill (formerly CMI) HRSGs, located in Oxford, Conn Plant manager: Larry Hawk GT enclosure cameras critical to plant’s participation
HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT GE’s 7EA gas turbine is widely respected for its reliability, operational flexibility, and efficiency in simple-cycle, combined-cycle, and cogeneration systems, and mechanical-drive applications (Fig 1). This frame has been upgraded and improved continuously since its introduction some three decades ago. Today, it is rated up to 90 MW in simple-cycle service. Combined
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If you never had responsibility for operating and/or maintaining a GE E-, F-, or H-Frame gas turbine you might not have met Schuyler McElrath, who left us in mid-January at the age of 66. He was a fuel-system expert, always available to help users keep their engines starting and running reliably on oil. He was
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Support for turbine end users in the South America facing changing market conditions, operating profiles, and supply chain challenges will arrive in September with a technical conference focusing on issues and concerns related to HRSGs, boilers and CCGT operations. With the assistance of partner organizations Power Users, EPRI, IAPWS, and Combined Cycle Journal; HRSG Forum
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2024 conference overview. The Australasian Boiler and HRSG Users Group (ABHUG) meets annually to review and examine significant developments related to heat-recovery steam generators and closely-related conventional fossil boiler technology and issues. High-energy piping, valves, cycle chemistry, and regulatory issues are also explored. The annual meeting for 2024 was held December 3-5 in Brisbane, Australia,
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The European HRSG Forum (EHF) held its 10th annual event May 13-14, 2024, in Prato, Italy, attracting participants from 18 countries. EHF is conducted in association with the Australasian Boiler and HRSG Users Group (ABHUG), US HRSG Forum (HF), and HRSG Forum América Latina, all supported by the International Association for the Properties of Water
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By Vignesh Bala, Vogt Power Editor’s note: Part 1 of this series explored the effects of gas turbine upgrades on heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and analyzed the key factors driving these GT upgrades. Part 2 focused on the concept of “re-rating” the HRSG and the associated steps. This included an understanding that the HRSG
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