Owner/operators of 501F and 501G gas turbines co-located at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Ariz, for their 2025 conferences this past February. For those looking forward to 2026, the meetings will take place from Feb 15-20 in Norfolk, Va at the Hilton Norfolk – The Main. Sunday’s program featured social events for all attendees. […]
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What your colleagues were telling CCJ subscribers five, 10, 15, and 20 years ago Five years ago The 7F Users Group and CCJ collaborated on the first virtual user-group meeting conducted as a result of the global pandemic. It was the launchpad for more than 20 online user meetings facilitated by CCJ during that challenging three-year period. The Combined
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Upcoming events where you’ll see CCJ attendance and coverage. Hope to see you there. PROENERGY Conference January 26-28 Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, Ariz. Details/registration at www.proenergyservices.com. Contact: Chris Evans, cevans@proenergyservices.com. PSM Asset Managers Conference January 26-28 | Wyndham Grande at Harbourside Place, Jupiter, Fla. Details/registration at www.psm.com. Contact: Michèle McDermott, Michele.McDermott@us.psm.com. Vogt Combined Cycle Seminar February 11-12 Omni
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The 15th annual meeting of the Air-Cooled Condensers Users Group (ACCUG) was held at the University of East London (UK) July 23-25, 2024. Principal content categories were chemistry and corrosion, air-cooled condenser (ACC) design and performance, and system operation and maintenance. The event was chaired by Andy Howell, EPRI; Barry Dooley, Structural Integrity (UK); and
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Attend the 2025 conference, Feb 9-14 • Tucson, Ariz Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Owner/operators of 501F and 501G gas turbines co-located at Disney World’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla, for their 2024 conferences, Sunday February 4 through Thursday February 8. Reading through this summary should give you enough ammunition to both convince yourself to
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Attend the 2025 conference, Feb 9-14 • Tucson, Ariz Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Need a reason to attend the upcoming 501F Users Group meeting? See the value of what a Vendorama day can provide for issues at your powerplant. Access the presentations summarized below at https://forum.501Fusers.org. But be aware that you must be a registered
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If you have been following CCJ’s coverage of film forming substances over the past several years (see recent article on FFS2024), you’re aware of the value of these chemicals in protecting metal surfaces. If not, you can come up to speed quickly by watching the four webinars on “Mastering Film Forming Amines” hosted by Ronny
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In Segment 3 of CCJ’s three-part report on PSM’s 16th annual meeting, users recount experiences with 501F, 7EA technology upgrades This is the third and final segment of CCJ’s report on PSM’s 2024 Asset Management Conference, conducted at the Westin Beach Resort, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, January 29-February 1. Segment One appeared in CCJ No.
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The 501G Users Group only serves owner/operators of Siemens/Westinghouse engines. Users supporting G machines made by Mitsubishi Power are not typically members. This differs from the 501F Users Group, where owner/operators of all 501F engines share experiences. The 501G is a small organization of well-connected engineers and technicians who have “grown up” together—so to speak—and
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2024 501F BEST PRACTICES AWARDS: BEST OF THE BEST Anti-icing system prevents snow-related derates, outages The road to reliable ultrafiltration Experience upgrading Siemens’ T3000 V9.2 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
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