7EA Users Group – Combined Cycle Journal

March 3 Webinar: Combustion and Vibration Monitoring Best Practices

501 F&G Users Group, 7EA Users Group, 7F Users Group, Advanced GTs, Aeros / By scottschwieger

Mastering High-Temp Sensor Systems for Turbine Monitoring In this practical, engineer-focused session, PCB experts explain how to achieve clear, reliable data from high-temperature sensor systems in turbine environments. Drawing from both combustion and vibration monitoring applications, the webinar covers installation, calibration, and troubleshooting best practices that transform raw sensor output into actionable maintenance insights. Participants […]

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CCJ Historical Society: Looking back from 2025

501 F&G Users Group, 7EA Users Group, 7F Users Group, Advanced GTs, Aeros, Alstom Owners Group, Best Practices, CCUG, Controls, D5-D5A Users, Frame 6, Generator Users Group, Generators, HRSGs, STUG, V Users / By scottschwieger

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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Plan for 2026: CCGT Industry Events 

501 F&G Users Group, 7EA Users Group, 7F Users Group, Advanced GTs, Aeros, Alstom Owners Group, CCUG, Controls, Frame 6, Generator Users Group, HRSGs, STUG / By scottschwieger

Upcoming events where you’ll see CCJ attendance and coverage. Hope to see you there. FT8 Users Group  March 17-19  EPRI Main Campus and Marriott University Place, Charlotte, NC. Details/registration at www.ft8users.com. Contact: Ashley Potts, ft8@ft8users.com.  FT4 Users Group  March 17-19  EPRI Main Campus and Marriott University Place, Charlotte, NC. Details/registration at www.ft4users.com. Contact: Ashley Potts,

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Quail Run: Cooperation on water use benefits both power generator, industrial neighbor

7EA Users Group / By scottschwieger

Quail Run Energy Center Owned by Starwood Energy Group Global Operated by NAES Corp 550 MW, two 2 × 1 7EA-powered combined cycles equipped with A10 steam turbines, located in Odessa, Tex Plant manager: Andy Duncan Background. Upon learning that a dig permit had been issued for property close to Quail Run, plant management arranged

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How the GT exhaust-thermocouple correction coefficient came to be

7EA Users Group, Controls, Frame 6 / By scottschwieger

LEGACY CONTROLS FORUM, NO. 5 IN A SERIES By Luke Williams, PE, consultant www.geLegacyGasTurbineSupport.com Editor’s note. This article is based on material presented by the author in his training courses on gas- and steam-turbine controls to explain the reason for the algorithm described and how it works. Email clukewilliams@mindspring.com and ask to be notified of

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Damage report on a Mark I SCR static-exciter failure

7EA Users Group, Controls, Frame 6 / By scottschwieger

LEGACY CONTROLS FORUM, NO. 6 IN A SERIES By Luke Williams, PE, consultant www.geLegacyGasTurbineSupport.com An MS7001B gas turbine with Mark I Speedtronic™ controls and SCR static exciter-regulator experienced overcurrent damage to its exciter on a normal startup. Operators think the overexcitation event lasted for several minutes. However, an overexcitation alarm was not received and the

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Protecting MK4, MK5 & EX2000 turbine controls from costly failures

7EA Users Group, 7F Users Group, Frame 6 / By scottschwieger

If you’re managing MK4, MK5, or EX2000 platforms, this Technical Information Post (TIP) from AP4 Group demands your attention (Download here). These “classic” control systems rely on EEPROMs—and in the case of MK5 and EX2000, the U9 chip—to store essential software and configuration data. Failures of these components, increasingly common in systems over 25 years

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ACCUG: Global collaboration drives air-cooled condenser innovation

501 F&G Users Group, 7EA Users Group, 7F Users Group, Advanced GTs, CCUG / By scottschwieger

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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LTUG25: Advancing Frame 5, 6B and 7E together

7EA Users Group, Frame 6 / By scottschwieger

The Legacy Turbine Users Group (LTUG), part of the Power Users suite of end-user networks, returns this June with its highly anticipated 2025 conference, gathering Frame 7EA, Frame 6B, and Frame 5 owner/operators, OEMs, and independent service providers for four days of collaborative learning, solution sharing, and fleet updates. Held at the Hilton Minneapolis, June

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Legacy Gas Turbines: Main story lines at LTUG24 reveal how to recover after taking a punch

7EA Users Group, Frame 6 / By scottschwieger

To some, here’s the distinction between reliability and resiliency: Reliability is avoiding a punch; Resiliency is recovering as quickly as possible from a punch. Aging assets, such as those with older turbine models, are likely going to take more punches than they avoid because the resources to avoid the punch are devoted to newer, more

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