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Planned work outages are an exercise in efficiency and preparation. As global power demand continues to increase, plant operators are compelled to execute required maintenance within increasingly shorter outage windows. The pressure on already stretched labor resources and the strict O&M budgets compounds the challenge of outage planning. Getting better information on equipment health offers […]
Pump health audit sharpens outage planning Read More »
By David Such, Such Turbine Consulting LLC Editor’s Note: CCJ welcomes Dave Such as a regular contributor to Turbine Tips. Dave recently retired from Xcel Energy after a 40-year career focused on the operation and maintenance of GE 7F gas turbines. The Combined Cycle Users Group recognized his contributions to the industry with its Individual Achievement
Turbine tips: White powder and blueish buckets Read More »
Ask Scott Schreeg of SVI Bremco what turns a manageable exhaust-liner repair into a forced outage and the answer gets specific fast: a failed stud weld, a loosened sheet, or a hotspot hidden behind the liner system. None looks catastrophic at first glance. But once exhaust flow starts working behind the liner, the problem can
Exhaust liner failures: Why small defects turn into forced outages Read More »
As the power industry evolves to meet growing demands for reliability, flexibility, and decarbonization, the success of any power plant depends on one constant: the expertise of the people who operate and maintain it. While advanced technology drives the energy transition, it is a skilled workforce that keeps critical assets running safely and efficiently. At
How GE Vernova’s Houston Learning Center drives plant performance Read More »
A turbine end user could once treat lube-oil management as background maintenance. That is no longer a safe assumption. During a recent CCJ webinar offered by C.C. Jensen on proactive turbine-oil maintenance and varnish control, presenter Eddie Rowland, joined by former GE Vernova engineer Tom Freeman and Duke Energy lead engineering technologist Steve Malec, made
Proactive turbine-oil maintenance moves to the front line of reliability Read More »
This joint educational webinar equips gas turbine operators and maintenance leaders with guidance and best practices for proactive turbine oil maintenance and varnish control, enabling high turbine availability, long‑term reliability, stable performance, and lower O&M cost. Eddie Rowland, CC Jensen’s clean‑oil expert, will outline modern oil‑management strategies, while Steve Malec, reliability expert at Duke Energy,
June 16 Webinar: Proactive Turbine Oil Maintenance and Varnish Control Read More »
The 2026 Legacy Turbine Users Group Annual Conference will be held June 22–25 at the Omni Oklahoma City Hotel, with the 7EA Users Group, Frame 6B Users Group, and Frame 5 Users Group sharing one conference platform. The agenda continues its focus on how to keep mature gas-turbine fleets reliable, where outage dollars should be
LTUG 2026 brings legacy-frame users to Oklahoma City Read More »
Users compare notes The 2025 Legacy Turbine Users Group, consisting of tracks for the GEV 7E, 6B, and 5 fleets, in Minneapolis again demonstrated why user-group meetings still matter for mature fleets. LTUG is not where owner/operators go to hear that legacy machines are old. Everyone in the room already knows that. They go to
Legacy users compare notes on cycling duty, exhaust distress, and repair strategy Read More »
For many gas-turbine users, CO-catalyst trouble shows up first as a compliance headache: stack CO starts climbing at low load, differential pressure changes, and the plant is forced to decide whether it is looking at a cleaning issue, a system issue, or end-of-life catalyst. That decision now carries more economic weight than it did a
Tip: Implement a structured visual inspection program for switchyard high-voltage equipment between scheduled maintenance intervals, supported by periodic thermal and acoustic diagnostics, to catch early indicators before they become forced outages. Bryan Miller of RATTLIR LLC recently called CCJ editorial offices to flag something he keeps seeing at gas turbine sites: a significant gap between
HV ELECTRICAL: Closing the inspection gap on switchyard high-voltage assets Read More »
