7F Users Group

St. Charles Energy Center Owned by CPV Maryland LLC Operated by Consolidated Asset Management Services 745 MW, 2 × 1 7F.05-powered combined cycle equipped with a GE D11A steam turbine, located in Waldorf, Md Plant manager: Nick Bohl RO clean-in-place wastewater discharge mod reduces manhours, cost Background. St. Charles Energy Center uses two double-pass reverse-osmosis […]

Hunterstown Generating Station Owned by Platinum Equity LLC Asset management by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by NAES Corp 810 MW, 3 × 1 7F.04-powered combined cycle equipped with a GE D11 steam turbine, located in Gettysburg, Pa Plant manager: Tom Hart (former), Mark Kadon (current) Challenge. Hunterstown’s obsolete robot made racking-out breakers more hazardous than

38 CC Norte III Owned by Abeinsa Operated by NAES México 907 MW, 2 × 1 7F.04-powered combined cycle equipped with a Toshiba steam turbine, located in Chihuahua, Mexico Plant manager: Armando Burgueño Challenge. 38 CC Norte III is located in a region of Mexico with one of the country’s most extreme climates—very hot summers

The world’s largest user organization supporting owner/operators of 7F gas turbines promises a robust in-person event when the group gathers at the Marriott St. Louis Grand, May 20-24, for its 2024 conference and vendor fair. This year’s program begins with a seven-stop tour of MD&A’s turbine/generator repair facility (users only) on Monday morning (May 20),

Editor’s note: Presenter names, times, and meeting rooms are as of April 23 and subject to change.  Monday, May 20 8 a.m. – noon, Tour of MD&A’s turbine/generator repair facility 1:30 – 4 p.m., MD&A session Presentations: 7F outage planning and solving issues—including best practices, inspection requirements, parts management, and risk mitigation. Richard Rucigay Rotor

Marriott St. Louis Grand Majestic Ballroom Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21: 4 – 7 p.m. Monday Tuesday Company..Booth Company..Booth Advanced Turbine Support…. 13 AGTServices….1 Allied Power Group… 31 AP4 Energy Services LLC…. 49 ARNOLD Group …5 BBM-CPG Technology Inc 28 Bearings Plus …. 40 Camfil Power Systems … 53 Chevron… 69 Conax Technologies….

AES Huntington Beach Energy AES Alamitos Energy Owned by AES Southland Operated by AES Corp Each plant, rated a nominal 674 MW, is a 2 × 1 combined cycle powered by GE 7F.05 gas turbines and Siemens SST6-5000 steam turbine, located in Huntington Beach, Calif Plant manager: Weikko Wirta Challenge. Achieve world-class starting reliability. Solution.

Faribault Energy Park Owned by Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Operated by NAES Corp 265 MW, 1 × 1 7F-powered combined cycle equipped with a GE A10 steam turbine, located in Faribault, Minn Plant manager: Shawn Flake Challenge. Combined-cycle powerplants have changed their operating profiles to accommodate grid demands for flexible generation. Example: MISO territory has

Plant Wansley CC Owned by Southern Company Operated by Southern Power 1073 MW, two 2 × 1 7F.04-powered combined cycles equipped with GE D11 steam turbines, located near Carrollton, Ga Plant manager: Mike Moro Challenge. During an outage, when the generator does not contain hydrogen, the control system didn’t have an obvious way of indicating

Seasoned owner/operator personnel tackle the biggest industry issues  The depth and breadth of experience represented by 11 owner/operator presentations at the 2023 7F Users Group Conference can be summed up like this: Chronologically, they represent machines dating back to the original F-class gas turbines (GT) off of the test stands in 1988. Numerically, these users