7F Users Group

By Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor The third conference on Materials, Inspection, Monitoring, and Assessment (MIMA-3), conducted by UK-based European Technology Development Ltd (ETD) last October (2023), in London, focused on sustainable power generation. Discussions and presentations addressed challenges associated with fossil and nuclear power generation, low- or no-carbon fuels, and renewables technologies. Highlights of […]

Groome Industrial Service Group, a recognized leader in specialty maintenance services across a broad range of industrial markets, is always working toward one goal: Provide top notch turnkey industrial services to every one of its clients, anywhere in the country. Groome took a huge step towards that goal when it recently announced the acquisition of

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Essential Power Newington Owned by Essential Power Investments Operated by Cogentrix Energy Power Management 565 MW, 2 × 1 7F-powered combined cycle equipped with a GE D11 steam turbine, located in Newington, NH Plant manager: Tom Fallon Flags make HV grounds visible to ensure proper installation Challenge. During maintenance outages when conducting high-voltage (HV) activities,

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