Aeros – Combined Cycle Journal

WTUI SPECIAL REPORT: 2026 Conference Preview

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Western Turbine Users Inc, the world’s largest independent organization of aeroderivative gas-turbine owner/operators, celebrates another year of service to the […]

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WTUI SPECIAL REPORT: Leaders of the Aero GT Community

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Western Turbine’s leadership team consists of the officers, directors, conference chairpersons, and support personnel who plan and execute the world’s largest

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2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Across WTUI 2025’s LM2500, LM6000, and LMS100 breakouts in Long Beach (March 30 to April 2, 2025), the technical conversation

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2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Tuesday afternoons at Western Turbine meetings are historically reserved for nine Special Technical Presentations, approved by WTUI leadership, to extend

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Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment AGB—Accessory gearbox (also called the transfer gearbox) AVR—Automatic voltage regulator CCM—Condition maintenance manual CCR—Customized customer repair CDP—Compressor discharge port CFF—Compressor

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Automated reports provide rapid plant insight and understanding at HKW Freimann

Aeros, Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

HKW Freimann Power Plant Stadtwerke München 125-MW cogeneration facility powered by LM6000PF+ gas turbines located in Munich, Germany. Plant manager: Simon Weig Background. HKW Freimann is one of Munich’s major powerplants, supplying power and heat and incorporating district-heating assets, heat storage, and battery storage. In 2020, Stadtwerke München (SWM) refurbished the gas-turbine installation and commissioned

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Sentinel takes first responder awareness training to next level

Aeros, Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

Sentinel Energy Center Owned by Sentinel Energy Center LLC Operated by DGC Operations LLC 850 MW, eight unit, LMS100 simple cycle peaking facility located in North Palm Springs, Calif. Plant manager: Dennis Johnson Background. Large power generating facilities present hazards and layout complexities that many local responders do not encounter routinely. Sentinel Energy Center formalizes

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Sprint purge drain-valve upgrade prevents water intrusion into instrument air at Exira

Aeros, Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

Exira Station Owned by Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Operated by Missouri River Energy Services 140-MW, simple-cycle peaking facility with three LM6000PC gas turbines located in Brayton, Iowa. Plant manager: Ed Jackson Background. Frequent cycling of the SPRINT system created a pathway for water to migrate into Exira Station’s instrument-air system, affecting multiple turbine and

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Fuel-gas hose pressure testing isolates package leaks at Edgewood

Aeros, Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

Edgewood Energy LLC Owned by Milepost Power Holdings Operated by NAES Corp 92-MW, simple-cycle peaking facility with two GE LM6000 gas turbines located in Brentwood, NY. Plant manager: John Lawton Challenge. One of the site’s gas turbines triggers recent package LEL alarms. During operation, personnel also report smelling natural gas around the package. The alarming

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Bluetooth level sensors add hands-off tank-level access at Larkspur, Indigo

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Wildflower Energy LP Owned by Diamond Generating Corp Operated by DGC Operations Indigo Generation: 136-MW simple-cycle peaking plant in North Palm Springs, Calif, with three GE LM6000 PC Enhanced Sprint gas turbines. Larkspur Energy: 98-MW simple-cycle peaking plant in Otay Mesa, Calif, with two GE LM6000 PC Sprint gas turbines. Plant manager: Mike Carpenter Background.

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