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Exira Station Owned by Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Operated by Missouri River Energy Services 140-MW, dual-fuel, three-unit, peaking facility located in Brayton, Iowa Plant manager: Ed Jackson Challenge. The best place to get a representative sample for oil analysis is from the engine bearings before fluid filtration, which removes particles that you need to know are […]

GTAA Cogen Plant Owned by Greater Toronto Airport Authority Operated by SNC Lavalin O&M 117-MW, gas-fired, combined-cycle cogeneration facility located in Mississauga, Ont, Canada Plant manager: Socrates Furtado Challenge. The plant’s Siemens steam turbine has an inline condenser with a nominal 20-in.-diam bolted manhole on top for inspection purposes. The approach to this manhole is restricted by

Energía del Valle de Mexico l Owned by EVM Energia SAPI de CV Operated by NAES Corp 100-MW, gas-fired, three simple-cycle LM6000PF gas turbines located near Mexico City Plant manager: Javier Badillo Challenge. EVM l was initially planned as a peaker plant but growing electric consumption forced operation 24/7 during months of high demand. This required that

Lawrence Generating Station Owned by Hoosier Energy (four units) and Wabash Valley Power Assn (two units) Operated by NAES Corp 258 MW, six simple-cycle LM6000 natural-gas-fired peaking units, located in Lawrence County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 161-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert VanDenburgh Fuel-compartment wind block eliminates unit trips Challenge. Lawrence County experienced several fuel/water compartment

Orange Grove Energy Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 96-MW, gas-fired, two-unit, peaking facility located in Pala, Calif Plant manager: John Hutson Challenge. Orange Grove Energy faced many obstacles in its first several years of operation. Examples: OGE had four plant managers within two years of commissioning, the entire hourly staff turned over in the

Pinelawn Power LLC Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 80-MW, dual-fuel, 1 × 1 combined cycle located in West Babylon, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Infrared camera finds steam leak Challenge was to find the location of a steam leak on insulated and covered high- pressure steam piping. The leak was a minor one and

Worthington Generating Station Owned by Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Co-op Inc Operated by NAES Corp 174 MW, four simple-cycle LM6000 natural-gas-fired peaking units, located in Greene County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 138-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert VanDenburgh Challenge. The S&S packages for Worthington’s gas turbines have two lights that when working properly will illuminate the

Nesharim Leading Energy Owned by Clal Industries Operated by Mashav Initiating and Development 120-MW, gas-fired, 2 × 1 combined cycle located in Ramla, Israel Plant manager: Kobi Ivenshitz Insulating filter house roof conserves energy Challenge. Nesharim’s filter house is installed over its gas turbines and doubles as a roof for the units. The upper portion of the

Nevada Cogeneration Associates No. 1 Owned by Northern Star Generation Services Operated by CAMS 90-MW, gas-fired, 3 × 1 LM2500-powered combined-cycle cogeneration facility located in Las Vegas, NV Plant manager: Howard Forepaugh Challenge. Nevada Cogen’s gas-turbine packages use an evaporative system to cool engine inlet air. There are two levels of inlet air flow. The original configuration

Orange Cogeneration Owned by Northern Star Generation Operated by Consolidated Asset Management Services LLC 104 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 combined-cycle cogeneration plant powered by DLN-equipped LM6000 engines, located in Bartow, Fla. Condensing, extraction steam turbine is rated 25 MW. Steam is sold to producers of orange juice and ethanol Plant manager: Allen Czerkiewicz Challenge.. Florida