2024 technical program highlights The Legacy Turbine Users Group’s third annual conference and vendor fair is two months away. With the steering committees for the 7EA, Frame 6B, and Frame 5 Users Groups (sidebar) still working on their agendas and lining up speakers, there aren’t many program details to share at this point. Key aspects […]
SPECIAL REPORT: GE Legacy Turbines (Frame 5, 6B, 7E) Read More »
ASK THE LEGACY TURBINE DOCTOR By Luke Williams, PE, Consultant www.geLegacyGasTurbineSupport.com Editor’s note: Luke Williams and his business partner, Don Melsheimer, have decades of experience supporting owner/operators of GE gas turbines (MS5001, 6B, 7EA, F, and FA frames, plus LM2500 and 6000 aeros) requiring troubleshooting assistance with their control systems (Fuel Regulator through all
Are your GE B/E-Class hot parts and rotor really near ‘end of life’? Read More »
NAES Corp, Issaquah, Wash, considered by many the power-generation industry’s largest independent services provider, named Mark S Dobler president and CEO in early March. The company announced other appointments at that time as well. Many readers will remember Dobler as having served in a wide range of management positions in both the powerplant ownership and
NAES names Dobler president/CEO, makes other executive appointments Read More »
Phoenix Rotor™ gives facility the best of both worlds KEY POINTS Units returned to 200,000 factored fired hours Lengthy outages avoided CapEx savings of around 40% compared with a new rotor from the OEM THE CHALLENGE: Going beyond rotor end of life Gas turbine rotors have a finite lifetime. Heavy-duty gas turbine rotors in particular,
Regenerating a refinery cogen’s Frame 7EA rotors Read More »
AGT Services Inc’s Jamie Clark frequently is asked to present at user group meetings given his deep knowledge of generators. At last year’s (2022) Frame 5 Users Group conference, Clark conducted a well-received workshop on generator testing, inspection, and condition assessment which is of value to most participants in the Legacy Turbine Users Group—owner/operators of
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The Frame 6B Users Group’s 2023 Conference and Vendor Fair is only six weeks away, July 17-20, in the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass (near Phoenix). The meeting is co-located with the annual conferences of the Frame 5 and 7EA Users Groups, all three organizations coming together for meals and the exhibition. Collectively, the
Frame 6B annual meeting: Preparation key to maximizing its value to you, your plant Read More »
Case studies on generation M&D, predictive analytics, capacity/fuel demand forecasting As a follow-on to its popular 2023 webinar series, Primex presents a new and improved series to help power plant managers understand machine-learning basics and learn how this rapidly evolving technology can improve power plant availability, capacity, and efficiency. Each webinar includes a 20-30 minute
Webinar Series: Machine learning improves CCGT availability, capacity, and efficiency Read More »
Gas Turbine Powerhouse Development of the power-generation GT at BBC/ABB/Alstom By Prof Dr-Ing Dietrich Eckardt De Gruyter, Oldenbourg, 498 pages, $85 Available on Amazon Reviewed by John F D Peterson The fact that you are looking at this page in Combined Cycle Journal gives me high confidence that you are not only familiar with gas
BOOKSHELF ǁ How your gas turbine came to be Read More »
BASF Geismar Owned and operated by BASF Chemical Co 85 MW, gas fired, two 1 × 1 Frame 6-powered cogeneration units (one with an unfired HRSG, one fired) plus four conventional boilers and one small steam turbine/generator, located in Geismar, La Plant manager: Graham White Challenge. Plant’s HRSG duct-burner firing rate (fuel control valve) was
BASF Geismar: Increase equipment protection using duct-burner firing overrides Read More »
February 19–23, 501F Users Group Annual Meeting, Reno, Nev, Peppermill Resort & Spa. Details/registration at www.501fusers.org as they become available. Chairman: Ivan Kush, Cogentrix Energy Power Management. Contact: Jacki Bennis, jacki@somp.co. February 19-23, 501G Users Group Annual Meeting, Reno, Nev, Peppermill Resort & Spa. Meeting is co-located with the 501F Users Group conference. Details/registration at
