HRSGs

The headline should not surprise any reader of the COMBINED CYCLE Journal. It’s a “given.” The challenge is how to maximize the saving at the least cost. Until relatively recently, the widely preferred method for cleaning tubes in heat-recovery steam generators serving cogeneration and combined-cycle plants was dry-ice blasting. It effectively dislodges iron oxides, ammonia […]

By Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor The Ninth IAPWS European HRSG Forum (EHF 2023) took place in Prato, Italy, May 16 – 18. More than 80 attendees from 18 countries joined this event to discuss key global issues for combined-cycle owners, operators, plant personnel, service providers, and consultants. EHF is one of three associated annual

By Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor The sixth annual IAPWS Conference on Film Forming Substances, held March 21-23 (2023) in Prato, Italy, was chaired by Barry Dooley of Structural Integrity Associates (UK) and David Addison of Thermal Chemistry (New Zealand). FFS conferences, sponsored by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, are

By Vaughn Watson, Vector Systems Inc The long-term performance of an SCR system depends on the efficiency of its critical components (Fig 1). While the catalyst often gets all the credit, and all the blame when performance declines, proper maintenance and routine inspection of the ammonia system can alleviate and prevent many factors that contribute

ACCUG 2023, June 20-22 The Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group’s 2023 meeting will be held at Dominion Energy’s Innsbrook Technical Center in Glen Allen, Va, June 20-21. Thursday, June 22, is reserved for an optional tour of the utility’s Greensville County Power Station’s ACC. Visit https://acc-usersgroup.org for meeting details, hotel suggestions, registration, etc. Questions? Contact sheila.vashi@sv-events.net.

The Australasian Boiler and HRSG Users Group (ABHUG) held its 2022 conference last November, in Brisbane, Australia. Participants joined from Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, and US. There were 24 technical presentations and a workshop on film-forming substances. Selected highlights follow. ABHUG 2023 The Australasian Boiler and HRSG Users Group will conduct its 2023

European Technology Development Ltd (ETD) organized and conducted, virtually, the second High-Temperature Plant Materials, Inspection, Monitoring, and Assessment Conference (MIMA-2) last October (2022). Sponsors were AGTec GmbH, Austria, and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), London. Dr Ahmed Shibli, director, ETD Consulting, Leatherhead, England, and his staff organized and managed the event. Selected