STUG – Combined Cycle Journal

Focus on D11 strategies, EHC pitfalls, and skilled labor shortages @ STUG 2024

A spirited Roundtable discussion among users kicked off the conference. Some of the more salient topics and concerns include: Changing maintenance strategies to reflect cycling of baseload designed units. Frequency of inspecting l-p blades for erosion from low-load operation (several say once a year, one user inspects twice annually) Incorporating drones into inspection programs (they […]

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Life-long learning abounds across five user group conferences @ Power Users 2024

CCUG, Controls, Generator Users Group, HRSGs, STUG / By scottschwieger

The question these days becomes why wouldn’t you send as many of your plant staff as possible to the Power Users Combined Conference, comprising the Combined Cycle Users Group (CCUG), Generator Users Group (GUG), Steam Turbine Users Group (STUG), Power Plant Controls Users Group (PPCUG), and the Low Carbon Peer Group? As amply exhibited in the

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Get your steam turbine the help it needs @ STUG25

STUG / By scottschwieger

Why Attend the 2025 Steam Turbine Users Group? From casing cracks to L-0 erosion, D-11 valve rebuilds to titanium blade retrofits—Steam Turbine Users Group (STUG) sessions at the 2025 Power Users Combined Conference are designed to confront the real-world issues facing today’s steam turbine fleets. Whether you run a legacy baseload machine or support peaking

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Improvise, adapt, overcome: Navigate power’s new frontiers

CCUG, Controls, Generator Users Group, Generators, STUG / By scottschwieger

In a period of accelerating change across the power generation industry—shaped by decarbonization goals, shifting market pressures, and the realities of an aging fleet—the 2025 Power Users Combined Conference presents a timely opportunity to learn, adapt, and prepare your team for what’s next. From August 25–28 in Washington, D.C., this multi-group forum brings together five

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Six reasons to attend the 2025 Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group (ACCUG) Conference in Granbury, Texas

HRSGs, STUG / By scottschwieger

Each year, the Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group (ACCUG) brings together engineers, plant managers, OEM experts, and operations professionals to tackle the most pressing challenges facing air-cooled condenser (ACC) systems. In 2025, this highly anticipated gathering returns to Granbury, Texas—a fitting venue for an event dedicated to advancing power plant cooling technologies in water-constrained environments. With

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BOILER VALVES: Avoid Stellite delamination with alternative hardfacing

Advanced GTs, Best Practices, HRSGs, STUG / By scottschwieger

By Richard Laukam, ValvTechnologies LLC Steam stop valves, located at the boiler outlet, provide isolation. These typically are wedge-type gate valves, stop-check valves, or parallel-slide gate valves. Hardfacing often is applied to the seat and closing member (wedge, plug, or discs) to reduce wear and extend the duration of leak-free service. Hardfacing is the building

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Combined Cycle Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps

CCUG, Controls, Generator Users Group, HRSGs, STUG / By scottschwieger

“Mastering Desuperheating and Attemperation,” Ory Selzer, IMI Insyt Almost 200 slides long, this presentation could serve as a comprehensive training course on what can and does go wrong with two of the most vexing subsystems in the steam cycle, as well as solutions. Instructor sets the stage with numerous photos of component failures (Fig 6),

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Steam Turbine Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps

CCUG, STUG / By scottschwieger

Related Links What you shouldn’t miss at the upcoming Power Users Annual Conference featuring five user group tracks Power Users Annual Conference dives deep into emerging industry trends, concerns Combined Cycle Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps Steam Turbine Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps Generator Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps Power Plant Controls

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Power Users Annual Conference dives deep into emerging industry trends, concerns

CCUG, Controls, Generator Users Group, HRSGs, STUG / By scottschwieger

Quality of work, changing missions challenge aging plants Related Links What you shouldn’t miss at the upcoming Power Users Annual Conference featuring five user group tracks Power Users Annual Conference dives deep into emerging industry trends, concerns Combined Cycle Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps Steam Turbine Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps Generator Users

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What you shouldn’t miss at the upcoming Power Users Annual Conference featuring five user group tracks

CCUG, Controls, Generator Users Group, STUG / By scottschwieger

2024 Combined Conference overview for CCUG, STUG, GUG, PPCUG, and LCPG Related Links What you shouldn’t miss at the upcoming Power Users Annual Conference featuring five user group tracks Power Users Annual Conference dives deep into emerging industry trends, concerns Combined Cycle Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation recaps Steam Turbine Users Group: 2023 vendor presentation

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