COMBINED CYCLE Journal: Number 50
CCJ introduces its 2017 Power Industry Marketing Seminar
@ upcoming 501F Users Group meeting in Reno.
User Group Reports
Combined Cycle Users Group
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Low-load impacts and solutions for HRSGs and SCRs discusses economizer flow instability, high superheater/reheater metal temperature, attemperator overspray, oxidation of non-pressure-part components, Ecomax™ for HRSGs, twice-daily cycling and other key topics …more
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Deck-level lessons from catalyst replacement projects …more
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The challenges of soft-skills development, incident risk assessment, minimizing human errors, knowledge management, safety management via OSHA VPP …more
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2016 Individual Achievement Awards recognize accomplishments of Rodger Anderson, Ed Barndt, Andy Donaldson, Wayne Kawamoto, and Rick Shackelford …more
Ovation Users Group
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Plant knowledge platform emerges from the old DCS …more
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Low bidder may not be the vendor you want …more
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12-step checklist: Apply these best practices for lifecycle care …more
Siemens Customer Conference
- OEM engineers speak to issues, solutions, technology developments for F, G, H frames, plus steam turbines, generators, and controls …more
Western Turbine Users Inc
- Highlights of the upcoming 27th annual meeting—the world’s largest gathering of land-based aero gas-turbine owner/operators. Plus, technical highlights from the 2016 LM 2500 and LMS100 breakout sessions …more
501F Users Group
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Four gas-turbine OEMs will be among the 100 vendors vying for 501F business in Reno next February. Competition for parts and services is heating up as the big players reshape their companies …more
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Historical perspective shows how quickly this group has grown as it heads toward its 20th anniversary in a couple of years…more
Special Section: GRiD Today 
Paradigm shift—from “big iron” to the distribution end of the value chain …more
Armstrong’s peakers become “cycling” units in the heart of baseload coal country …more
Grid-scale storage: Regulators, ISOs set the table; suppliers served few orders …more
DG: When the merely viable becomes the truly commercial …more
Is the plant worth the price? Due diligence ‘gotchas’ …more
Co-ops and DG: You want it, we’ll build it …more
New practices for resiliency: Con Edison and Superstorm Sandy …more
Riverton repowering prepares century-old plant for decades more life …more
Victoria, a 1950s-vintage plant, revamped for today’s Ercot market …more
What cost price signals? …more
Features
Understanding stall, surge of gas-turbine compressors …more
How to inspect GT exhaust systems, what to look for …more
Keep heat in cycling HRSGs to mitigate thermal fatigue …more
Oil firing comparable to gas at 501F peaking plant …more
Proper steam temperature control reduces operational risks …more
Evaluate use of reclaimed wastewater for your combined cycle …more
Attemperators: HRSG enemy No. 1 …more
Propane and ethane: Abundance drives options with questions …more
Best Practices Awards
Millennium Power Plant …more
Granite Ridge Energy …more
New Harquahala Valley Generating Station …more
Fremont Energy Center …more
Lea Power Partners …more
