The 7F Users Group’s 2023 conference is less than three weeks off and the steering committee (list below) is polling owner/operators to be sure one or more discussion topics of importance have not been left off the agenda inadvertently. This is the first time such a poll has been conducted ahead of this annual meeting […]
River Road Generating Plant Owned by Clark Public Utilities Operated by General Electric 248 MW, gas-fired 1 × 1 7FA.02-powered combined cycle equipped with a Foster Wheeler HRSG and a GE A12 steam turbine, located in Vancouver, Wash Plant manager: Robert Mash ‘Hazard hunts’ promote safer working conditions Challenge. River Road personnel are encouraged to
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HRSG Forum debuts under the Power Users umbrella, June 12-15, in the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center. Bob Anderson, who has moderated the lion’s share of power-industry meetings focused on the information needs of HRSG owner/operators for the last 25 years, will be at the front of the room once again. Although the
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Griffith Energy Owned by Griffith Energy LLC Operated by Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) 570 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7FA.03-powered combined cycle equipped with NEM HRSGs and a Toshiba steam turbine, located in Golden Valley, Ariz Plant manager: Scott Henry Challenge. Griffith Energy typically spent well over $100,000 annually to rebuild its boiler feedwater
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Time flies. It seems like only yesterday that the Steam Turbine Users Group was formed by representatives of nine electric power producers. But that occurred in 2013. Five of those nine still serve on the steering committee—including Jay Hoffman and Jake English who were elected the first chairman and vice chairman, respectively. Interesting too, is
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A large number of 7F gas turbines were installed during the boom years of 1999 to 2004. Now, nominally 25 years later, the industry is facing a “7F rotor wave” with many turbine rotors nearing “end-of-life” (EOL, 5000 factored fired starts or 144,000 factored fired hours) and coming due for an exchange, replacement, or lifetime
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With relevant design and operational expertise, and applied data science, digital twins can be harnessed for areas such as fleet comparisons, plant-specific KPIs, and forward-looking predictions. However, the twins are only as good as the domain expertise and data tools implemented to provide the analytics. PSM’s Greg Vogel, senior engineering manager for technology programs, will
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Essential Power Newington Owned by Essential Power Investments Operated by Cogentrix Energy Power Management 565-MW, dual-fuel 2 × 1 combined cycle located in Newington, NH. Plant operated baseload from COD in 2002 until it began cycling in 2008 Plant manager: Tom Fallon Electronic safety orientation program for contractors Challenge. Essential Power Newington annually processes hundreds
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Central Eléctrica Pesquería (CEP) Owned and operated by Techgen 900-MW, 7FA.05-powered 3 × 1 combined cycle located in Pesquería, Nuevo León, Méxicó Plant manager: Mario Alberto Ontiveros de la Torre ‘Improved’ brush holder offers safety benefits Background. CEP’s four generators are equipped with the OEM’s EX2100e excitation system to control ac voltage at the generator
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Planning to attend the 7F Users Group meeting at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly, May 15-19? Registered? If not, sign up now and book your room. That done, flag 11 a.m. Tuesday (May 16) in your electronic planner/reminder, when four platinum sponsors will begin their one-hour presentations on topics of importance to owner/operators. If your work-related
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