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

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

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

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

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

PSM’s 7F upgrade packages, which provide users the flexibility to optimize performance and maintenance schedules to their individual requirements, are covered in the second part of the session presented by Greg Vogel, senior engineering manager for technology programs, and Bryan Kalb, combustion engineering manager. Part one, outlined here, focuses on the company’s increasingly popular FlameSheet™

The war in Ukraine quite dramatically shifted the geopolitical energy scene in February 2022. In the US, the government has “declared war” on fossil fuels, yet backing alternatives with $340-billion under the guise of the oddly named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Even if “total activity in the aeroderivative gas turbine (GT) market has dropped off

The world’s largest user organization supporting owner/operators of 7F gas turbines promises a robust in-person conference and vendor fair when the group gathers at Atlanta’s Renaissance Waverly Hotel, May 15-19, for its 2023 meeting. This year’s vibrant, reconfigured program assures a not-to-be-missed event. Vendor solutions highlight the mornings both Monday, May 15, and Tuesday, May