John F D Peterson, one of the Frame 6 Users Group’s founders, conducts his highly regarded four-hour introductory course on the 6B the day before the annual conference officially begins. This session is offered by the steering committee to acquaint new members on the (1) history of improvement in both thermal and mechanical performance since […]
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Over 40 companies serving the CCGT industry have posted recorded technical presentations, a plethora of resources, and specialized contact details only accessible by GT owner/operators at powerusers.org. Vendors listed here are participating in the very first 7F Users Group 2020 Digital Conference set to begin on Tuesday, June 16, at your computer, conference room, or
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Editor’s note: What follows is a short report from the United States Energy Assn’s (USEA) webinar, “The Role of Hydrogen and Renewable Gas in Decarbonization,” June 12, 2020, moderated by Llewellyn King, executive producer and host, White House Chronicle. Panelists from Guidehouse, which acquired Navigant Consulting Inc in October 2019, were Mark Eisenhower, partner, Energy,
Hydrogen: A quick reality check Read More »
Week One review. What follows are summaries of user presentations from last Tuesday and Wednesday. They illustrate the value of participation in the 7F Users Group’s virtual conference and next year’s F2F in St. Louis. To dig deeper, speaker PowerPoints will soon be available on the Power Users website to registered owner/operators. Registration is easy
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By some counts, says James E Timperley of J E Timperley Consulting LLC, over 300,000 electronic medical devices—such a pacemakers, defibrillators, cochlear, and neurostimulators—are implanted in Americans annually. Millions of these appliances are in service, covering all age groups in today’s population. This means that perhaps 1% of all people entering a powerplant may have
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Editor’s note: This article is based on the presentation, “Frame 6/6A3 ‘minor’ outages turned into majors with field rewinds,” by Jamie Clark of AGTServices Inc at the 2019 meeting of the Frame 6 Users Group. Owner/operators will have the chance to hear Clark’s presentation, “5 Generator Minors Turn Into 3 Generator Majors!!!,” on June 23
Case history: Effects of cyclic duty on air-cooled generators Read More »
Performance, flexibility upgrades boost profitability in dynamic market Lawrenceburg Power operates in the PJM Interconnection. Plant owner Lightstone Generation wanted a reliable, cost-effective upgrade to simultaneously maximize capacity payments and align combustion and hot-gas-path (HGP) inspections at a 32,000-hr maintenance interval. The plant operates in a shale-gas region and can receive fuel from multiple sources
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Editor’s note: What follows are summaries of user and vendor presentations made last Tuesday and Wednesday. They illustrate the value of participation in both the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference and the organization’s upcoming 30th Anniversary Meeting at the Marriott St. Louis Grand, May 24-28, 2021. To dig deeper, PowerPoints or video recordings of
7F Digital Conference: Week 2 user, vendor presentations recapped here Read More »
There were two special live technical presentations during Week 3 of the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference—one by PSM, the other by Shell/Advanced Chemical Technologies—and one extended live technical presentation from Doosan Turbomachinery Services. The video recordings, available on-demand to owner/operators, bring you up-to-date on the products and services offered by these companies to
Dig into the details of products/services available from PSM, Shell/ACT, Doosan Read More »
The presentation at the 7F Users Group’s 2020 Digital Conference through Week 3 (two weeks to go) that has generated the most questions and discussion among attendees concerned a leak in a plate-and-frame lube-oil cooler. Go figure! How could a mundane leak generate this much interest at a high-tech meeting? Read on: There are some
“Little things” can mean a lot, as this case history of a heat-exchanger leak attests Read More »
