The value of user groups continues to grow in the electric power industry as the number of employees on the deck plates shrinks and personnel with deep experience retire. The plant manager for a 2 × 1 J-class combined cycle under construction told the editors he had received more than 500 resumes in the last […]
Turbine valves: How to prevent an actuator failure from tripping your plant Read More »
The speaker making the first technical presentation at the 2019 meeting discussed damage to the first three stages (blades and diaphragms) of his steamer caused by what he termed “magnetite throw”—a way of describing solid-particle erosion. An attendee mentioned that strainers were added to bypass valves at his plant to protect the turbine against such
Steam Turbine Users Group 2019: User presentation recaps Read More »
What follows are abstracts of presentations and key points made by suppliers from the 2019 meeting—timeless content not covered previously by CCJ online or in print. The information shared here should help you decide to participate in the 2020 virtual meeting—it takes little effort, costs nothing, and you can learn so much. To dig deeper
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What follows are abstracts of presentations and key points made by users from the 2019 meeting—timeless content not covered previously by CCJ online or in print. The information shared here should help you decide to participate in the 2020 virtual meeting—it takes little effort, costs nothing, and you can learn so much. To dig deeper
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The annual conference of the Power Plant Controls Users Group was conducted online for the first time this year. The two-week event, exclusive to owner/operators, began November 10 with a program focused on user experiences and vendor presentations. The latter were limited to 30 minutes each and conducted in two half-hour sessions. Each vendor was
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The annual conference of the Steam Turbine Users Group is being conducted online for the first time this year. The four-week event, exclusive to owner/operators, began November 11 with a program focused on user experiences and vendor presentations. The latter were limited to 30 minutes each and conducted in two half-hour sessions. Each vendor was
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If you’ve been in the power-generation business for a couple of decades—and made your bones at baseload, coal-fired, water-cooled plants, in particular—you may believe you know all there is to know about Rankine-cycle steam/water chemistry. Perhaps that’s true, for that type of facility. But with coal-fired plants being shuttered in increasing numbers you may find
Film-forming substances (FFS): The next frontier in cycle chemistry Read More »
So you switch hemispheres in both directions, west to east then north to south, and you discover that the pesky HRSG operational issues and concerns you are familiar with are much the same everywhere. The 2018 Australasian Boiler and HRSG Users Group (ABHUG) Conference and Workshops, held last November, confirmed this view. The organization’s 11th
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A special report by Consulting Editor Steve Stultz based on information shared at the HRSG Forum with Bob Anderson The 2018 HRSG Forum with Bob Anderson, held in Houston, March 5-7, like its predecessor in Charlotte, captured the topics of immediate interest to HRSG experts and combined-cycle system owner/operators. There were spirited discussions before, during,
HRSGs: Tapping global know-how to expand local options Read More »
Vendor breakout presentations SVI Dynamics/SVI Industrial Defining and Implementing SCR Improvements on Gas Turbine Exhaust Stringent regulations on NOx, CO, and ammonia slip are dictating the need for highly efficient SCR systems. Although CO and SCR catalyst designs are advancing to meet these new regulations, SCR system designs are not always equipped to manage the
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