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WTUI SPECIAL REPORT: 2026 Conference Preview

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Western Turbine Users Inc, the world’s largest independent organization of aeroderivative gas-turbine owner/operators, celebrates another year of service to the […]

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WTUI SPECIAL REPORT: Leaders of the Aero GT Community

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Western Turbine’s leadership team consists of the officers, directors, conference chairpersons, and support personnel who plan and execute the world’s largest

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2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Across WTUI 2025’s LM2500, LM6000, and LMS100 breakouts in Long Beach (March 30 to April 2, 2025), the technical conversation

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2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment Tuesday afternoons at Western Turbine meetings are historically reserved for nine Special Technical Presentations, approved by WTUI leadership, to extend

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Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment

Aeros / By Team-CCJ

Contents 2026 Conference Overview: 35 Years of Powering Tomorrow WTUI Leadership: Foundation for Success 2025 WTUI Recap: LM Engine Breakout Sessions 2025 WTUI Recap: Special Technical Presentations Acronyms to remember for aeroderivative gas turbine equipment AGB—Accessory gearbox (also called the transfer gearbox) AVR—Automatic voltage regulator CCM—Condition maintenance manual CCR—Customized customer repair CDP—Compressor discharge port CFF—Compressor

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GAS TURBINES: Open-market DLN-1 system anchors quick CC-to-GT peaker conversion

7EA Users Group, Frame 6 / By Team-CCJ

Ingenuity is never in short supply in the gas turbine (GT) industry, but some projects do amplify the wow factor more than others. Case in point: A Texas plant where a 1987-vintage, 2×1 7EA combined cycle (CC) cogeneration plant was converted into a peaking facility serving the lucrative ERCOT market. Collaboration among several non-OEM services

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AIR-COOLED CONDENSERS: Corrosion, wind, and gearboxes drive the next wave of ACC improvements

STUG / By Team-CCJ

The 15th annual meeting of the Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group (ACCUG) was held July 29-31, 2025, at the Lake Granbury Conference Center in Granbury, TX. Participants included owner/operators as well as leading suppliers and international consultants gathered to discuss improving unit and system performance, share valuable lessons learned, and reduce overall operating expense. Those interested

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Brazil hosts first HRSG Forum América Latina as flexibility pressures rise

HRSGs / By Team-CCJ

The first annual HRSG Forum América Latina was held September 22-24, 2025, at Blue Tree Premium Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil under the guidance of the newly formed steering committee consisting of: Júlio Paulin, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A Luiz Cortez, Âmbar Energia Willians Nunes, Eneva Luiz Felippe, ENPERA Assessoria Empresarial Ltda This inaugural event focused on issues

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Automated reports provide rapid plant insight and understanding at HKW Freimann

Aeros, Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

HKW Freimann Power Plant Stadtwerke München 125-MW cogeneration facility powered by LM6000PF+ gas turbines located in Munich, Germany. Plant manager: Simon Weig Background. HKW Freimann is one of Munich’s major powerplants, supplying power and heat and incorporating district-heating assets, heat storage, and battery storage. In 2020, Stadtwerke München (SWM) refurbished the gas-turbine installation and commissioned

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Sentinel takes first responder awareness training to next level

Aeros, Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

Sentinel Energy Center Owned by Sentinel Energy Center LLC Operated by DGC Operations LLC 850 MW, eight unit, LMS100 simple cycle peaking facility located in North Palm Springs, Calif. Plant manager: Dennis Johnson Background. Large power generating facilities present hazards and layout complexities that many local responders do not encounter routinely. Sentinel Energy Center formalizes

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