In successful powerplant projects, either in the early project bidding or the engineering execution stage, before designing any water distribution, production or treatment system, you must know the water. The only way to fully understand the water type and its characteristics is with a thorough study of the water analysis report, says Wendy Wong, a […]
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Turbine Tip No. 4, contributed by PAL Turbine Services’ Owner/GM Dave Lucier, applies to General Electric Frame 5 models K, L, and LA. The focus here is on fuel pumps that are retained when the control system is upgraded. The fuel pump of choice on GE gas turbines following the Great Blackout of November 1965
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Turbine Tip No. 5 from the PAL Turbine Services O&M solutions library applies to General Electric Frame 5 models L, LA, and M equipped with Oilgear fuel pumps, Frame 5N machines with New York Air Brake pumps, and 5P and 5PA gas turbines with Roper Pump Co equipment. This is a follow-up to Turbine Tip
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The sixth annual meeting of the European HRSG Forum (EHF), May 14-16, 2019, Athens, Greece, was a global event with representatives from 17 countries. There were more than two-dozen presentations on the agenda, plus a workshop on water chemistry. CCJ ONsite’s recent report on film-forming substances (FFS), a topic discussed at all recent HRSG conferences,
FFS applied correctly benefits water/steam cycle: less FAC, less iron Read More »
The negative impact of moisture on electrical equipment has been a serious concern since the beginning of the industry. Most senior plant personnel have had experiences with low insulation resistance (IR) and low polarization index (PI) values that have extended an outage. One example provided by subject-matter experts Neil Kilpatrick, GenMet LLC, and James Michalec,
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The Electric Power Research Institute’s Turbine Generator User Group (TGUG) hosts two meetings annually—one in winter and the other in summer. The 2020 schedule is in the accompanying box. If you’ve never attended one of these conferences, which offer independent turbine and generator tracks conducted in parallel, perhaps you will next year. Electric Power Research
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Many combined-cycle units originally designed for baseload operation are now required to cycle frequently, with still more starts and more rapid ramping over a wider range when in automatic generation control (AGC) mode. As a result, a significant number of heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) failures experienced worldwide have been at least partly attributed to
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The HRSG Forum with Bob Anderson contributes significantly to industry knowledge on the design, operation, and maintenance of heat-recovery steam generators with its lineup of technical presentations by subject matter experts, plus hands-on discussions among owner/operators, component and service providers, and concerned OEMs. In sum, this premier event encourages the exchange of experience and specifics
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The experiences shared at the Australasian HRSG Users Group (AHUG) annual meeting have been chronicled for the last decade by CCJ ONsite and in the print edition of the Combined Cycle Journal. Beginning here, and going forward, you’ll also benefit from the lessons learned/best practices of fired-boiler owner/operators facing technical and operational issues closely related
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Technical presentations by subject matter experts on topics of importance to owner/operators of combined-cycle and cogeneration plants powered by gas turbines are the foundation of the HRSG Forum with Bob Anderson. Consulting Editor Steve Stultz has abstracted the presentations below from the group’s fourth annual meeting. O&M personnel likely will find at least one or
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