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ProEnergy, Egyptian power producer partner on aero maintenance

ProEnergy recently expanded its global reach in aero-engine maintenance services, signing a total-care service agreement (TCSA) with a subsidiary of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Co (EEHC) for eight of its LM6000 generating units. The state-owned company operates more than 55,000 MW of generation capacity and manages electricity delivery to more than 38-million consumers. East Delta […]

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WTUI AERO DISCUSSION FORUM: O&M advice free for the asking

Best Practices / By Team-CCJ

Online forums sponsored by gas-turbine user groups are of increasing value to owner/operators, especially given today’s smaller O&M staffs at simple-cycle, combined-cycle, and cogeneration plants and the loss of experienced personnel to retirement and better opportunities. Long gone are the days of on-the-job training when new employees would tag along with experienced crews to grow

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7F Users Group 2023: User Presentations and Discussion

7F Users Group / By Team-CCJ

Seasoned owner/operator personnel tackle the biggest industry issues The depth and breadth of experience represented by 11 owner/operator presentations at the 2023 7F Users Group Conference can be summed up like this: Chronologically, they represent machines dating back to the original F-class gas turbines (GT) off of the test stands in 1988. Numerically, these users

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7F Users Group 2023: Vendor Presentation Recaps

7F Users Group / By Team-CCJ

After reading the high-level summaries of the vendor presentations from the 2023 7FUG presented here, go to www.powerusers.org and look at the slides, available for viewing to user members of Power Users (user non-members will have to apply and be approved by the leadership). If you are responsible for 7Fs in your fleet, the editors

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WORK MANAGEMENT: A proven method for improving operational reliability

7F Users Group / By Team-CCJ

By Rishi Velkar and Todd Robison, NV Energy Combined-cycle plants built during the construction boom of the late 1990s/early 2000s are now about 70% through their 30-yr design lives. Although not originally designed to cycle, ever-increasing amounts of solar energy readily available on the grid, especially in the Southwest, make it economically prudent for these

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Air-Cooled Condensers: ACCUG 2023 Conference Recap

CCUG / By Team-CCJ

The 13th annual meeting of the Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group (ACCUG) was held June 20 – 22 (2023) at Dominion Energy’s offices in Glen Allen (Richmond), Va. Strong international participation, interaction, and discussion enhanced the benefit of this event to all ACC owner/operators, service providers, and technical consultants worldwide. The presentations discussed below, which focus

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ACC and H20 Best Practices from CPV Valley Energy Center

501 F&G Users Group / By Team-CCJ

CPV Valley Energy Center Owned by CPV/Diamond Generating Corp Managed by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by DGC Operations LLC 680 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 SGT6-5000-powered combined cycle, located in Middletown, NY Plant manager: Michael Baier Overcoming unique challenges to optimize ACC performance Challenge. At first glance, the air-cooled condenser (ACC) at Valley Energy Center

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HRSG Forum 2023: EPRI Technology Transfer Workshop

HRSGs / By Team-CCJ

Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor Editor’s note: Registered users can access the comprehensive slide deck developed by EPRI for its HRSG Technology Transfer Workshop, go to www.powerusers.org, click the HRSG Forum logo and then the “Conference Archives” button at the top of the screen. As a final day attached to the HRSG Forum’s 2023 Conference

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HRSG Forum 2023: Cycle Chemistry and FFS Workshop

HRSGs / By Team-CCJ

Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor Barry Dooley, Structural Integrity Associates (UK), opened the Cycle Chemistry Workshop on Day One of the HRSG Forum’s 2023 Conference and Vendor Fair, June 12 – 15, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly, with Film-forming substances for combined-cycle/HRSG plants: History, background, and needs. He first presented IAPWS nomenclature background for film-forming

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HRSG Forum 2023: Welding and Metallurgy Workshop

HRSGs / By Team-CCJ

Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor The afternoon workshop on Day One of the HRSG Forum’s 2023 Conference and Vendor Fair, June 12 – 15, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly, focused on welding and metallurgy. It was a combined effort among Jeff Henry and Kevin Hayes, Applied Thermal Coatings, and Amy Sieben, Industrial Air Flow Dynamics

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