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Edgewood Energy uses multiple service providers to reduce the cost of engine repairs The standard approach for handling major gas-turbine repairs is to solicit bids from multiple vendors and select the one offering best value. NAES Corp Area Manager Kenneth Ford and O&M Manager John Lawton wanted to improve upon this process for an upcoming […]

The Western Turbine Users and CCJ are working together to expand the sharing of best practices and lessons learned among owner/operators of GE aero engines. WTUI VP Ed Jackson, plant manager of Missouri River Energy Services’ Exira Generating Station in Brayton, Iowa, says the organization’s mission is to help members better operate and maintain their

Guest Commentary by Salvatore A DellaVilla Jr, managing director, Gas Turbine Association “Too much change in too short a period of time,” the definition of ‘Future Shock,’ was conceptualized, defined, and shared in a book by Alvin and Heidi Toffler, published with the same name in the 1970s. If we look at today’s energy market,

Exira Station Owned by Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Operated by Missouri River Energy Services 140-MW, dual-fuel, three-unit, peaking facility located in Brayton, Iowa Plant manager: Ed Jackson Challenge. The best place to get a representative sample for oil analysis is from the engine bearings before fluid filtration, which removes particles that you need to know are

GTAA Cogen Plant Owned by Greater Toronto Airport Authority Operated by SNC Lavalin O&M 117-MW, gas-fired, combined-cycle cogeneration facility located in Mississauga, Ont, Canada Plant manager: Socrates Furtado Challenge. The plant’s Siemens steam turbine has an inline condenser with a nominal 20-in.-diam bolted manhole on top for inspection purposes. The approach to this manhole is restricted by

Energía del Valle de Mexico l Owned by EVM Energia SAPI de CV Operated by NAES Corp 100-MW, gas-fired, three simple-cycle LM6000PF gas turbines located near Mexico City Plant manager: Javier Badillo Challenge. EVM l was initially planned as a peaker plant but growing electric consumption forced operation 24/7 during months of high demand. This required that

Lawrence Generating Station Owned by Hoosier Energy (four units) and Wabash Valley Power Assn (two units) Operated by NAES Corp 258 MW, six simple-cycle LM6000 natural-gas-fired peaking units, located in Lawrence County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 161-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert VanDenburgh Fuel-compartment wind block eliminates unit trips Challenge. Lawrence County experienced several fuel/water compartment

Orange Grove Energy Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 96-MW, gas-fired, two-unit, peaking facility located in Pala, Calif Plant manager: John Hutson Challenge. Orange Grove Energy faced many obstacles in its first several years of operation. Examples: OGE had four plant managers within two years of commissioning, the entire hourly staff turned over in the

Pinelawn Power LLC Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 80-MW, dual-fuel, 1 × 1 combined cycle located in West Babylon, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Infrared camera finds steam leak Challenge was to find the location of a steam leak on insulated and covered high- pressure steam piping. The leak was a minor one and

Worthington Generating Station Owned by Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Co-op Inc Operated by NAES Corp 174 MW, four simple-cycle LM6000 natural-gas-fired peaking units, located in Greene County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 138-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert VanDenburgh Challenge. The S&S packages for Worthington’s gas turbines have two lights that when working properly will illuminate the