By Vignesh Bala, Vogt Power Editor’s note: This is the first of three articles exploring the impacts of gas-turbine upgrades on heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs). It examines the driving factors behind GT upgrades. Part 2 will focus on the concept of “re-rating” the HRSG after its upgrade. Part 3 will address implementing the HRSG mods […]
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Bob Anderson, principal, Competitive Power Resources Corp Bob Anderson joined CPS in 2005, following a 33-year career at Florida Power Corp/Progress Energy (now Duke Energy). The independent consulting firm, based in Palmetto, Fla, focuses on heat-recovery steam generators and their related auxiliaries for combined-cycle and cogen plants. Recognized globally as an HRSG expert, Anderson has
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SVI DYNAMICS, a division of SVI BREMCO, is a leading supplier of engineered noise control and gas path solutions for industrial sites including power generation and process applications. We design, engineer, and manufacture custom solutions to meet project specific requirements and specifications. It is a fast-paced small business environment that is very rewarding for someone
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The popular keynote duo of Tony Brough, president, Dora Partners & Co, and Mark Axford, Axford Turbine Consultants LLC, kicked off the 33rd annual Western Turbine Users Inc (WTUI) conference with their analysis of the gas turbine (GT) market, players, and key drivers. Brough began with the rhetorical questions: Are GTs going away? Is the
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The Combined Cycle Users Group’s 2024 conference, a major component of Power Users’ end-of-summer meeting portfolio, is now but two months away with the early-bird registration discount terminating in only a month. Consider reserving your seat now at this premier event for gas-turbine owner/operators at www.PowerUsers.org. CCUG is one of five user groups (also, Generator,
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The Combined Cycle Users Group annually recognizes industry professionals who have demonstrated excellence throughout their careers in the design, construction, management, operation, and/or maintenance of generating facilities powered by gas turbines with its Individual Achievement Award. Recipients of the 2024 IAA will be announced during the CCUG conference, August 26-29, at the Arizona Grand Resort
CCUG to recognize excellence in combined-cycle design, O&M Read More »
The 2023 symposium of the Gas Turbine Energy Network (GTEN), held in October 2023 in Banff, Canada, and reviewed earlier in the year (CCJ No. 77, p 96), included many presentations on hydrogen, proposed as a key fuel for a “net-zero world,” when no additional carbon is being discharged to the atmosphere. GTEN focused on
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Linden Generating Station Owned by JERA Co (Japan), EGCO Group (Thailand), Development Bank of Japan, and GS EPS Operated by NAES Corp 972 MW, 5 × 3 7EA-powered 800-MW combined cycle designed to burn natural gas and butane and equipped with three D11 steam turbines, plus a 1 × 0 7FA-powered 172-MW cogen unit (Linden
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Quail Run Energy Center Owned by Starwood Energy Group Global Operated by NAES Corp 550 MW, two 2 × 1 7EA-powered combined cycles equipped with A10 steam turbines, located in Odessa, Tex Plant manager: Andy Duncan Background. When Plant Engineer Ed Nielsen arrived at Quail Run Energy Center about three years ago, the facility did
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Lee County Generating Station Owned by Rockland Capital Operated by NAES Corp 688 MW, 8 × 0 7EA-powered peaking plant operating on natural gas, located in Lee County, Ill Plant manager: Keith Koziol Protecting operators from falling ice Challenge. Lee County, a peaking plant in northern Illinois, experiences long periods between operations. Calibration cylinders for
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