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Wärtsilä engines at your plant? Learn from AES Levant’s experience

AES Levant Power Plant Owned by AES Corp, Mitsui, and Neberas Power Operated by AES Levant Holdings BV Jordan 250 MW, tri-fuel peaking facility consisting of 16 Wärtsilä 18V50 diesel/generators located in Al Manakher, Jordan Plant manager: Feras Hammad Protect waste-gate actuator from heat damage Challenge. Function of the waste gate is to control the […]

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Jackson Generation’s proactive approach during construction enhances safety, O&M

Jackson Generation Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 1200 MW, two 1 ×1 combined cycles powered by Mitsubishi 501JAC gas turbines and SRT40AX steam turbines with HRSGs from John Cockerill, located in Elwood, Ill Plant manager: Rick Dejonghe Establishing safety parameters for Jackson’s retention pond Challenge. When constructing a powerplant, the EPC takes

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Fairview’s strong safety culture leads to implementation of multiple best practices

Fairview Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures, Osaka Gas, and DLE Operated by NAES Corp 1050 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7HA.02-powered combined cycle located in Johnstown, Pa Plant manager: Irvin Holes Relocating sample cooling panel makes plant safer Challenge. It didn’t take long for O&M technicians at Fairview Energy Center to realize the

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Towantic’s three best practices focus on continuous improvement as operational experience grows

CPV Towantic Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by NAES Corp 805-MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7HA.01-powered combined cycle is equipped with DLN2.6+ AFS combustion systems, located in Oxford, Conn. Plant manager: Larry Hawk Reducing nuisance alarms Challenge. Since commissioning, CPV Towantic personnel have identified an abundance of nuisance alarms, as well as

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AUSTRALASIAN BOILER AND HRSG USERS GROUP: 2023 Conference Report

By Steven C Stultz, Consulting Editor The Australasian Boiler and HRSG Users Group will conduct its 2024 meeting in Brisbane, December 3 – 5. Details will be available at www.ccj-online.com as they become available. Submit your abstracts to present to Barry Dooley and Bob Anderson for consideration. Steering committee ABHUG is chaired by Barry Dooley,

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HIGH-ENERGY PIPING SYSTEMS: Premature failures of formed tees

Editor’s note: Jeff Henry, Applied Thermal Coatings (ATC), and Jayaram Vattappilly, Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB), conducted a webinar Jan 24, 2024 on “Premature failures of formed tees [tee intersections] in high energy piping systems,” a topic introduced at the 2023 HRSG Forum. Webinar highlights Recently, there have been several premature pressure-part failures in both conventional

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Europe’s experts share their HRSG experiences at EHF2024

The 10th annual IAPWS European HRSG Forum (EHF), held May 13-15, 2024 in Prado, Italy, and chaired by Barry Dooley of Structural Integrity and Bob Anderson of Competitive Power Resources, attracted 90 participants from 18 countries—including 40 users. EHF, developed and supported by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS), is

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2024 PSM ASSET MANAGERS CONFERENCE: Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation

Origin story sets the trajectory towards user-focused solutions Psychologists tell us that our personalities are largely established early in life. Some even argue that by the time you turn seven, how you behave is pretty much set for life. In other words, your origin story is really, really important. Think about that as you read

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