With the 2024 HRSG Forum fast approaching in June, have a look at the breadth of topics and discussion points covered at last year’s event during the solutions provider presentations, featured here, and all the other components of the conference. The 2023 HRSG Forum event in Atlanta, the organization’s first physical meeting since the Covid […]
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Editor’s note: During the main-session presentations at HRSG Forum 2023, Duke Energy and Structural Integrity Associates Inc (SI) jointly presented on an online “HRSG damage monitoring system,” which is highlighted in CCJ’s summary report of that conference. At the same Forum last June, Jacob Boyd presented “Wireless high-energy-piping monitoring program,” recently implemented at his plant,
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By Vaughn Watson, Vector Systems Inc Connect with Vaughn on LinkedIn The efficiency and long-term performance of an SCR system is largely dependent on several key design considerations for its various components. When complex NOₓ reductions on heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs) are required, there are critical aspects of the system that must be addressed to
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By Cesar Moreno, HRST Inc Connect with Cesar on LinkedIn Gr 91 material is named after its main components: 9% Cr and 1% Mo-V. It was developed in the late 1970s, with the focus of its use in the nuclear power industry. The material is part of the Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic (CSEF) steels group,
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Kings Mountain Energy Center Owned by Carolina Power Partners LLC Managed by CAMS Operated by NAES Corp 475 MW, gas-fired 1 × 1 M501GAC-powered combined cycle, located in Kings Mountain, NC Plant manager: Sean Spain Storm shelter protects staff during weather events Challenge. A mid 2020 tornado that touched down within a mile of Kings
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Athens Generating Plant Owned by Kelson Energy Operated by NAES Corp 1080 MW, gas-fired facility equipped with three 501G-powered 1 × 1 combined cycles, located in Athens, NY Plant manager: Steve Cole Challenge. Athens Generating Plant has been plagued with seal-oil issues since first fire more than 20 years ago. Throughout the years, the seal-oil
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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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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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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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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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