Browsing Category Maintenance

• Combined Cycle

  GE secures long-term service contract for gas power plant in Russia

  GE Power Generation Services has received a 16-year contractual service agreement (CSA) for the new Kazanskaya CHP-2 combined-cycle gas power plant in Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia. The Russian ...

  On June 11, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  Siemens bags service contract extensions for combined cycle plants in Pennsylvania

  Talen Energy Corporation, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has awarded Siemens long-term parts and service contract extensions for the Lower Mount Bethel and Ironwood combined-cycle gas power plants in ...

  On June 11, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Contract

  RWG to maintain Siemens gas generators for Dubai Petroleum

  Dubai Petroleum has awarded RWG (a Siemens and Wood Group company) two maintenance contracts for the overhaul of its Siemens aero-derivative industrial gas generators. The scope of service ...

  On May 9, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Contract

  National Grid and RWG sign contract for Industrial Avon gas generator overhaul

  RWG has recently been awarded a new contract for Industrial Avon gas generator overhaul following a recent National Grid Sourcing Event. Tendered under the five-year ‘Framework Agreement’ established ...

  On April 4, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Company News

  Dresser-Rand opens new facility in Saudi Arabia

  To establish its permanent presence in the Middle East, Dresser-Rand has set up a new service center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company also formally committed ...

  On March 4, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Lubrication

  Extending the life of turbine oils

  Antioxidants (AO) are critical components in turbine oil formulations and largely determine the life and performance of a lubricant. Even though these sacrificial warriors make up about 1% ...

  On November 14, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Back to Basics – Rubbing or Not?

  Metrix SETPOINT Contition Monitoring Group; Minden, NV The first item to be realized is that radial or axial rubbing is not a machinery malfunction.  A rub is secondary ...

  On September 10, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Lubrication

  Why Oils and Water Don’t Mix

  Why Oils and Water Don’t Mix Water and oil are immiscible because of the chemical nature of water and oil molecules. The old adage in chemistry used to ...

  On August 30, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Back to Basics: Fluid Induced Instability i.e. Oil Whirl/Oil Whip

  When a fluid, either liquid or gas, is constrained within the space between two concentric cylinders, one rotating and one stationary, the fluid in the clearance between the ...

  On August 30, 2014 / By Richard Thomas
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  Auxiliaries

  Hot spot analysis helps reduce spiral vibration of a hydrogen-cooled generator

  An Alstom 450MVA hydrogen-cooled generator operating at 3,600 rev/min and equipped with a brush gear unit showed spiral vibration with a forward rotating unbalance vector.  (Alstom’s hydrogen-cooled turbogenerator) ...

  On July 8, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors