Browsing Tag combined cycle

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  HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS

  FAST START AND PEAK CAPACITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS BY JORDAN BARTOL As renewables such as wind and solar continue to ramp up in the U.S., ...

  On February 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  IMPROVING O&M IN TURBOMACHINERY

    CTOTF USER GROUP BRINGS OPERATORS AND OEMS TOGETHER By Drew Robb   Caption: Chairman Jack Borsch addressing CTOTF users The spring Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum (CTOTF) ...

  On July 24, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  COMBINED CYCLE TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

  A REVISED OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR GAS TURBINE DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICIENCY BY S. C. GÜLEN   Figure 1: Historical improvements in GT technology. In an earlier ...

  On June 20, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS?

  If you want the bad news, go straight to page 15. If  you prefer the good news, head for page 18. The bad news is that gas turbine ...

  On June 5, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  REELING FROM RENEWABLES

  Courtesy of Dora Partners & Co. and McCoy Power Reports BY DREW ROBB Gas turbine orders have been down for five straight years. Most experts agree that 2019 ...

  On May 24, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  A MORE OPTIMISTIC POWERGEN

  NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARISE IN THE FACE OF GROWING CHALLENGES By Drew Robb PowerGen International offers an annual barometer of the power generation sector. The December 2018 event noted ...

  On March 4, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  SIEMENS COMPLETES MAJOR UPGRADE AT COLOMBIAN POWER PLANT

  Caption: A new bolted rotor is brought onsite at Zona Franca Celsia Siemens has completed an extensive modernization and upgrade project in Barranquilla, Colombia. This was done for ...

  On February 25, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  SMALLER GAS TURBINES FIND THEIR NICHE

  DISTRIBUTED GENERATION, COMBINED HEAT & POWER AND HYDROGEN ARE DRIVING THE MARKET FOR SMALLER AND MID-SIZED TURBINES By Drew Robb Siemens SGT-A65 gas turbine   Gas turbine (GT) ...

  On February 14, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  LASER SCANNING

  IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF AS-BUILT MODELS  FOR CONVERSIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND UPGRADES Caption: As-built models created by laser scanning are accurate to an eighth of an inch. All the ...

  On January 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  MUST CHP OBEY THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS?

  When I ask engineers of all ages their least favorite class in college, thermodynamics usually comes out on top. But in real life, when thermodynamics conflicts with hopes, ...

  On December 3, 2018 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz