Browsing Tag Jan/Feb 2019

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  SOLAR INVESTS IN THE FUTURE

  Hans Drenth, Vice President of Oil & Gas, Solar Turbines, discusses Solar’s product and service portfolio, ongoing trends, and how the company is addressing changing customer requirements. Tell ...

  On April 3, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  DRY GAS SEALS IN OIL & GAS

  RIGHT FOR SOME PROCESS GAS COMPRESSORS AND WRONG for OTHERS By Chris Carmody & Heinz P. Bloch   Figure 1: Generalized Dry Gas Seal (DGS) as used in ...

  On March 23, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  AIR AND GAS FLOW MEASUREMENT

  HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR TURBOMACHINERY APPLICATIONS By Art Womack, Fluid Components International The accurate, repeatable flow measurement of air and gases is critical to ...

  On March 11, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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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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  TURBINE COMMISSIONING

  MINOR OVERSIGHTS CAN BE COSTLY WITH A SMALL GAS TURBINE By Sarma Krishnamoorthy Commissioning of a gas turbine (GT) is often done against a rigid timeline. Even experienced ...

  On February 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  RIGHTSIZING TURBOMACHINERY

  Bigger is better, is an oft-repeated mantra. In our business, this has given rise to gas turbines that have become much larger with each new generation. There is ...

  On February 14, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  NATURE’S GIFTS FOR POWER GENERATION

  A common, somewhat disrespectful, saying — often erroneously attributed to Ben Franklin — is “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” It ...

  On February 14, 2019 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz