Browsing Tag July/August 2014

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  New OPRA Turbine Burns Ultra-Low Calorific Fuels

  OPRA Turbines has developed the OP16-3C gas turbine. It has the same engine core as the OP16-3A/B and the same power rating (1.85 MW). However the OP16-3C features ...

  On July 11, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Hunting season

  GE’s deal to buy Alstom makes for a very interesting turbomachinery landscape. This hands the company a much needed steam turbine presence, nicely filling out its combined cycle ...

  On July 11, 2014 / By Drew Robb
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  The Effect of Bearings on GT Rotordynamics

  Aeroderivative gas turbines (GT) generally use rolling-element bearings. These machines should be modeled as rotor assemblies supported by nonlinear bearings and installed on flexible bearing supports. Dynamic behavior ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By Amin Almasi
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  Extreme Coatings

  THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS AND SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LEAD THE PUSH TOWARD GREATER EFFICIENCY AND LOWER LIFECYCLE COSTS EXTREME COATINGS At Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) facility in Florida, a ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By Drew Robb
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  New Products: July/August 2014

  Process automation system Schneider Electric (formerly Invensys) has released a new member of its Forboro Evo process automation system. The Foxboro Compact 200 Series I/O modules reduce the ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Maximizing Machine Uptime with Accelerometers

  HOW TO SPECIFY VIBRATION SENSORS TO CARRY OUT CONDITION MONITORING AS PART OF A PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN As machinery has become more complex, mankind has demanded greater productivity from ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Commissioning Russia’s Adler Thermal Power Plant

  In autumn 2009, Gazprom of Russia started the Adler Thermal Power Plant (Adler TPP) project in Sochi. Ansaldo Energia supplied the gas turbine generator sets. With an aggregate ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Short- And Long-Term GT Validation

  Over the last few decades, gas turbine (GT) technology has evolved in pursuit of greater efficiency and increased flexibility. Such objectives impose higher operating temperatures, larger pressure ratios ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Reducing Spiral Vibration on a Genset

  TILTING PAD RADIAL BEARINGS SHIFT CRITICAL SPEEDS OF THE SLIP RING SHAFT WELL ABOVE THE RATED SPEED An Alstom 450MVA hydrogen-cooled generator operating at 3,600 rev/min and equipped with ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Industry News: July/August 2014

  Kobe Steel’s Brazil office Kobe Steel subsidiary Kobelco Machinery do Brazil Ltda. has begun full-scale marketing of nonstandard compressors in the South America. Based in Sao Paulo, this ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors