Browsing Tag March/April 2014

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  Energy & Conference News

  Seismic Shift in Global LNG Market

  DEMAND IS SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TURBOMACHINERY TRAINS, WHILE FUTURE U.S. EXPORTS PROMISE LOWER PRICES A seismic shift is ongoing in the worldwide Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marketplace ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By Drew Robb
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  Small-Scale LNG Plants

    Dresser-Rand’s first liquefied natural gas demonstration plant known as LNGo has successfully produced LNG. Commercial LNGo plants, now available, are sized to produce about 6,000 gallons/day of ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant Opens

  World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant Opens Turbomachinery International recently visited the newly opened Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, now the world’s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  New Products: March/April 2014

   Vapor recovery Emerson business unit Vilter Manufacturing has introduced its next generation vapor recovery units (VRUs). These VRUs feature hermetically sealed Copeland Scroll compressors, horizontal lube oil stabilizer ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Straightening A Rotor

  THE CAUSES FOR ROTOR MISALIGNMENT IN STEAM TURBINES AND HOW TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM ON SITE One of the problems that might have to be faced when operating steam ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Myth Busters: Myth: There is Not Enough Instrumentation in Modern Turbomachinery

  Sometimes in my early adolescence after a girlfriend had just broken up with me, I (Brun) would innocently ask her the rather stupid question, “Why?” Thus I learned ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  New Head for GE Oil & Gas

  Lorenzo Simonelli, President and CEO of GE Oil & Gas, discusses collaboration, reorganization, turbomachinery efficiency and LNG use in transportation   How is GE doing in oil & gas? We celebrate 20 years in oil and ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gradual Oxidation of Waste Gas

  INSTEAD OF VENTING OR FLARING, IT IS POSSIBLE TO OXIDIZE WASTE GAS AND CONVERT IT INTO GENERATED POWER The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that industrial sources ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Overspeed Protection System Design, Verification and Testing

  STANDARD OVERSPEED PROTECTION SYSTEMS CANNOT ALWAYS CATCH OVERSPEED EVENTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. AN EMERGENCY SYSTEM OFFERS AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION Turbomachinery overspeed protection is not just about ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Collaborate and Innovate – or Die

  HOT TOPICS AT GE’S ANNUAL MEETING INCLUDED ECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION, MARKET DYNAMICS, OIL & GAS EFFICIENCY, CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS AND LNG The annual GE Oil & Gas meeting took place in ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By Drew Robb