FEATURE ARTICLES

 

DIAGNOSTICS, PROGNOSTICS: Fleet-wide M&D puts 'Big Data' into practice

 

Jason Makansi

 

 

 

ASME POWER: FAC/LDI, agile HRSG, integrate solar tower with combined cycle, condenser retrofit

 

Patricia Irwin, PE

 

 

 

 

GENERATORS: Inspection first step in avoiding failures attributed to dry stator-winding ties

 

 

 

 

 

LUBE-OIL MAINTENANCE: Lubricant varnishing and mitigation strategies

 

Peter Dufresne Jr, Matthew Hobbs, Glen MacInnis

 

 

 

PARTIAL DISCHARGE: PD generally not well understood at the plant level

 

Donald Selkirk, PE

 

 

 

 

GENERATORS: Problems experienced with modern generators

 

Clyde V Maughan

 

BUSINESS PARTNERS

 

GTs turn 75, ACC Users pick San Diego, 7F Users form STUG, automation retrofit improves reliability, CCUG to meet in San Antonio, Crackfit facilitates assessments of defects, Calpine has a good 2013, USEA honors Lew King, ABMA President Rawson passes, company news and notes.

 

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USER GROUP REPORTS

 

 

7F Users Group: Workshops important to professional development 

  • Borescope clinic, proper staking critical, Bigfoot mod can cause twisting of stator vanes, tip-shroud creep, clashing.
  • HRSG performance thieves, NDE for boiler inspections, crack repair, fuel-nozzle flow testing.  

 

Western Turbine Users: Aero Nation still growing as 25th anniversary nears 

 

CTOTF aggregates its coverage of aeroderivative gas turbines 

  • Coordinated programs for Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, GE, and Solar engines will benefit users by sharing information across product lines.
  • HEPA filtration, indirect/hybrid inlet cooling, commissioning a Merc 50.  
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