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

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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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 

• Remembering Jim Hinrichs 
• Depot presentations
• The Axford Report
• Benchmarking aero performance
• Awards
• Social events

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.