Combined Cycle Journal

https://lnkd.in/eYktfsYM. FILM FORMING SUBSTANCES: Conference focuses on research required to advance use of #FFS. Some of the many presentations recapped in this article: Dylan Harrison, Visentia Ltd, New Zealand, discussed Pre-commissioning cleaning of new industrial boilers with the use of ODA (Octadecylamine). Flavio Carrubba, Kurita Europe APW GmbH (Italy) and Vincenzo Di Massa, Ecologia Oggi Spa Environmental services (Italy) presented Transition of two waste-incineration boilers in Italy from traditional treatment to Cetamine®. Anthony Senécat, ENGIE Laborelec, began the FFS 2024 sessions with Two cases of FFA use in Engie powerplants David Addison, thermal chemistry, presented Application of ODA in an 8-MW electrode boiler in Queenstown, New Zealand. The FFS conferences are developed and supported by the IAPWS - Power Cycle Chemistry Group. Sponsors of FFS 2024 were SWAN Analytical USA, SWAN Analytical UK , Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company, Kurita Group, and Anodamine Incorporated. #Powerplant #waterchemistry #chemistry #coal #nuclear #gas #biomass #CCGT #HRSG #ACC #condensers #steamturbines #amines

https://lnkd.in/e6MxtAwN. EMISSIONS CONTROL: How exhaust-gas distribution can affect SCR performance. Vaughn Watson of Vector Systems, Inc. is back in the pages of #CCJ digging into the importance evaluating many aspects of the SCR system beyond the catalyst itself when experiencing performance degradation. #gasturbines #emissionscontrol #scrcatalyst

https://lnkd.in/dPcA6dxf. Luke Williams, the #TurbineDoctor, explores #gasturbine starting reliability issues in a GE Vernova MS7001B engine with Mark I #Speedtronic™ controls. Here is a detailed look at the troubleshooting and corrective actions for this legacy #turbine #controlsystem.

https://lnkd.in/dBXcbBJf. The first pre-engineered #CCGT #powerplant powered by a GE Vernova Frame 3 #gastubine, and installed at the City of Ottawa, Kansas, was recently designated a Historic #Engineering Landmark by ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers). Dave Hunsaker, electric superintendent for the city, accepted the award from ASME Fellow Jared Oehring, a member of the society’s Board of Governors. The unit is the oldest extant unit of its type and representative of a major breakthrough in heat-engine design. The inscription on the bronze plaque, prepared by ASME’s History and Heritage Committee, reads as follows: The city of Ottawa, Kansas, 11 MW gas turbine combined cycle power plant (GTCC), consisting of the very first #GE combined cycle, two-shaft, Frame 3 gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator, and a GE Lynn steam turbine and GE electric generator, started operation in 1967. This was the world’s first pre-engineered GTCC to enter service. Using only one unit of fuel to power its two heat engines, GTCCs produce some of the highest power plant thermal efficiencies yet achieved by humankind. Compiling the history of the Ottawa combined cycle involved the work of many people, especially the following: City of Ottawa. Dave Hunsaker, Leon Wildeman (ret). ASME H&H Committee (inactive). Lee Langston, Tom Fehring, Steve Walton, Virginia Ross. GE. bob johnston (ret), David Lucier (ret), Tom Freeman.

I hope you all have seen this and already made plans to attend live. This is a rare opportunity to participate in a fully live webinar. When Jeff does training inside GEV, I try to sit in because every time he talks, I pick up another key nuance. With this event you get the advantage of a design engineer who has now been in product line management for several years to connect the market to the mission and model. You really should not miss this.

https://lnkd.in/dgGPeb4T. Join us again in Brisbane, December 3-5, 2024 for #ABHUG2024. Key discussions included #HRSG and #boiler design, maintenance, and operation challenges, along with innovative solutions for thermal transients and attemperator controls. This interactive forum provided invaluable insights and knowledge exchange, reinforcing the importance of collaboration in the #powergeneration industry. Here's the lineup of presentations over these three jam-packed days: 💡 Update and Statistics on HRSG Thermal Transients. 💡 A 32MW Coal Fired Boiler with Widespread Corrosion of its Wall Tubes. 💡 Side Wall Penetration Seals and Ash Hopper Case Study. 💡 Secondary and Tertiary Superheater Inlet Header Tube Stub Cracking. Optimising Performance of the Power Plant. 💡 #CCGT HPSH and RH #Attemperator Turndown Control and Piping Improvements, Including Component Reverse Engineering and Bench Testing Considerations. 💡 Inspection and Assessment of Nozzle Defects on High Pressure (HP) Feedwater Heater. A Case Study. 💡 Update and Statistics on HRSG and Boiler Cycle Chemistry Control and FAC. 💡 IAPWS - Power Cycle Chemistry Group, AUSAPWS and NZAPWS Updates. 💡 Analysis of Drivers of High Superheater Temperatures for a Coal-fired Boiler. 💡 Addressing Damage Mechanisms in HRSGs. 💡 Boiler Integrity Program. 💡 Corrosion Control Documents (CCD) for the Power Industry. 💡 Inspection of Cracks from the Bore of Socket Welds using Total Focusing Method (TFM) Ultrasonics. 💡 Electric Heating of HRSGs in Wet Layup. 💡 Deaerator Cracking, Blowdown System Erosion and Early Life Creep Damage. 💡 HRSG Inspection Tool - A Novel Remote Visual Inspection Approach. 💡 The Latest International Activities on Film Forming Substances from Seven IAPWS International FFS Conferences and Assessments Worldwide. 💡 Revision of AS 3788: Boilers and Pressure Vessel – In-service Inspection. Film Forming Substance (FFS) Impacts on Heat Transfer. 💡 Dead Leg Concerns for CCGTs - Capital Power. 💡 Non-fossil Future Steam Production for Australian Industries (biomass, electrode boilers, high temperature heat pumps, steam compressors, geothermal, solar thermal, nuclear etc). 💡 Utilising Drones to Gain Quantitative Asset Insights. 💡 Advanced Inspection Ahead of Major Outages. 💡 Evaluation of Cleaning Technologies for Fouling Removal and Potential Tube Damage in Boilers and Heat Recovery Steam Generators. 💡 LYB Reheater Repair and Lessons Learnt. Presenters and participants: Anita Zunker, Bob Anderson, Jake Waterhouse, Benjamin Ho, Roy Russell MIEx, Diederic Godin, Nikhil Kumar, Tom Burnett, Daniel Snow, Bryan Craig, Stan Rosinski, Bill Carson, David Desiatov, Damien Charman, David Rodman, Aiman Yusri, Johan Kok, Michael Gleeson, David Ross. Steering Committee: David Addison, thermal chemistry Russell Coade, HRL Technology Group Pty Ltd Ivan Currie, EnergyAustralia Stuart Mann, AGL Ian Rawlings, CS Energy Charles Thomas, Quest Integrity

https://lnkd.in/dwZreUd2. #HRSG REPAIRS: A tale of two tube leaks. #CCJ thanks Guillaume Grognet of EDF who is chronicling the Bouchain #CCGT plant's experience with unexpected tube leaks and forced outages in the fleet-leading GE Vernova #9HA 1x1x1 single shaft CCGT in a cyclic operational environment. See how the cracked tubes were found, inspected, repaired, results achieved, #RCA findings, and future planned maintenance. Certainly should be of interest to followers of HRSG Forum, Combined Cycle Users Group, and the HA Users Group, as well as Viking Vessel Services, LLC, Tuff Tube Transition, SVI DYNAMICS, InServ Corp., Vogt Power International, Babcock Power, Babcock & Wilcox, Chanute Manufacturing, and more. Enjoy.

https://lnkd.in/dzD7Z3dC. Five plants earn #BestoftheBest honors in CCJ’s 20th Annual Best Practices Awards. Congratulations to all the #gasturbine plants who participated this year around the globe. Competitive Power Ventures #CCGT plants led the charge this year with #7FA (St. Charles, CAMS), #7HA (Fairview and Towantic, NAES Corporation), and #501F (Valley Energy Center, Diamond Generating Corporation) plants taking best of the best hardware. Black Point Power Station (CLP Power Hong Kong), featuring GE Vernova #9FA and Siemens Energy #8000H technologies rounds out the leading best practices plants. Recognizing the plant personnel from all these fine #powerplants Black Point Power Station Owned by Castle Peak Power Company Limited Operated by CLP Power Hong Kong Limited 🏆 Journey of Operational Excellence for Outage Management in Black Point Power Station Luk, Kwok Keung, Dennis Chan, Tak Kuen Justina Yim, Kelly Hei Man CHAN Fairview Energy Center Owned by Osaka Gas USA, DLE, and Competitive Power Ventures Operated by NAES 🏆 Steam Turbine Generator Brush Upgrade 🏆 HRSG Monorail Hoist Landing Zone Safety Upgrade 🏆 Addition of a Bulk Holding Tank for Plant CCW System Maintenance 🏆 Air Compressor Enclosure Improves Reliability throughout the Winter Irvin Holes, Curtis Speer St. Charles Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by CAMS 🏆 Drone Implementation for Enhanced Plant Safety and Reliability 🏆 Influent Water Monitoring Upgrade for Permit Compliance 🏆 Ammonia Flow to Load – NOx Control Nicholas Bohl, Jacob Boyd, P.E., Nick Ruscillo, Lauren Sparks, CUSP, ASP Towantic Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures Operated by NAES Corp 🏆 Online SDS Library Accessed by QR Codes Enhances Operator Safety 🏆 User-Friendly Continued Education Program Facilitates Operator Requalification 🏆 Gas Turbine Enclosure Cameras Enhance Safety during LFO Larry Hawk, Nick Levandoski, Valley Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures and Diamond Generating Corp Operated by DGC Operations LLC 🏆 Installation of Anti-Icing System to Prevent Snow related Derates and Outages 🏆 Siemens Energy Omnivise T-3000 V 9.2 Upgrade Boosts Cybersecurity 🏆 Upgrading Ultrafiltration System Provides Many Benefits Michael Baier, Ben Stanley Preston Patterson, Joe Michienzi, Justin Hughes, Michael Armstrong

Dear all, The final program for the 2024 NZAPWS Water/Steam Symposium next week is now released and available here and on the NZAPWS website Thanks David On behalf of the NZAPWS Committee