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• Company News

  Turbine sensor start-up closes seed funding

  As it closes on Seed Series investment of $2 million, Daytona Beach-based Sensatek Propulsion Technology has received $100,000 in new funding from StarterStudio. The lead investor in Sensatek’s latest ...

  On October 11, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Siemens and materials solutions open new innovation center in US

  Siemens and Materials Solutions has officially opened a new innovation center in Orlando, Florida. The center is the only one of its kind in the U.S. to offer ...

  On October 11, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Gas turbine fuel properties and their handling

  In a gas turbine combustion chamber, the fuel must be injected, vaporized, and mixed with air prior to combustion. The physical properties of the fuel play a crucial ...

  On October 3, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  Siemens signs contract for industrial power plant in Tatarstan

  Siemens Gas and Power and PJSC Kazanorgsintez, one of Russia’s largest chemical companies, signed a contract for the turnkey construction of a 250 megawatt (MW) combined cycle power ...

  On October 3, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  MAN Energy Solutions to deliver MGT power generation packages in Nigeria

  MAN’s three packages with the single-shaft MGT6000 gas turbine technology will deliver around 20 MW to a power plant, which supplies heat and power to BPL oil & ...

  On October 3, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Sullair announces major expansion plan in Michigan city

  Sullair, an industry leader in innovative compressed air solutions since 1965, is expanding its North America operations and headquarters campus in Michigan City, Indiana. The approximately $30 million ...

  On October 3, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  How an alternative to combined cycles never saw the light of the day

  At the 2019 ASME Turbo Expo, Hans E Wettstein, formerly of BBC that was taken over by ABB then by Alstom, recounted his contributions to gas turbine development ...

  On September 30, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Ohio repair facility expands by 30,000 sq ft

  StandardAero Component Services recently celebrated the grand opening of the company’s 30,000 sq. ft. expansion of its Hillsboro, Ohio, engine component manufacturing and engine component repair facility. The ...

  On September 30, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  HA.02 ordered by Greek industrial firm

  Greek industrial firm MYTILINEOS S.A. has ordered a GE 9HA.02 gas turbine for the Agios Nikolaos GTCC plant in the Voiotia region. This will be the first HA ...

  On September 30, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Gas Technology Institute honours Douglas Elliott with excellence award

  GTI announces that Dr. Douglas (Doug) Elliott will be presented with the 2019 Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science. The Award is a tribute to ...

  On September 30, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors