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• Company News

  Wartsila has a new President & CEO

  Wartsila’s Board of Directors has appointed Bjorn Rosengren as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the position on 1 September 2011, succeeding Ole ...

  On February 14, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Renewables

  A commercial tidal power plant in New York

  New York-based Verdant Power has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that would allow the company to install up to 30 new tidal power ...

  On February 14, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Renewables

  Taller wind towers

  GE has bought a taller wind turbine tower technology from Wind Tower Systems (WTS), LLC. The need for taller, cost-efficient towers is becoming an important factor in the ...

  On February 14, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Energy & Conference News

  Tell me what the trends are

  I suppose that my first blog should be one of introduction. My name is Chip Thompson and I’m a partner at the law firm Mercer Thompson LLC (www.mercerthompson.com).  Our ...

  On February 7, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Do you know where your bolts came from?

  I am writing this blog after the Steelers defeated the Jets for the AFC Championship and a place in the 2011 Superbowl. The Steelers have won 6 Superbowls, ...

  On February 4, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Vibration: The pulse of rotating machinery

  Metrix SETPOINT Contition Monitoring Group; Minden, NV   The root cause analysis of vibration problems related to critical turbomachinery is an engineering science based on what is often referred to as the ...

  On February 1, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Are recuperators always great?

  Recuperators have been used by a number of manufacturers to increase their gas turbine’s efficiency. The recuperator is a heat exchanger that utilizes the gas turbine’s hot exhaust air ...

  On January 31, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Axial clearance in thrust bearings

  The purpose of thrust bearing end play is to provide axial clearance between the thrust collar and the thrust bearing assemblies. The end play allows room for the ...

  On January 28, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Lubrication

  Let’s crank up the innovation

  The myth about a brilliant scientist developing a new invention to change our world is exactly that…a myth. It is well accepted that scientists, engineers and practitioners of ...

  On January 13, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  How reliable are reliability figures?

  How reliable are the Reliability Availability Maintainability (RAM) figures that are touted by gas turbine OEMs — as proof of how well their machines are performing?   RAM statistics are ...

  On October 26, 2010 / By TMI Staff & Contributors