Gas Turbines

With Turbo Expo 2024 in London, held June 24 – 28, on the horizon, we’re looking back at insights from our interview with NETL at last year’s meeting.

As part of an EPC agreement, four M501 JAC air-cooled gas turbines will operate in simple cycle at the Portocem Thermoelectric Power Plant in Brazil.

Digital tools can extend a turbomachine’s life, optimize plant efficiency and maintenance, and more.

The MT30 is a power-dense marine gas turbine that has a small footprint but generates a lot of power for propulsion applications.

The course will use the Agile Engineering Design System (AEDS) and Advanced Rotating Machine Dynamics tools (ARMD) to design and develop an electric turbopump for a notional rocket engine.

Baker Hughes and Tecnimont (MAIRE) will supply 20 compression trains to increase gas production at Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel gas field.

The project, co-led by Black & Veatch and the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), will install Unit 4 with Mitsubishi Power’s 426 MW J-class simple-cycle combustion turbine.

The ATS consortium received funding to develop a microturbine prototype that uses carbon-neutral fuels in micro-grids.

In Part 1 of this two-part video interview, GE Vernova's VP of Engineering Gas Power, John Intile, and Shane Long, VP of Global Supply Chain, discuss some of the top challenges of the energy transition.

The Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) ordered two GE Vernova aeroderivative LM6000VELOX packages to replace steam turbines at its Anadarko plant.

GE Vernova’s center in Greenville, SC operates as a validation testing facility, technology laboratory, and repair shop for the company’s gas turbine portfolio.

Shane Long of GE Vernova's Gas Power Business talks about the most impactful changes in GE Vernova's gas power-generation supply chain in the last five years.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will use the aeroderivative gas turbine and generator packages to supply an additional 850 MW of electricity for its Kingston Energy Complex.

User communities benefit from WTUI’s “hands-on” maintenance-and-repair approach for LM units.

The May/June 2024 issue features coverage of the growing carbon-capture industry, a tour of GE Vernova’s Facility in South Carolina, a Q&A on digital ecosystems with Emerson, and more.

The companies signed a multi-year contract to use Gecko’s robotics and AI-driven platform to enhance ADNOC Gas’ operations and maintenance services and reduce emissions across its sites.

Gas turbines, including the air compressor and combustion chamber, face challenges such as high temperatures and the need for blade-cooling systems.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) began operation of a 400 kW-class solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) test module at its Takasago Hydrogen Park in Japan.

The M701 J-series air-cooled (JAC) gas turbine is installed on the third unit at one of Gulf PD Co.’s natural gas-fired power plants in Rayong, Thailand.

Aurora Hydrogen’s methane pyrolysis will support the Open Hydrogen Initiative’s (OHI) open-source toolkit to measure the carbon intensity of hydrogen.

Aramco’s order for Phase 3 of Saudi Arabia’s Master Gas System project will support the new pipeline aimed at increasing gas distribution across the Kingdom and reducing carbon emissions.

CFD is a great tool, but it takes experienced engineers to get accurate results.

A five-year contract extension covers the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of Equinor’s GE LM-series industrial gas turbines until 2028 and technical support for expansion in Brazil.

Enea Elektrownia Polaniec (EEP) will install the 290 MVA block transformer, with a voltage of 400 kV, on its power plant’s Unit 9 which uses biomass fuel.

The company put its gas turbine into parallel operation for a new 800 MW combined-cycle power unit at the EP Produzione Tavazzano and Montanaso thermoelectric power plant.

A high-level overview of the centrifugal compressors market.

The Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities will use the 7HA.03 plant equipment to power a natural gas combined-cycle generating unit (NGCC) at the Mill Creek Generating Station.

MTU Maintenance completed its portfolio addition and announced plans to expand its global services network.

The mosaHYc project is a cross-border endeavor to convert approximately 90 km of gas pipelines for the transportation of hydrogen between France and Germany.

HK Electric’s order consists of natural-gas-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation equipment for Unit 13 at the Lamma Power Station near Hong Kong.