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The May/June 2025 issue spotlights the gas turbine market, deep-diving into order activity, the impact of surging power demand, and how the industry is responding.

Henrik Harksen of MTU Maintenance talks about its new MRO shop that will support a 30% increase in shop visit volumes.

Order activity spiked in 2024, as the gas turbine market was driven by data center development and natural gas and LNG.

Renovating modern dry gas seals and their systems increases reliability.

Dietmar Zutt of MAN Energy Solutions says the latest combustion and control technologies allow the 175D to achieve rapid maneuverability, acceleration, and long cruising ranges.

Asma Abaalkhail of GE Vernova says its Live Outage system and all-Saudi team completed the gas turbine outage operation safely and days ahead of schedule.

Although torsional vibrations in turbomachinery trains are usually well-controlled, issues should be addressed proactively during the design process.

Centrifugal compressor manufacturers are incorporating magnetic bearings, variable-speed drivers, digital twins, and more to improve performance and reliability.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries says its centrifugal hydrogen compressor can replace numerous reciprocating models, processing large hydrogen volumes in a single unit.

Leveraging visioning systems and rule-based knowledge, while not AI, provides repeatable and reliable repairs for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine industries.

Andres Galnares, CEO of H2SITE, says the palladium-alloy membrane simplifies hydrogen transportation through onsite generation with carrier molecules.

Industry leaders are adapting maintenance strategies to incorporate data-driven insights and provide rapid, efficient solutions that keep critical equipment running.

WTUI bridges the aeroderivative operations and maintenance gap by bringing users together to support each other.

Tennessee Valley Authority is making over its plants with GE Vernova’s LM gas turbines and SSS Clutch’s synchro-self-shifting clutches to balance the grid and support renewables.

The Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M researches compressors, turbines, and pumps, fostering collaboration between academia and industry.

John Bartos of Rotating Machinery Services says South Houston’s BJ Superior contributes its in-house inspection, manufacturing, and refurbishment capabilities.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of March 17, 2025, covers news from Chart Industries, Cheniere Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy, Rolls-Royce, and Baker Hughes.

Greg Gammon of Texas A&M says that partnerships across hydraulics, vibration, power, and propulsion allow for direct industry engagement.

“Build Baby Build” has brought about the remake of the energy transition to the energy addition.

The March/April issue focuses on maintenance and repair and how data and AI are impacting the field and highlights our latest Turbo Tour.

Most transient surge analysis software relies on significant assumptions about one- versus three-dimensional effects and presumes steady-state compressor maps.

Oak Ridge National Lab is advancing hydropower and using additive manufacturing to build sophisticated turbomachines.

David Valette of MAN Energy Solutions says its Multi Fluid Monitor works in tandem with laboratory oil analysis and traditional detection systems.

Adolfo Delgado of Texas A&M’s Turbomachinery Laboratory says component-level testing and development have significant impacts on the industry as a whole.

The new Propulsion and Energetics Research Laboratory makes safe, high-pressure, high-energy experiments possible for faculty and external researchers.

Smart condition-monitoring strategies can mitigate unscheduled downtime by identifying faults before they occur, reinforcing continuous operation.

Women are making strides in the male-dominated turbomachinery and power generation fields, progressing in turbine efficiency, renewable energy integration, and power plant optimization.

The mtu NautIQ and mtu EnergetIQ automation systems allow marine vessel and power-plant operators to fully control and monitor system data, assets, and user management from a single screen.

Bert Warner of the Propane Education & Research Council identifies three growth opportunities for propane: portable power generation, EV charging, and combined heat-and-power.

Bobby Noble of EPRI says gas turbines are “well sought after” thanks to data center power demands and shifts in the energy portfolio mix.