Hydrogen

The industrial-scale ammonia cracking unit utilizes key enhancements across critical areas, including process safety, material testing, ammonia combustion, molecule separation, and more.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of November 10, 2025, covers news from Arabelle Solutions, Baker Hughes, ExxonMobil, and John Crane.

Following over 250,000 hours of testing, the Jenbacher NX Oil 40 demonstrated significantly reduced soot formation, lower particle counts, and improved dispersion over oil drain intervals.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of November 3, 2025, covers news from Yokogawa Electric, GE Vernova, Everllence, Concepts NREC, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The relocation of North American manufacturing is driving the industrial compression trend in the Asia-Pacific region, as more gas and air compressors are needed to support growth.

Anthony Brough and Christean Kapp of Dora Partners & Co. address their new partnership with Turbomachinery International and highlight the centrifugal and reciprocating compressor markets.

Under the pilot project, the partners will develop ammonia cracking systems to build out hydrogen and ammonia supply chains and decarbonization technologies.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of October 27, 2025, covers news from GE Vernova, Baker Hughes, and Mitsubishi Power.

Ever-increasing energy demands are placing a harsh spotlight on the supply chain and workforce challenges plaguing the turbomachinery industry.

The company’s coiled-tube drilling operations include its CoilTrak bottomhole assembly system and enhanced reservoir analysis driven by the GaffneyCline energy advisory.

The 2026 Handbook includes a comprehensive outlook of the U.S. power industry and gas turbine market, as well as an industry-wide directory and specifications listings.

The new power plant will deploy Mitsubishi Power’s M701 JAC gas turbine with 30% hydrogen co-firing potential, helping to meet the Singaporean net-zero emissions target by 2050.

Xdot Bearing Technologies’ product offerings will accelerate growth in high-performance markets with advanced pumps, compressors, and high-speed rotating machines.

This win marks the company’s first overseas export deal for gas turbines, with Doosan Turbomachinery Services performing maintenance at its Houston-based location.

The field’s advanced floating production, storage, and offloading vessel is equipped with high-pressure gas compression, combined-cycle power generation, and more.

The September/October 2025 issue covers steam turbine optimization, a pump-centric conversation with the Hydraulic Institute, hybrid grid technology for stabilization, and much more.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of October 6, 2025, covers news from Turboden America, Siemens Energy, Ansaldo Energia, Everllence, and Rolls-Royce.

Due to the low mole weight of hydrogen, one must increase impeller tip speed to generate higher pressure ratios and reduce overall stages.

By using a fast-starting independent gas power plant, data center operators may come online faster with increased energy security and electricity to the grid.

Large-scale gas turbines will be installed at two Xcel Energy facilities, retiring an older coal plant and powering a new peaker plant that will respond to high-demand periods.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of September 29, 2025, covers news from Mitsubishi Power, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Baker Hughes, bp, and Rotating Machinery Services.

The company’s compressor testing suggested that single-piece rotor manufacturing enables higher tip speeds, which maintains an optimal pressure ratio for compressing hydrogen.

Following the upgrade, Alpiq’s San Severo power plant may operate with up to 25% hydrogen, improved operational flexibility, and lower CO2 emissions per year.

The large-scale hydrogen co-firing engine features hydrogen leak detectors and nitrogen purge systems, with the ability to adjust the co-firing ratio during operation.

The Ansan Smart Hub will be converted into a high-efficiency, eco-friendly power plant capable of accommodating a future fuel conversion from natural gas to hydrogen.