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  RAISING MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCY TO MINIMIZE DOWNTIME

  Gregor Stoecker, MTU Power’s Director of Sales and Marketing for Industrial Gas Turbines, discusses the aeroderivative market, aftermarket services, brush seals and expansion plans. What is MTU Power? ...

  On July 8, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  GT FILTRATION

  THREE MAJOR PROPERTIES DIFFER FROM ONE FILTER TO ANOTHER; THE TECHNOLOGY USED IMPACTS UPTIME AND OPERATING COSTS By Mike Roesner Caption: Inlet guide vanes (left) after 1,200 hours ...

  On July 1, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  SEISMIC MONITORING

  INFRASTRUCTURE MUST BE PROTECTED AGAINST DISASTER BY RUSSELL KING Following the Fukushima incident in 2011, industry placed a renewed focus on risk mitigation from extraordinary events caused by ...

  On June 21, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  STEAM TURBINE WATER WASHING

  HOW TO SAFELY REMOVE WATER-SOLUBLE MINERAL DEPOSITS UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS BY DAVID STASENKO & JOSEPH REDOVAN Caption: Turbine rotor with mineral deposits. Water washing of steam turbines ...

  On June 21, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  USING COATINGS TO EXTEND LIFE

  COATINGS PROVIDE A BARRIER AGAINST EROSION, CORROSION AND HEAT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST WEAR AND TEAR BY MATTHEW WATSON Caption: An employee at HFW Industries finish-grinds a shaft ...

  On June 21, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  RECIP ENGINES UP THEIR GAME

  MODERN RECIPS ARE SEIZING MARKET SHARE IN THE SMALL- AND MID-SIZED POWER PLANT SECTOR Caption: Since late 2014, IPP3 (537 MW) and its sister reciprocating engine plant IPP4 ...

  On June 21, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  COMBINED CYCLE TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

  A REVISED OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR GAS TURBINE DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICIENCY BY S. C. GÜLEN   Figure 1: Historical improvements in GT technology. In an earlier ...

  On June 20, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  LNG BOOM DOMINATES THE CERA CONFERENCE

  SOARING PRODUCTION IN THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS IS DRIVING DEMAND FOR TURBOMACHINERY, PIPELINES AND LNG EXPORT TERMINALS BY MARK AXFORD The annual CERAweek (Cambridge Energy Research ...

  On June 9, 2019 / By Mark Axford
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  GT AIR FILTRATION

  THREE MAJOR PROPERTIES DIFFER FROM ONE FILTER TO ANOTHER. THE TECHNOLOGY USED IMPACTS UPTIME AND OPERATING COSTS BY MIKE ROESNER Caption: Inlet guide vanes (left) after 1,200 hours ...

  On June 6, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  PRACTICAL NOTES ON STEAM TURBINES

  A steam turbine (ST) generates mechanical power from steam at high temperature and pressure. It can deliver constant or variable speed and is capable of close speed control. ...

  On June 5, 2019 / By Amin Almasi