Maintenance & Repair

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of December 8, 2025, covers news from Rolls-Royce, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Air Products, and John Crane.

The partners will pursue aging power projects across Central Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia, executing plant performance improvements and rehabilitation work.

Previously, the undisclosed operator shifted its strategy from equipment availability to long-term reliability and enlisted John Crane to solve sealing inconsistency issues at a flagship refinery.

The mtu Series 4000 power generator is a low-carbon solution for data centers, allowing users to quickly generate up to 2.8 MW of electricity while filtering CO2 from exhaust gases.

Many turbomachinery diagrams are outdated and recommend axial machines over centrifugals, but modern technological advancements must be considered for industrial applications.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of December 1, 2025, covers news from Doosan Škoda Power, Rolls-Royce, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Entergy Louisiana.

Although Malaysia’s decarbonization efforts focus on hydropower and solar, Everllence’s gas engines can balance fluctuating renewable input with short response times and high efficiency.

With U.S. power demand increasing due to data centers and ruled-out renewables, fogging and wet compression technology can help generate power quickly and inexpensively.

Among other causal factors, stress concentrations accumulate in areas with sharp edges, so filleting and chamfering is required to enable the smooth flow of stress streamlines.

The 2025 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia covered hydrogen compressor testing, new gas seal technology, various pumps for ammonia and supercritical operations, and more.

On the modernization side, Doosan Skoda will deliver a turnkey solution covering the design, manufacturing, civil works, installation, and commissioning of the Opatovice Power Plant.

The precision and efficiency of laser-based welding systems can address key industry challenges, such as labor shortages, operational downtime, and quality consistency.

The November/December 2025 issue covers steam turbine blade dynamics and aerodynamics, gas turbine bucket repair, a TPS 2025 recap, a Q&A with Ebara Elliott Energy, and much more.

Kozienice is transitioning away from coal-fired power generation, instead using natural gas to generate up to 60% less emissions compared to fossil-fired plants of a similar size.

The magnetic bearing technology reinforces an oil-free design, eliminating the need for a lubrication oil system and preventing wear on sliding parts.

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

Performance Plus combines data-driven monitoring, expert consultancy, and hands-on training to help turbomachinery users reduce downtime and boost reliability and long-term resilience.

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.

Per Dora Partners’ Christean Kapp, the Chinese compressor market is acquiring foreign technologies, making improvements, and beginning exports to the Middle East and Asia.

With Antea’s mechanical integrity capabilities, Cordant will link inspection data to asset strategy and performance to optimize maintenance and reduce OPEX costs.

The company will service and maintain multiple units at the Taishan nuclear power plant, in addition to supplying a steam turbine, generator, and controls for the Natrium Wyoming plant.

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 new update improves volute modeling with enhanced 3D models and tongue geometries, in addition to expanded leakage path capabilities with a secondary network solver.

When using gear units within turbomachinery trains, operators should consider wear and degradation, torsional problems, lubrication, and more.

By 2030, the Jafurah gas field may produce up to 630,000 barrels of natural gas liquids and condensates, in addition to over 420 million cubic feet of ethane per day.