Browsing Category Steam Turbines

• Compressors

  Steps in metallurgical root cause analysis

  Metallurgical root cause failure analysis helps identify information related to a failure. Analysis of the fracture surface, called fractography, is the main component of a metallurgical failure analysis. ...

  On March 15, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Compressors

  How to mitigate failure mechanisms caused by residual stresses

  When failures occur in turbomachinery, they typically result from one or more mechanisms,which may include fatigue, environmentally assisted or stress corrosion cracking, creep rupture, erosion, foreign object damage, ...

  On March 10, 2020 / By James Pineault
• Steam Turbines

  GE to continue servicing Olkiluoto nuclear plant

  GE has been selected by Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) to continue providing maintenance services at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland for the duration of the plant’s OL1 ...

  On March 10, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Compressors

  Protecting new equipment before installing offshore

  Off shore applications command some of the most significant efforts in protection of equipment against damage and degradation prior to being put into final operation. Preservation, connection covers, ...

  On February 29, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Mitsubishi bags maintenance contract for Thai power plant

  Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), concluded a third long-term maintenance agreement (LTMA) for the BLCP Power Station operated by BLCP Power Limited (BLCP), an independent power producer ...

  On February 29, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Doosan Škoda bags turbine modernization contract at Slovakian nuclear plant

  Doosan Škoda Power, a Pilsen-based manufacturer and supplier of steam turbines and components for power-generating operations, has won a contract to modernize two turbine sets with a total ...

  On February 26, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  GE to supply biomass steam plant equipment

  GE announced that it will provide its renewable steam technology for the high efficiency Kamisu Biomass Power Generation plant in Japan. In a deal signed with Hitachi Zosen ...

  On February 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Doosan Škoda Power to supply steam turbine to Japan

  Pilsen steam turbine manufacturer Doosan Škoda Power will supply a steam turbine to Japan for the first time. Doosan Škoda Power has signed a contract to supply a ...

  On February 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Steam turbine heat rate upgrades: Big bang for fewer bucks

  There are various upgrades available to reduce steam turbine heat rate. Some come at a high cost but also deliver much savings. But some require little investment but ...

  On January 27, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  MHPS to offer O&M support to Vietnamese utility

  Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Power Generation Joint Stock Corporation 3 (EVNGENCO 3), a power company in Vietnam, to ...

  On January 27, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors