Steam Turbines

At TPS 2024, Klaus Brun of Ebara Elliott addresses the company’s rebranding, prominent industry challenges, and upcoming products for sustainability and green energy.

Session speakers offer an analysis of gas turbines, including their working principles, thermodynamics, condition monitoring and maintenance, and bottom-cycle performance.

A steam turbine’s control system should ensure stable operation throughout each phase: start-up, shutdown, and parallel operation.

Under a long-term service agreement with PETROS, Mitsubishi Power will ensure the power plant’s stable performance following commercial operation.

Implementing phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) in turbine inspection and maintenance marks an evolution from traditional maintenance to more advanced solutions that ensure efficiency and reliability.

The power generation equipment will be installed at a simple-cycle power plant to boost the operational stability of Ireland’s power system.

Guangdong Energy Group (GEG) will add up to 1.34 GW of grid electricity and industrial process steam for a chemical complex in Huizhou, north of Hong Kong.

The July/August 2024 issue offers comprehensive coverage on industrial and aeroderivative gas turbines, steam, and hydro turbines.

The two plants, Taiba 2 and Qassim 2, will be built in the western and central regions of Saudi Arabia and will initially operate in simple-cycle mode before switching to combined-cycle operation.

ASME's European Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition is expecting 2,500 attendees and more than 100 exhibitors from 22 countries.

Turbomachinery coatings are designed to be an added layer of protection for base materials, but even coatings wear down.

What’s the history of additive manufacturing, how is it used to manufacture turbomachines, and does it really have a future in the turbo industry? Find out more from the Myth Busters in this episode of the TurboTime Podcast.

Digital tools can extend a turbomachine’s life, optimize plant efficiency and maintenance, and more.

The ATS consortium received funding to develop a microturbine prototype that uses carbon-neutral fuels in micro-grids.

Joseph Bonafin, sales and business development manager at Turboden, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, joins the TurboTime podcast to discuss geothermal power generation.

The May/June 2024 issue features coverage of the growing carbon-capture industry, a tour of GE Vernova’s Facility in South Carolina, a Q&A on digital ecosystems with Emerson, and more.

In this episode of the TurboTime podcast, Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz discuss turbomachinery factory and field testing—what they are good for, cost, and more.

The company will rehabilitate and upgrade eight steam generator boilers and replace control systems for boilers, steam turbines, and auxiliaries at the Az-Zour South station in Kuwait.

CFD is a great tool, but it takes experienced engineers to get accurate results.

The company put its gas turbine into parallel operation for a new 800 MW combined-cycle power unit at the EP Produzione Tavazzano and Montanaso thermoelectric power plant.

In this episode of the TurboTime podcast, we talk about digital ecosystems, including AI-based software, cybersecurity, and more with Jim Nyenhuis from Emerson.

HK Electric’s order consists of natural-gas-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation equipment for Unit 13 at the Lamma Power Station near Hong Kong.

The Myth Busters, Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz, discuss turbomachinery codes and standards on the TurboTime podcast.

Bolt connections can be the weakest link of a turbomachine, so proper care, sizing, tension, and placement are key to avoiding leaks and other operational problems.

The March/April 2024 issue features insight into how the oil and gas industry is reducing methane emissions, a micro-reactor Q&A with Rolls-Royce, a discussion with GE Vernova on decarbonization, and more.