Turbomachinery News Network: IHI Power Systems, John Crane, Turboden, and more

Welcome to the 34^th edition of the Turbomachinery News Network. I’m James Cook, associate editor at Turbomachinery International.

IHI Corp. and IHI Power Systems received an award for a project titled: Development of the 2 MW-Class Gas Turbine Cogeneration System Fueled Exclusively by Liquid Ammonia. In July 2024, IHI executed long-term durability testing at its Aioi Works in Aioi City, Japan, attempting to validate social implementation. The testing confirmed that IHI’s system achieved the planned power output and sufficiently suppressed N₂O and NO_x emissions.

Lincoln Electric System granted GE Vernova a contract to deliver two LM6000VELOX aeroderivative gas turbine packages for its Terry Bundy Generating Station in Lincoln, NE. The units may expand power output by approximately 100 MW. The LM6000VELOX technology will enhance the plant’s efficiency and operational flexibility: It ramps to full power in 10 minutes and features a high cyclic life to help stabilize the grid and minimize the risk of power supply shortages.

MODEC contracted Everllence to supply four compressor trains for a newbuild floating production, storage, and offloading vessel in the Hammerhead field offshore Guyana. The complete scope includes four barrel-type RB compressor trains: two low-pressure gas compressors and two export gas compressors. Also, the delivery includes comprehensive dynamic process simulation, allowing the compressors to operate at full process efficiency.

John Crane was contracted to support a next-generation geothermal power generation project in the United States: The company will supply a comprehensive portfolio of sealing technologies for high-performance turbomachinery applications, including wet seals, separation seals, couplings, and dynamic testing services. These components and services will ensure operational reliability and safety in a technically demanding environment, in which performance, precision, and uptime are vital.

Turboden successfully started the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump at delfort’s specialty paper mill. The system is now fully operational and overperforming with a coefficient of performance 10% higher than the expected value. The project features a large-scale heat pump with mechanical vapor recompression capable of generating 12 MWth of superheated steam at 3.4 bar, raising the temperature up to 150 – 180 °C. It recovers low-grade waste heat from delfort’s industrial processes and upgrades the heat using CO₂-free electricity.