With the gas turbine compressor rotor blade re-staking complete, reinstallations and close-out inspections began. While reinstalling the transition pieces, MD&A detected misalignments from a previous ...

Proper air filtration is critical to the overall performance and reliability of gas turbines. Fuel costs approach 80 percent of the life cycle cost of electricity. Small gains in efficiency can mean ...

Siemens — which designed and built this 375-MW gas turbine, said to be “the world`s biggest and most powerful” — will add the Rolls-Royce Energy assets, including aero-derivative gas turbine and ...

Utilization of additive manufacturing for gas turbine component design has been demonstrated to accelerate design cycle times, reduce development test times, provide increased test data and serve to ...

What makes gas turbines lose performance? This is an interesting question that many people will try to answer given their own theories and experiences. The reason for this is quite simple: Gas ...

Failure analysis of gas and compressor turbine blades encompasses the systematic investigation of damage phenomena that compromise blade integrity. This field integrates diverse approaches including ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) (TOKYO:7011), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) have announced ...

Operators of 7FA gas turbines face a narrowing window to plan rotor life extensions as supply chains tighten and power demand surges.

With pipeline construction set to grow in 2006 and beyond (OGJ, Feb. 13, p. 57), the need for a variety of different compression solutions will grow as well. Varied installation environments and job ...

Several tests conducted on various configurations of a two-stage supersonic ejector to capture low-pressure gas and discharge it for re-injection into a higher-pressure stream for use as fuel gas ...

The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline consortium has sought invites to tender for a contract to supply six gas turbine turbo compressor units to serve two compressor stations in Greece and Albania. Two separate ...