Text Box: Directory of Products and Services First-annual guide to manufacturers, equipment/parts suppliers, and service providers offering products and services for GT-based peaking, cogen, and combined-cycle plants   Business Partners Subscribe online to the COMBINED CYCLE Journal International Subscriptions for the COMBINED CYCLE Journal CCJ archives: Back issues online     1Q/2006 Issue   Best Practices Awards Profiling the achievements of the finalists in Management, Operation and Maintenance, and Safety   Analysis, Opinion, Commentary By the numbers: A statistical profile of the US gas-turbine-based generation business   What future for your grandchildren?   LNG: Will it, or won’t it (meet US natural-gas demand)?      Features Boiler codes require updating to address failure mechanisms exacerbated by cycling   Steam-plant workshop focuses owner/operators on best practices for managing water      chemistry, improving O&M   Verifying both repairs to gas-turbine components and final inspection results   Burning LNG may require mods or upgrades to turbines designed for pipeline gas   Learning the ABCs of boiler O&M   HRSG designs evolve to serve advanced gas turbines, satisfy demanding user      requirements   Design/Operating Ideas How to inspect, maintain duct burners for top performance, Onsite gas storage may help improve reliability of some generating plants, Returning flooded gear drives to service quickly   User Group Activities GTUS offers users latest thinking on O&M technologies that find practical application at the plant level, GT11N L-groove repair solutions from OEM optimized for duty cycle, Inspection, repairs focus of V Users’ interim meeting, 501D5/D5A Users do two days of work in one at mid-year workshop, Hot-section parts, rotors, 100,000-hr overhauls highlight W251 Users meeting