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4 Q - 2005 Issue

7EA Annual Conference. Problem-solving focus of most presentations and interactive ‘hot-topic’ discussions. Highlights: Bearing problems traced to internal misalignment; Profiling Sumas’ 100,000-hr outage; How to correct lube-oil transfer valve deterioration; Locking-in rocking buckets, nozzles; Improvements in fuel-system valves

CTOTF’s Fall Turbine Forum (Section 1, Section 2, Section 3) spotlights gas quality concerns, brush-rigging and collector-ring arcing failure, Siemens roundtable, repair suggestions for the Frame 11N, FT8 roundtable, LM6000 mini-seminar, fuel-gas compressors   

Open dialog among Frame 6 Users covers all GT components from the air-inlet house through the power turbine, plus control systems, generator and exciter, accessories

Features
Operating experience, analytical procedure help OEM extend intervals between GT inspections
High cost of fuel, pressure to reduce emissions provide incentive to rethink Brayton cycle’s flexibility
Repair shops verify as-received condition of GT components with ‘incoming’ inspection

Portfolio of Pacesetting Plants
Combustion system retrofit at Texas City reduces NOx emissions by 80%
Nation’s first dual-fuel 7FBs at Fox meeting expectations
Calpine overcomes development obstacles to build Metcalf combined cycle in
   Silicon Valley
SRP ‘hides’ Santan’s combined cycles behind berm
Bethpage generates power at lowest heat rate on Long Island
  less than a year after construction start 

User Group Activities
CTC2 publishes in-depth study of inlet air filters
HRSG Users Handbook an invaluable reference for best
  practices in boiler design, operation, and maintenance