Author’s note: Many steam-generating power plant operators and technical personnel are aware that chemistry upsets during normal operation can cause severe damage to boilers, steam systems, and ...

Cane Run, a 640-MW natural gas combined cycle unit owned and operated by Louisville Gas & Electric, was completed in June 2015 and features two SGT6-5000Fee gas turbines from Siemens, a Siemens SST6 ...

Cycling a combined cycle plant places additional stresses on all equipment, but the impacts extend beyond the gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator. Plant owners and managers are beginning to ...

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) experts recently performed a thermodynamic analysis to assist our client in converting their coal and natural gas plant to combined cycle operation. The customer ...