Recently added articles from Turbomachinery International:
OPENING THE DOOR TO BIOFUELS
Nov 01, 2008; ... In this issue, we look at whether gas turbines can burn biofuels, leveraging proposed and current carbon control regulations and renewable requirements (p. 20). While initial reports from short-term tests show that biofuels can be alternatives to conventional liquid fuels, there are some ...
Alstom Power expands its presence in India
Nov 01, 2008; ... Alstom and Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL), a manufacturing and metal-forming firm, have created a joint venture that would manufacture and market supercritical turbine island equipment of 600 MW to 800 MW in India. Part of Kalyani Group - a $ 2.4 billion conglomerate located in Pune, India - Bharat ...
Service provider changes its name
Nov 01, 2008; ... North American Energy Services Company, a provider of power plant O&M and maintenance services, has changed its name to NAES Corporation (NAES). The NAES name has been used for ...
Serving power and water markets in Saudi Arabia
Nov 01, 2008; ... The Middle East provides a market for suppliers of power plants integrated with fresh water generators. For instance, GE has been providing these services in Saudi Arabia for more than 70 years. Ongoing GE energy projects in the kingdom include: * Marafiq, which when completed, will have ...
Providing self lubrication through graphite
Nov 01, 2008; ... Metallized Carbon Corp., (Ossining, NY), offers solid lubrication solutions for a variety of rotating machinery applica- tions. Metcar grades M-161 and M- 162 are carbon-impregnated bearing materi- als designed to operate in high-tempera- ture environments where conventional lubricating methods ...
Varying the pitch of nozzle rings in turbochargers
Nov 01, 2008; ... Concordia Maritime and French energy company Total have jointly taken the decision to install Man Diesel tur- bochargers with the VTA variable turbine area technology aboard a new tanker. In VTA , fixed-vane nozzle rings are substi- tuted by nozzle rings with adjustable vanes. Under electronic ...
Improving rotor repair and inspection capabilities
Nov 01, 2008; ... Reliable Turbine Services (RTS; Sullivan, MO), which services large frame gas turbines, is adding a 12,000 sq. ft high rotor bay with 100,000 lbs of lift- ing capabilities. The addition of the high bay building will enhance the company's ...
Training employees on skills and safety
Nov 01, 2008; ... Valerus Compression Services, a full service provider of natural gas compression, processing and treating services, has received an estimated $583,000 grant to provide formal safety and technical training, as well as continuing education courses, for its more than 490 Texasbased employees. The ...
Vacuum furnace provides efficient heat treatment
Nov 01, 2008; ... Ipsen, Inc., (Rockford, IL) has delivered a TinyTurbo furnace to Blanchard Metals Processing Co. for a facility in Salt Lake City, UT. The TinyTurbo requires minimal floor space for easy integration into existing operations and manufacturing cells. This unit will be used for commercial heat ...
Supplying gas turbine and motor drives
Nov 01, 2008; ... Man Turbo AG recently delivered two compressor packages for the installa- tion at Haiming, on the German- Austrian border. Man Turbo's THM 1304 gas turbine drives the pipeline compressor RV050/05. A high-frequency electric motor drives a Hofim compressor. This enables up to 340,000 standard cu ....
Continuing the Tri-Sen Systems legacy in controls
Nov 01, 2008; ... Tri-Sen Systems Corporation (Houston, TX) was established in March, 2008, to continue the legacy created by the origi- nal Tri-Sen brand of turbomachinery control systems. Tri-Sen products are currently being used by thousands of customers in the process industries throughout the ...
Providing hybrid power with electric motors
Nov 01, 2008; ... Two LM2500+ marine aeroderivatives have been selected by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB), Pascagoula, MS, to power the U.S. Navy's new LHA 6 amphibious assault ship. The ship uses a hybrid propulsion system configuration, which enables the ship's propellers to be driven either by gas ...
Power transmission supplier adds legal talent
Nov 01, 2008; ... Altra Holdings, Inc., a global supplier of clutch brakes, couplings, gearing, belted drives and power transmission components, has appointed Glenn Deegan as Vice President, General Counsel and ...
Combining evaporative cooling and refrigerative chilling
Nov 01, 2008; ... Everest Sciences (Tulsa, OK) has conducted full-scale performance testing of its Indirect Evaporative Inlet Cooling System for gas turbines. Testing included validation of proprietary patented cooling technology, as well as specific characteristics of the model at multiple ambient ...
Moving from aircraft to land-based gas turbines
Nov 01, 2008; ... LAI International, Inc., a supplier of precision components and sub-assemblies for aircraft gas turbines, has announced it has secured contract awards for manufacturing land-based gas turbine machinery. LAI will use a proprietary milling technology to ...
Promoting engineering education in Kazakhstan
Nov 01, 2008; ... Wood Group is sponsoring a professorship chair in engineering, together with an engineering graduates award program, at the Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Serik Kabdulov, the former Head of the Oil & Gas ...
Generating CAD models for turbine redesign
Nov 01, 2008; ... NVision's Contract Service Division recently reverse-engineered the complete core of a steam turbine for an OEM in six weeks, compared to the original bud- geted schedule of six. "Measuring the critical blade geometry to high levels of accuracy made it possible for the turbine manufacturer to ...
Establishing a manufacturing location in the U.S.
Nov 01, 2008; ... Nordex USA, Inc., a manufacturer of wind turbines, is planning to locate its U.S. manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, AR. Nordex will invest approximately $100 million in the new facility, which will employ 700 people. The company is building on 187 acres in the Craighead Technology ...
Handing over a combined cycle plant to the operator
Nov 01, 2008; ... In September, Siemens turned over the Livorno Ferraris combined cycle power plant to a subsidiary of E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH, the Milan based customer E.ON Produzione Centrale Livorno Ferraris S.p.A. Siemens built the CCPP as a turnkey ...
Elliott buys a turbine repair company from Wood Group
Nov 01, 2008; ... Elliott Company has bought MVP Turbine Repair, Barnhart, MO, from Wood Group. The firm will now operate as Elliott MVP Services LLC. MVP Turbine Repair was established in 2000 to provide repairs and turnkey field service for steam turbines. Wood Group acquired the facility in 2001 ....