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The number of industrial gas turbines in service continues to rise along with the technology that has significantly evolved over the last 50 years to meet ever-increasing demands. At the same time, turbine operators are looking for the most cost effective way to maintain their equipment, ensuring that it meets local emissions standards and delivers reliable service.

The latest surface coating technologies offer massive improvements to the expected service life of compressors, turbines and pumps that are subject to surface oxidation, corrosion, erosion and heat damage.

Maintaining gas turbines using a well-planned servicing schedule allows improvements to be implemented, while keeping a vital facility at optimum performance and efficiency.

Electrical generators, whether they are powered by gas turbines, steam turbines or water, have been around for a considerable number of years. Many will have managed over 50 years in service, helped by a regular maintenance program.

Performance-critical equipment needs reliable and innovative repair and maintenance solutions. Sulzer is the leading service provider for rotating equipment including turbines, compressors, pumps, generators and motors.

There is constant pressure on the power generation sector to minimize downtime for maintenance but also to improve productivity. In order to meet this particular challenge, modern pump maintenance programs require a properly structured and proactive approach in order to maintain long-term reliability.

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The global power system is in the early days of a massive transformation, and coal is at the center of the change. How much do you know about the future of coal? Here’s a chance to gauge your understanding and learn more. Plus, by completing the quiz you will receive a FREE copy of POWER’s Clean Coal Guidebook – valued at $209!

Process pumps play a vital role in power generation but over time application demands may change, performance may begin to weaken and efficiency can start to drop. Managing these changes correctly and understanding the consequences of modified processes can significantly benefit overall performance.
As a pump manufacturer, Sulzer offers a complete range of preventative maintenance programs

 
 
 
How does this investment compare to the alternative (buying a new turbine)?
Updating a control system is inexpensive compared to buying a new turbine.  Although new turbines offer higher heat rates, better emissions and overall more MW output than older systems.  The Return on Investment of a new turbine would take more years to recover. 

Share your expertise and be part of ABB’s largest and most comprehensive educational experience in North America. Submit your presentation abstract for next year’s ABB Automation & Power World, now through September 15.
Thousands of engineers, managers, executives and ABB technical experts will converge in Houston, Texas, for this premiere event, March 13 – 16, 2017. Help

Leverage technology to manage risk & optimize reliability
Aging infrastructure, new regulations and major weather events, combined with CAPEX constraints and reduced O&M budgets mandate risk-based decision making to optimize limited resources. While new technologies can help utilities overcome many of these challenges, they can be complicated to navigate. Attend our informative keynote panel session to

Industrial gas turbines are increasing in size. As a result of this, repair facilities that overhaul and repair these machines must keep pace. One of the key tools is a large lathe. As one of the leading industrial gas turbine and rotor repair providers in the world, Sulzer has recently upgraded its service center in

PSEG is faced with providing economic and reliable power as demand and fuel prices fluctuate, while maintaining a profitable business.

While prestigious ARC Advisory Group confirms ABB as number one global DCS supplier, ABB announces Symphony Plus controls installed in 50,000 MW of power plants since 2011 introduction.
ABB has been recognized by the ARC Advisory Group as the global leader in distributed control systems (DCS) and as the number one positioned supplier of DCS.
From the ARC

Sulzer is the leading worldwide, independent service provider for the repair and maintenance of large rotating machines including turbomachinery, pumps and electro-mechanical equipment. With a global network of technically advanced remanufacturing and test facilities, Sulzer offers a collaborative advantage that delivers high-quality, cost-effective, customized and turnkey solutions, providing its customers with the peace-of-mind to focus

Many operators are perfectly happy with their trusty red and green HMIs and can’t imagine why they should give them up for a dull greyscale display. When they take a closer look, they usually find out that grey is beautiful.

Painting Shop Management: Exploring Wet Scrub vs. Dry Scrub Options—Part 1
Having options usually means weighing positives vs. negatives, benefits vs. costs. When it comes to paint shop management for large-scale operations, we provide two unique and comprehensive cleaning and maintenance options. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) encounter two common issues during their automotive production: paint overspray

The importance of RTO maintenance
RTOs or Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers control emissions without producing harmful byproducts or hazardous waste. They help destroy volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and other odorous emissions created during normal manufacturing and industrial processes by combusting them into carbon dioxide and water. RTOs pass hot exhaust gas and cooler

GE Digital Twin
The Analytic Engine Behind Digital Transformation
Gathering machine sensor data for analysis across a power plant is only the beginning. The Digital Twin takes analytics to the next level by creating a virtual analytic model of assets within the plant. With the GE Digital Twin power companies can:

Understand how assets are performing

Discover the Power of Digital
eBook: 14 Power Companies Show Tangible Gains with Digital
From balancing asset life and performance to managing variations in market conditions and fuel costs, power leaders everywhere are using data and analytics as a strategic asset to drive efficiencies and increase profitability for their business. In this eBook, learn how they

Your company is growing: The number of products you manufacture and the pace at which they are produced require a new post-production strategy. Your capacity to properly execute technology-based industrial cleaning projects must adapt to the changing needs of your company and keep up with your fast-moving operation. A reliable, respected industrial cleaning supplier can

Reduce Business Risk and Protect your Operations
5 Security Imperatives for Power Executives
Your peers are feeling the urgency to assess their attack surface and put in place the right processes and technology:

64% Power leaders believe their security strategy not aligned with today’s risk environment
> 90% Power leaders say growth is only achieved through enhanced management of

Challenge:
After a major refurbishment, a Canadian nuclear plant required additional process and boiler feed water for plant start-up and commissioning.
The plant’s raw water supply contained measurements ranging from 1-10 NTU, conductivity from 70-100 and color units ranging from 180-420. The plant also experienced highly variable flow rates, ranging from 0-600 GPM, and issues with the

Challenge
A global polymer producer located in Ohio sought to improve the annual outage cleaning of its heat exchangers.
Historically, industrial cleaning contractors hand lanced the heat exchanger tubes, servicing four to six exchangers per night for two weeks to fit within the outage schedule. But often, multiple heat exchangers would require re-cleaning to allow for heat

The Cloud Advantage
6 Reasons Power Leaders are Moving to Cloud
Gaining business value from massive volumes of asset sensor datarequires a unique operating environment not typically part of the power infrastructure. What must power leaders consider when taking steps to transform their operations with data and analytics?
Discover the power of digital in the cloud in

MPW’s Bundle Blaster Side Cleaner system is designed to remotely clean the shell side of small to medium
sized tube bundles, up to 36 feet in length. The tube bundle is placed on hydraulically actuated rollers to
incrementally turn the bundle during the cleaning process while the cleaning head runs horizontally on a track
over the bundle. MPW’s

Discover the Power of Digital
White Paper: Powering the Future
Leading the Digital Transformation of the Power Industry
By:
Marco Annunziata, GE’s Chief Economist
Ganesh Bell, Chief Digital Officer of GE Power
Digital technologies are transforming the power sector. From delivering power to underserved markets to managing variations in market conditions and fuel costs, power leaders are using analytics and

US power generators and cement plants are now under pressure due to recent legislation. Many plants are now scrambling to tighten up their mercury control procedures. Luckily, ADA Carbon Solutions’ Dynamic Mercury Index test has been developed to ensure consistent quality of sorbents used in activated carbon injection.

Problem
A Florida pulp and paper mill faced a complicated, dangerous process to clean its power boiler during scheduled outages.
Previous efforts to clean the boiler included manual water blasting from scaffolding, which posed a safety risk to workers below due to the potential for falling debris.
Solution
The Operations team at MPW Industrial Services recommended that the facility’s