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TURBOMACHINERY power market on its head. Yes, level of contaminants (such as
SYMPOSIUM: large plants will continue to be nitrogen and sulfur). These latest
The Turbomachinery Laboratory at built, but their frequency will gas-to-liquid base oils respond
Texas A&M University hosted probably lessen. But distributed well to performance additives,
another recordbreaking generation (DG) is gathering enabling the production of turbine
Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia momentum. oils with good performance even
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featured updates on enhanced oil CRISIS GENSET
recovery (EOR), component Centrifugal pump demand from
the oil and gas sector has Siemens wanted a large mobile gas
selection, supercritical CO2, steam turbine generator in its product
turbines, API standards, valve plummeted, but that could soon
be changing. lineup. The SGT-A45 was
sizing and centrifugal developed for this purpose. To
compressors.The big news from the Joanne Goh
build the SGT-A45 gensets,
show, however, was Siemens manufactures the gas
the retirement of Dr. Dara W. generator and power turbine
GAS TURBINES
Childs, Director of the Turbo Lab hardware in Montreal. The GT is
since 1980 and chair of the 24 VIRTUAL shipped to Relevant Power
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honored with a banquet dinner The 3D multi-physics-based mounting, package assembly and
during the Symposia. approach to virtual prototyping of genset testing prior to shipment.
Drew Robb gas turbines represents a more Richard Wolf, President &
accurate characterization CEO of Relevant Power Solutions,
of the system, enabling engineers discusses this new startup venture
to analyze and explore novel and the launch of a new 45 MW
concepts beyond the scope of mobile gas turbine generator
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January/February 2018
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8 INDUSTRY NEWS 29 NEW PRODUCTS COLUMNS
TURBO SPEAK
• Lead story: ABB’S digital
strategy 6 INDUSTRY IN FLUX
• Opra acquired Recent announcements from GE and
• Elliott LTSA Siemens appear to have dampened
• LNG startup hopes of a revival of fortunes in the
• Siemens slashes jobs power industry. Layoffs and bleak
• Gas processing plants forecasts are one thing. But what
• LNG carriers appeared to be missing was any GT-
• MHPS digest 29 focused strategy to combat
• Parker factory competitiveness from elsewhere.
• New geothermal plant Drew Robb
• Lead story: Fuel gas booster
• Aussie power plants • 3D printer
• Keeping Rawhide rolling • Degreaser TURBO TIPS
• Ansaldo partnership • Axial compressor
• Oil and gas cloud • Cybersecurity 15 HAZARD AND
• Ethos contract • New controller OPERABILITY ANALYSIS
• Subsea VSD • Sight glass Hazard and Operability Analysis
• GE digest • Proximity sensor (HAZOP) is a structured and
• MAN digest • Explosive atmospheres systematic technique for package
• Steam turbine • Bearing design tool examination and risk management.
• Industry giant retires • Particle analyzer It is used to identify potential hazards
• Filters for high humidity • Fluid couplings in a system or package as well as
• Saudi Aramco order • Voltage stablizer operability problems likely to lead to
• Linear position sensor nonconforming operation. design
• Fireproofing turbomachinery.
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• Health monitoring
• Microturbine filtration
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Philippines adoption Additionally, ABB will supply its Upon commissioning, Symphony Plus will
ABB recently won an order to supply a high- Symphony Plus distributed control system offer plant performance monitoring of the
fidelity operator training simulator from its to the largest solid refuse fuel power plant boiler, turbine and its auxiliaries to provide
Symphony family of control systems to a in South Korea. Construction of the plant, actionable insights based on data analysis.
power plant in the Mauban municipality of owned by Naepo Green Energy, has begun ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
the Philippines. Quezon Power, owner of in Naepo New City, around 100 km south- (HPE) have also announced a strategic
this 460 MW coal-fired facility, will use the east of Seoul. partnership that combines ABB’s Ability
simulator to ensure operator competence. Scheduled for commissioning in 2019, digital offerings with HPE’s information
The simulator will offer a virtual re- the 66 MW plant will provide heat and technology solutions. The partnership will
creation of the Quezon plant, including electricity for the local district, producing provide solutions that generate actionable
non-standard scenarios and faults. This al- it from domestic waste. ABB will provide insights from vast amounts of industrial
lows operators to become more familiar design, engineering, commissioning and data to increase the operational efficiency
with their working environment and learn training for its Symphony Plus DCS, in- and flexibility.
how to react in challenging situations. cluding the latest generation of SD Series ABB’s domain expertise in operations
Quezon Power also upgraded the facility’s energy-efficient control and I/O modules. technologies (OT) and HPE’s in IT will be
human-machine interface (HMI) to ABB The modules use less than 50% of the merged to turn industrial data into insights
Ability Symphony Plus Operations. energy required by others in the market. (Continued on p. 10)
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and automatic action, combining cloud open cycle power plant equipped with two
platforms, such as Microsoft Azure with F-class GTs, and a 690 MW open cycle
IT systems running in corporate data cen- power plant in Tripoli West with four E
ters and at the edge of the network. class GTs.
Siemens has received a contract to ex-
Opra acquired pand the Genelba gas-fired power station
Opra Turbines has been acquired by the in Argentina. Working with its Argentine
Dalian Energas Group. Jan and Hiroko partner Techint, it will expand the power
Mowill who founded OPRA in 1991 have station for Pampa Energía. Known as
While European and North American markets
retired from the company. Opra Turbines are sluggish, Siemens continues to sign deals in
Genelba Plus, it involves converting the
will continue its operations at a new head- other regions, such as one for a new plant in
existing power station in Marcos Paz,
quarters in Hengelo as a member of Ener- Argentina Buenos Aires Province, into a CCPP.
gas Group. This will increase capacity from 168
The company develops, manufac- MW to 364 MW. The plant is scheduled
tures, markets and maintains generator Siemens slashes jobs to be commissioned in mid-2019. Genelba
sets in the 2 MW power range using the Siemens is cutting 6,900 jobs worldwide, Plus is a multi-shaft CCPP, in which two
OP16 series of radial gas turbines. This half of them in Germany. This comes just GTs and one ST each drive their own gen-
compact industrial gas turbine (GT) is a few weeks after GE Power announced erator. Siemens will supply one SGT5-
used in oil and gas as well as industrial job cuts in excess of 10,000. Siemens cited 2000E GT, one SST-5-5000 ST, and two
markets. falling GT demand amidst a growing mar- SGen-100A generators, in addition to two
The generator sets can be installed as ket for renewables as a primary reason. NEM high recovery steam generators
single or multiple units to cover installa- Declining global demand for large GTs (HRSGs), the SPPA-T3000 distributed
tion requirements from 2 MW to 10 MW. (more than 100 MW) is expected to level control system, and medium and high-
Generator sets can be provided with low out at around 110 turbines a year. By con- voltage components.
emission and dual or multifuel capabili- trast, the manufacturing capacity of all Siemens has signed contracts with
ties. Dalian Energas Group headquartered producers worldwide is estimated at Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity. The project
in Dalian, China, includes Dalian Energas around 400 turbines. will see the maintenance and upgrade
Gas System, Dalian Energas New Energy The power generation business will ac- services of seven power generating units
Development, Calorifer Engineering, count for 6,100 job losses. In Germany, inside four power plants. The Iraqi Min-
RMG Messtechnik and Opra. plans call for an adjustment of around istry of Electricity is working towards
2,600 jobs and the closure of the Görlitz improving the availability and reliability
Elliott LTSA location (currently about 720 jobs) and the of power supply, while minimizing
Elliott Group has signed a long-term serv- Leipzig location (around 200 jobs). power losses.
ice agreement (LTSA) to provide service In addition, the solutions businesses Siemens will carry out service and
and support for Borealis Group’s fleet of (Solutions) of the Offenbach and Erlangen maintenance works across the four plants.
rotating equipment in Europe. The five- locations will be combined. These three The outage and upgrade services will en-
year contract includes general service, measures will lead to the elimination of hance the reliability and efficiency of these
equipment upgrades, rotor repairs, techni- 1,600 jobs in total. For the location in Er- units, helping them collectively generate
cal support, emergency response, and furt, several options are under review, in- more than 1 GW, 400 MW more than today,
turnarounds for all of Borealis’ European cluding a sale. Around 640 jobs are to be and save up to 10% in fuel consumption.
production facilities. cut in Mülheim an der Ruhr and about 300 Iran has taken delivery of the two F-
Borealis is one of Europe’s largest pro- in Berlin. class GTs from Siemens for use at a 600
ducers of base chemicals and polyolefins, Outside Germany, the restructuring MW power station under construction in
with operations in Europe, the Middle measures will eliminate a total of just over Bandar Abbas. The contract covers two
East, and the U.S. Elliott will service the 1,100 jobs in European countries. In coun- SGT5-4000F GTs and SGen5-2000H gen-
contract from their repair facilities in the tries outside Europe, another 2,500 jobs erators and the associated power plant in-
UK and Italy. Preparation is already under- will be affected, including 1,800 jobs in strumentation and controls.
way for a planned turnaround in the spring the consolidation of production facilities Siemens has opened a new MindSphere
of 2018 at a Borealis site in Linz, Austria. and administrative functions in the U.S. Application Center for Power Generation
“The power generation industry is ex- Services. It has been designed so that en-
LNG startup periencing disruption of unprecedented ergy customers, software engineers and
A 490 MW onshore combined cycle scope and speed,” stated Lisa Davis, mem- Siemens engineers could explore the value
power plant (CCPP) near Darwin, Aus- ber of the Managing Board of Siemens offered by digital tools. It also showcases
tralia, has started up, providing power AG. “With their innovative strength and digital offerings such as a Digital Power
for the $34 billion Ichthys LNG Project. rapidly expanding generation capacity, re- Plant running on MindSphere.
This will allow LNG processing trains newables are putting other forms of power Siemens has received an order from
to cool and liquefy natural gas. The fa- generation under increasing pressure.” Nizhnekamskneftekhim to build a CCPP
cility will use natural gas from the Siemens sees little future in large GTs, in Tatarstan, Russia. Siemens will cooper-
Ichthys Field. and is cutting back in several other areas ate with the Turkish company Enka to
It features five GTs and three steam of its manufacturing empire. However, the build the 495 MW facility. The contract
turbines (STs). The Ichthys LNG Project company continues to ink deals around the includes the delivery of two SGT5-2000Е
will have peak capacity of up to 8.9 mil- world. It has signed contracts with the GTs, one SST-600 ST and the correspon-
lion tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG, up state-owned utility GECOL to expand ding power distribution systems as well as
to 1.65 MTPA of liquefied petroleum gas Libya’s power generation capacity by 1.3 a 13-year service agreement. The plant is
and 100,000 barrels of condensate a day. GW. The company will build a 650 MW scheduled to begin operation in May 2021.
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Gas processing plants and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Com- Parker factory
Rockwell Automation is main automation pressor (MCO) have successfully com- Like many engineering firms, Parker Han-
contractor (MAC) for Encana as it builds pleted testing of MHPS’s 2-shaft 120 MW nifin has established a new factory in
three new gas processing plants in the H-100 GT. The H-100 uses the latest com- Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in partnership
Montney region of Canada. All three En- bustor technology and offers single digit with Tamimi Energy. This will facilitate
cana facilities have begun production. ppm NOx for full-load operations. the production of inlet filters for GTs in
Rockwell Automation provided control MHPS has been technically selected Saudi Arabia and the surrounding region.
systems, safety instrumented systems and by Gaz Et L’Energie (GEL) for the Humay
interfaces to the third-party OEM skids in Power Station project in Peru. The project
each facility. includes one M501JAC GT, an HRSG,
and an ST. The projected completion is
LNG carriers 2020. The facility will produce 500 MW.
GTT has received an order from the Chi- MHPS has received an order for two H-
nese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Ship- 25 GTs for an 80 MW LNG-fired CCPP
building for two dual purpose vessels project developed by Qingdao Energy
capable of operating as LNG Carriers and Kaiyuan Thermoelectricity. The turbines are
Floating Storage and Regasification Units scheduled to begin operations in December
(FSRUs). These vessels will be built at 2018 and will be the core components of the
Pico Alto Geothermal Plant
Shanghai, China, for the owner Dynagas. cogeneration plant, which will provide
Their delivery is due in 2021. GTT power and heat for industrial processes.
will design the LNG tanks of both units, The facility requires GTs, STs, genera- New Geothermal plant
each representing a capacity of 174,000 tors, and exhaust heat recovery boilers. Exergy has inaugurated the Pico Alto 4 MW
m3. A membrane cryogenic containment MHPS will produce two 32 MW H-25 GTs, geothermal power plant in the Azores.
system with glass wool insulation will be and supply them through the local main con- Owned by EDA, the Azores power utility
used for the LNG storage on board. Cur- tractor Harbin Guanghan Power Technology company, it is now in commercial operation.
rently, 14 vessels in operation and 42 on Development. Using an energy-step-utiliza- The plant uses a geothermal high-enthalpy
order use this technology. tion process, high-temperature waste heat resource, exploiting the heat available both
from the GTs will be converted into steam in steam flow and geothermal brine. An air-
MHPS digest by the exhaust heat recovery boilers and that cooled ORC unit is equipped with an Ex-
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mit- steam will be sent to the ST. The extracted ergy radial outflow turbine.
subishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) steam will also be used for heating. (Continued on p. 12)
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Aussie power plants vides increased flexibility, GE LMS100
APR Energy has commissioned two new availability and risk reduction.
power plants in South Australia to defend Using open-architecture solu-
against summer power outages. In August tions, this allows the control
2017, SA Power Networks contracted system to be tailored to spe-
APR Energy to install and operate power cific needs.
plants in the suburbs of Adelaide that EthosEnergy has also been
would add 276 MW in advance of peak awarded a three-year contract
seasonal demand. The plants feature the by ITM O&M for refurbish-
latest generation of GE TM2500 mobile ment at the Umm Al Nar sta-
GTs of 30 MW capacity. tion in Abu Dhabi. This entails butterfly three HRSGs at the PS 5 facility, a 1,792
valve refurbishment at the station with re- MW CCPP with an efficiency of 54%.
Keeping Rawhide rolling pair & services work carried out at the The Gama Consortium is the engineering,
Using simulation technology embedded in EthosEnergy Abu Dhabi workshop and procurement and construction (EPC) con-
Emerson’s Ovation control system platform, on-site. tractor.
Platte River Power Authority has enhanced GE Power said its 9HA.02 GT has ex-
operator proficiency and boosted plant per- Subsea VSD ceeded 64% efficiency in CCPPs. The
formance at Rawhide Energy Station Unit A variable speed drive (VSD) has under- company attributes part of the achieve-
1 in Wellington, Colorado. In the first four gone testing in a simulated harsh subsea ment to advances in additive manufactur-
months, operators experienced a 44% re- environment to investigate its reliability. ing (3-D printing). Some 18 months ago,
duction in startup and shutdown time. This was carried out in a sheltered harbor the EDF Bouchain facility in France en-
This 300 MW baseload Rawhide Unit in Vaasa, Finland. A VSD is needed to tered commercial operation at 62.22% ef-
1 uses the system to test control logic boost the productivity of oil and gas ficiency. New 3D printed blades have
changes without risk to the actual plant, processes and improve energy efficiency. improved fuel-air mixing in the latest ver-
verify patches prior to install and to im- The test is the latest in a five-year Joint In- sion. The 9HA.02 has an output of 826
prove plant operating procedures. dustry Project between Statoil, Total, MW in 1 x 1 CCPP configuration.
Chevron and ABB. GE Additive has acquired GeonX, a
Ansaldo partnership It aims to develop transmission, distri- privately owned developer of simulation
Simest, which with SACE forms CDP bution and power conversion systems for software. Headquartered in Belgium,
Group’s Export and Internationalization subsea pumps and gas compressors, oper- GeonX provides software for engineers
Center, has acquired an 11% stake in ating at depths of 3,000 meters and over when developing new products, to simu-
Ansaldo Energia Switzerland. Simest has vast distances. By providing the large late additive manufacturing, welding, ma-
also made an interest contribution against power needs closer to the reservoir, pro- chining and heat treatment processes in
a €60m loan granted by UBI Banca, offer- duction improves due to the increased various industries such as aerospace, au-
ing financial coverage for Ansaldo Ener- flow and pressure of the stream. tomotive and energy.
gia Switzerland’s capitalization and The subsea variable speed drive, de- GeonX’s simulation software tool, Vir-
investment plans. This will provide sup- signed for subsea gas compression, was fac (Virtual Factory), assesses products
port for Ansaldo Energia Group’s invest- operated, over three weeks in a back-to- prior to production, predicting defects, dis-
ments in research and development back configuration directly with the grid, tortions and stresses and the impact man-
relating to GT technology (class F and H) without motor loads. The subsea VSD fea- ufacturing has on durability. This helps to
and service work on operating GTs. tures a pressure compensated design, reduce the number of prototypes built dur-
whereby all its power components are ing the development phase, while improv-
Oil and gas cloud cooled by being submerged in oil. ing the quality and lifetime of the
The oil and gas cloud applications market The water test proved that the elec- manufactured products, minimizing time-
is expected to grow from $3.33 billion in tronic and power components can meet to-market and development costs.
2017 to $5.68 billion by 2022, at a Com- the thermal performance demanded. Prior
pound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of to the test, the main drive sub-assemblies MAN digest
11.3%, according to the new market re- and components were pressure tested at MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order
search report, “Oil and Gas Cloud Appli- 300 bars in Statoil’s R&D facility in for nine compressor trains for the state-
cations Market - Global Forecast to 2022,” Trondheim, this test performed to demon- owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).
published by MarketsandMarkets. strate that the drive can tolerate a pressur- MAN technology will be deployed in
Major drivers of this market are the ized environment. Kuwait’s Burgan field. The British plant
slump in oil prices and the emergence of manufacturer Petrofac has been contracted
big data and advanced analytics for foster- GE Digest by KOC to build a gas gathering center to
ing and enhancing operational efficien- GE Power has been selected by Jiangsu process accompanying gases and to im-
cies. Growing trends of mobile computing Etern to supply its LMS100 GT for an up- prove the quality of the oil produced.
and rapidly increasing adoption of hybrid coming 100 MW simple-cycle natural gas- Nine electric motor-driven MAN type
cloud are the key opportunities that would fired plant in the city of Shahjibazar in RB35 and RB28 compressors are de-
fuel the market growth. Bangladesh. The project is expected to be signed to handle sour and wet gas; high
commissioned in the second quarter of proportions of hydrogen chloride and hy-
Ethos contract 2019. The embedded dual-fuel capability drogen sulfide mean demanding require-
EthosEnergy has been awarded a contract gives enables the GT to operate on natural ments for machines and materials.
in South Korea for a controls system up- gas and LPG. MAN has received orders for compres-
grade on a Pratt & Whitney FT4C-3F Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has in- sor systems from steel producers Tata and
TwinPac GT. The new control system pro- stalled three GE 9HA GTs, three STs and JSW, where they will be used as blast fur-
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nace blowers. JSW Steel has ordered two in the second half of 2017. The back-pres- ery & 33rd Pump Symposia (TPS), after
MAX1 compressor trains for the expan- sure bleeding ST in Plock is now in full 55 years of research and teaching.
sion of its steel works in Dolvi, India. operation. The order also included build- Childs got his start in NASA’s Ameri-
Each system comprises an axial com- ing work on the site. can Society for Engineering Education
pressor with an electrical motor, as well as (ASEE) program, whose focus was to de-
auxiliaries and supply units. Another order Industry giant retires velop the space shuttle main engine. He
has come from Indian steel producer Tata. Dr. Dara W. Childs has stepped down as then landed a NASA-Marshal Space
MAN is supplying a MAX1 compressor to Director of the Turbomachinery Labora- Flight Center contract in 1975 to analyze
one of Tata’s largest production sites in the tory at Texas A&M University, and chair the vibration characteristics of the high-
Dutch city of Ijmuiden. An ST acts as driver, of the Turbomachinery & Pump Advisory pressure oxygen and fuel turbo pumps of
converting waste heat into rotating energy. Committees following 46th Turbomachin- the engine. (Continued on p. 14)
The offshore production platform Ivar
Steam turbine
A new 70 MW steam turbine from Doosan
Škoda Power provides steam and electric-
ity for one of the largest petrochemical
plants in Europe. It was delivered to
Poland’s petrochemical giant PKN Orlen
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Through his research, he found the formance and reliability. The TRC has 38 Saudi Aramco order
shuttle’s main engine to be unstable. member companies and 17 active projects. Baker Hughes, a GE Company, gained an
NASA offered Childs funding for a re- Childs was honored with a banquet at TPS order from Saudi Aramco with 27 gas
search program, which he established at in December 2017. The search for a new compression trains for the Haradh and
the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Turbo Lab director is underway. Hawiyah gas fields. The goal is to double
Station (TEES) in 1980. gas production in the region to 23 Bcfd
“My research career was built from the Filters for high humidity (0.65 X 109 m3) over the course of the
one 1975 study I led that predicted the Between May and October, humidity in next decade. The trains comprise centrifu-
space shuttle main engine pump would be parts of Thailand remains above 80%. Fil- gal compressors, gearboxes, electric mo-
unstable,” said Childs said, referring to the ters without permanent moisture protec- tors and loop oil systems. They will be
37,000 square foot high-bay Turboma- tion quickly lose their separation manufactured in Italy and packaged in
chinery Laboratory research facility, adja- efficiency under these conditions and wear Saudi Arabia.
cent to Texas A&M’s main campus. out faster.
While other turbomachinery research As a result, penetrating moisture can Malaysian combined cycle
labs have downsized, the Turbo Lab contin- pollute the machines and damage them. Pöyry has bagged an engineer services
ues to flourish because of funds from the Two GT power plants in Ratchaburim, contract for a 1,440 MW CCPP in Johor,
TPS. Childs chaired the TPS turbo and pump Thailand had to be changed out to better Malaysia. The plant is operated by South-
advisory committees since 1984, when he handle these climatic conditions. ern Power Generation. The project con-
was named Director of the Turbo Lab. They selected filters from Freuden- sists of two 720 MW natural gas-fired
“Almost all professors end up work- berg Filtration Technologies (Viledon blocks, each powered by a GE 9HA.02 GT
ing only with other professors, and I have GTS Pulse-Jet filter cartridges of filter with a triple pressure reheat, once-through
the privilege of working alongside suc- class F 9 / ISO ePM1 80 %). The syn- heat recovery and ST in single shaft con-
cessful industry engineers,” said Childs. thetic organic filter material serves as a figuration. Pöyry’s assignment includes
“These advisors are the best in their fields coalescer and protects the filters and tur- assistance in project management, design
in the world. The advisory committees bines against excessive moisture and pen- review, site supervision services, quality
are the single greatest resource that the etrating water. assurance and quality control, commis-
Lab has.” Coarse dirt particles are also trapped by sioning supervision services and services
In 1984, Childs co-founded the Turbo- the protection. While the previous filters during warranty period. Pöyry is assisted
machinery Research Consortium (TRC). had to be replaced in the rainy season after in the assignment by its local partner, Min-
This is an organization of developers and three months, the new filter cartridges have consult Sdn Bhd. The overall schedule for
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Component Selection
Garry Studley, Process Simulation Engi-
neering, Dresser-Rand business, part of
Siemens Power and Gas, delivered a ses-
sion on optimizing component selection in
synchronous motor compressor trains.
Compressor trains driven by constant
speed synchronous motors need to be de-
signed to withstand high levels of oscillat-
ing torque during startup. The importance
of accurately predicting peak torque levels
at resonance is critical for proper compo-
nent selection.
Studley offered various tips during the
tutorial: The motor and shaft line need to be
designed for startup and steady-state oper-
ation. The peak torque capacity of the flex-
ible coupling elements is typically the weak-
est link. The shaft diameter and the overall
stress concentration must be considered to
determine weak-link locations. Integral
Dara Childs
flanges are best suited for the motor and gear
shaft ends as they have good torque capacity
and fatigue characteristics.
committees. He was honored with a banquet Pipelines transport CO2 from external
dinner during the Symposia (pp. 13). sources to the oil fields where it is used for Supercritical SCO2 power cycles
The keynote by Jody Elliott, President of EOR. Elliott reported that 5% of total U.S. Another tutorial by Timothy Allison, Man-
Oxy Oil & Gas, covered Enhanced Oil Re- domestic oil production is already coming ager of Rotating Machinery Dynamics at
covery (EOR). Oxy has over 2 million horse- from CO2-based EOR. Much of this is Southwest Research Institute (SwRi) delved
power of compression assets:30% centrifugal from the Permian Basin. into supercritical (SCO2) power cycles. A
compressors, 60% reciprocating compressors It is all about maximizing value from fluid is considered to be supercritical if its
and 10% screw compressors. All are used in existing oil fields. Primary oil produc- pressure and temperature are greater than
upstream operations. Some of these machines tion only recovers about 15% of avail- its critical values. This produces a very
are involved in EOR compression. able oil reserves in conventional fields. dense fluid, which acts both like a liquid
Oxy is the largest operator in the Per- A method known as waterflood EOR is and a gas. From a thermodynamic power
mian Basin, which spans New Mexico and used to extract another 30% of the oil. cycle perspective, fluids such as SCO2 can
Texas. CO2 is used to boost oil production After that, CO 2 EOR is needed to take be superior to water and air, he said. Its
in developed fields. The CO2 mixes with out another 15%. higher density, means smaller equipment,
and releases the oil, then it is separated and “Other technologies will add to that to lower costs, lighter weight and better en-
reinjected in a closed-loop process. Most get above 60% of the actual oil present,” thalpy. SCO2 takes less energy to compress,
of the CO2 comes from natural under- said Elliott. “For unconventional resources, but when it expands, it produces an abun-
ground domes, but captured emissions primary oil production only brings out dance of energy. Its low viscosity means
from power plants are also employed. 6.5%, so that is a big opportunity for EOR.” there is little pressure drop in the system.
Coverstory
SCO2 power cycles offer high effi- one application may not be good for an- Tips on the use of suction throttle
ciency and power density relative to in- other. An ST in a refinery may operate at valves (STV) were also provided. As the
cumbent steam Rankine and air Brayton 40 bar and 400°C at less than 20 MW, STV closes, it creates a higher pressure
cycles for power generation over a wide whereas a cracked compressor in ethylene drop across it. This causes the inlet pressure
range of applications, said Allison. These service may need steam operating at 100 to the compressor to drop accordingly with
include waste heat recovery, concentrating bar, 510°C and 85 MW. the consequence that the pressure ratio
solar power (CSP), geothermal, nuclear Condensing STs run below atmospheric across the compressor rises.
and fossil energy. pressure at their exhaust, while back pres- This causes the flow through the com-
Above 500°C, SCO2 is 2% to 4% more sure STs run above atmospheric pressure. pressor to fall. For performance maps,
efficient than steam. Below that, a conven- Whichever type is involved, the API 612 closing the STV leads to the curve shifting
tional Rankine cycle is probably a better op- standard requires sizing for worst steam vertically downward. This shift should not
tion. As CSP deals with temperatures of up conditions in power requirements. go down to the point where a surge can
to 1,000°C, it is ideal for SCO2. While many “As a contractor, we don’t want a to- happen.
of these applications have not progressed be- tally new product, but at a minimum, a ref- Another compressor session authored
yond the laboratory stage, waste heat recov- erenced part” said Emmanuel Bustos, Head by Patrick Smith, Principal Engineering
ery has made the greatest headway with sev- of Rotating Machinery Department at Associate at Air Products & Chemicals, of-
eral commercial projects already operating. TechnipFMC. “We check the casing and fered strategies to prevent catastrophic
“Compact machinery reduces material blades size, tip speed and existing applica- compressor failures during transient oper-
costs and is beneficial in low space and po- tions, especially for the last blades.” ating conditions. “Simple changes in ma-
tentially low weight applications,” said Allison. chinery condition monitoring, machinery
However, the combinations of pressure, Valve sizing protection and maintenance strategies could
temperature and density in SCO2 power Controls dedicated to centrifugal and axial have prevented many failures,” said Smith.
cycles lies outside the experiential base of compressors require different valves, “Hot gas bypass valves are needed when
existing turbomachines. Common chal- which are the final element in the control a machine trips.”
lenges in the design of SCO2 turbomachin- loop. These include anti-surge (recycle),
ery include rotordynamics, pressure con- suction throttle, hot gas bypass and quench API standards
tainment, sealing, thermal management, control valves. Brüel & Kjær Vibro held a press confer-
and transient/off-design operation. Wayne Jacobson, Global Technology ence on the evolution and application of
Manager Compressor Control Corp. (CCC) API 670. Steve Sabin, Brüel & Kjær
Steam turbines explained the objective of each type of Vibro’s SetPoint Product Manager, who
Many large steam turbines (STs) are de- valve, its ideal location relative to the com- served as secretary of 4th and 5th edition
ployed in oil and gas applications. They pressor and the optimum performance char- task forces, summarized the development
are used to drive compressors and pumps, acteristics for the valve. of the standard since its beginning.
and produce electricity. The Prelude float- Anti-surge control valves, he said, are “If a standard is good, it will have
ing LNG vessel, for example, only has STs heavily influenced by piping layout as this in- many editions and updates,” said Sabin.
driving its compressors. STs in LNG were fluences controllability. The discharge volume “The 6th edition will be coming out in a
the norm until the eighties when gas tur- of the compressor should be reduced to min- couple of years.”
bines became more popular. imize the system’s dead time and lag time. API 670 is an instrument standard
Within the sector, many different steam “Make the distance as short as possible measuring vibration. It highlights a major
turbine conditions exist. What worked for between the compressor and the recycle upgrade compared to the early days of put-
take off, and from there to the check ting a screwdriver on a bearing housing to
valve,” said Jacobson. He offered several listen for vibration. In those days, it was
tips: In multistage compressors, anti-surge all about being outside and inferring what
valve calculations are more complicated was going on inside.
and can lead to oversizing of valves down- Then along came Don Bently with the
stream in multistage compressors. idea of putting proximity probes inside a
When the impellers are matched, the bearing housing that could measure shaft
surge limit line and the choke line will vibration. Initial systems were complex,
likely be covered by one anti-surge valve. composed of many different cable lengths,
Fast and precise stroking of the anti-surge each with specific parts.
Efficiency comparison of steam Rankine and sCO2 valve is needed (two seconds or less stroke In addition, the ST, gearbox and com-
recompression Brayton (RCBC) cycles (DoE) to time to open and close). pressor of the same train had different
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1st Jun 1976 Radial vibration and axial position systems using proximity probes only
Merged content from API 670 and API 678 (accelerometer-based vibra-
3rd Nov 1993 tion monitoring) into a single harmonized 670 standard and discontin- Vaned diffuser
ued 678; added digital link for DCS / control system communications
Allowed for “blind” monitoring systems with DCS communications as widely variable because there are many
primary HMI; allowed for 4-channel instead of 2-channel monitors; styles, each with a different performance
4th Dec 2000
added reciprocating compressor measurements; added overspeed characteristic.
measurements “Range and peak efficiency are typi-
cally mutually exclusive,” said Sorokes.
Added Safety Integrity Level (SIL) content; added recip annex; added “You can attain high peak efficiency at the
5th Nov 2014 condition monitoring annex; added wireless content; added surge detec- expense of flow range or vice versa. But
tion and emergency shutdown (ESD) systems in most cases, it is a compromise.”
Component designs are based on the
choices made: impellers, guide vanes and
probes and systems. API 670 was intro- Range versus efficiency diffusers. However, the impeller is by far
duced, in part, to provide standardization Striking the proper balance between range the most critical decision, followed by the
and simplification. The first version spec- and efficiency was the topic of choice by guide vane.
ified how many sensors were needed and Jim Sorokes, Principal Engineer at Dresser- Users and designers, then, must com-
where so OEMs could standardize (Table). Rand, a Siemens business. promise between machine requirements
“API standards reflect acceptable op- “A balance between peak attainable ef- and what the OEM can deliver. To achieve
erating practices rather than catering to the ficiency and overall operation range must that, both should each a strong agreement
least common denominator,” said Sabin. be addressed when specifying, designing on nomenclature.
The 6th edition is likely to include and selecting centrifugal compressors,” For example, one party might be talk-
changes related to SIL, wireless guidance, said Sorokes. ing about turndown while the other re-
cybersecurity, rolling element bearing mon- Engineers, overly dependent on com- sponds about aerodynamic stability. There-
itoring, cylinder pressure sensors, and over- puters and CFD data, can occasionally be- fore, it is important to define terms and
speed enhancements. come lost in a computational haze, he not make any assumptions. Another ex-
“Wireless is good for condition moni- said. Such data must be interpreted cor- ample: different flow coefficients used
toring but is not yet good enough for safety rectly against the fundamentals of aero- within the same firm — one by the Euro-
systems,” said Sabin. “Wired systems are dynamic design. pean branch that was different from what
still the standard for machinery protection.” Compressor user requirements can be was used in the U.S.
The exhibition hosted 359 companies and spanned 216,000 square feet
showreport
DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
RULES POWERGEN
CONVENTIONAL POWER SOURCES, SUCH AS COAL AND NUCLEAR
ARE BEING DISPLACED BY RENEWABLES AND BATTERY POWER
BY DREW ROBB
time, faster response to market demand, im- in Asia, due to the presence of newer coal
proved plant availability, greater regulatory plants in the region. Utilities in Asia need
compliance, reduced operational costs and to recoup their investment, while in the de-
secure access to IT and OT systems. veloped world, they are more willing to re-
“It all starts with real-time data on volt- tire aging facilities.
age, kWh, running time, temperature and Browning sounded a positive note
vibration,” said Moret. “That is turned into about the North American market, which
useful information which has context in is shifting from the F-class to next-gener-
terms of energy. Only when you have that ation turbines. Along with higher inlet tem-
can analytics come into play.” peratures and pressures, these machines
The power market is undergoing rapid are more intelligent and more connected.
change, according to Paul Browning, Pres- They include analytics functions and the
ident and CEO of Mitsubishi Hitachi ability to create digital turbines which are
Power Systems Americas (MHPSA). In an exact mirror of their physical equivalent.
the developed world, the levelized cost of “The physical and digital turbines travel
solar and wind have fallen dra- together through the lifecycle of
matically, he said. Over the the machine to help predict what
past decade, wind power has will happen in the future and to
experienced a 12% per year streamline maintenance,” said
drop, while the price of utility- Browning. “Thus, we are tran-
scale photovoltaic (PV) solar sitioning from real-time moni-
has been going down at 20% toring to complete operations
per year. and maintenance support, as
What has been largely un- well as performance optimiza-
noticed, though, is that natural tion at the fleet level. Eventually,
gas combined cycle power has we will arrive at autonomous
decreased 12% per year over Paul Browning operation across the entire gen-
the past ten years. Part of that is erating portfolio, under auto-
due to new drilling technologies that have matic grid control.”
resulted in a 70% reduction in the price of The cost of wind and solar is now com-
gas, part from a 30% reduction in the $/KW parable with coal and natural gas, said Stefan
installed cost of large combined cycles, with Bird, President and CEO of Pacific Power,
the rest coming from significant efficiency He advocated regional diversity to lower risk
gains. Browning cited a price for a 50%- from intermittent resource generation.
50% mix of gas and renewable power cost- The need for regional diversity is appar-
ing $41 per MWh and being 85% more car- ent when you consider that the grid is grad-
bon efficient than retiring coal-fired power. ually becoming more unified. Pacific Power,
The Grand River Dam Authority’s for example, is partnering with the Califor-
(GRDA) Grand River Energy Center 3 in nia Independent System Operator (CAISO)
OK is a 505 MW example of this mix of and others to create a unified western energy
renewables and natural gas. It is a com- market (back in 2014, the Western U.S. con-
bined cycle power plant (CCPP) equipped sisted of 38 relatively independent balancing
with a MHPS M501J GT, operating at 62% areas). By adding software, integration and
efficiency. The plant replaces an aging coal analytics between the system nodes, greater
facility and works in conjunction with the efficiency is possible.
abundant wind energy resources that are California has invested heavily in re-
present in Oklahoma. newables and at times, produces more
“Retiring old coal and adding a carbon- solar or wind power than it consumes.
efficient combination of gas turbines and With a unified grid, fossil facilities in Ore-
renewables, is the way forward,” said gon could be throttled down with Califor-
Browning. nia handing off its excess power to the Pa-
In the developing world, the picture is cific Northwest. Similarly, California could
a little different. There, said Browning, call on natural gas or coal resources out-
buyers used to gravitate towards older tech- side of the state due to a rapid drop in re-
nology. However, now they are opting for newable generation.
the newest and most efficient products “Pacific Power is adding digital con-
available, including a big shift to more af- trols to make coal more responsive,” said
fordable Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Its Bird. “This will enable operators to fine
price has dropped in some parts of Asia tune its operating range, double its ramp
from $16 to $8 per million BTUs. rate and improve coal economics.”
While many carbon capture, projects
have underperformed in Europe and North DG investment
America, he highlighted the recent success Traditional utilities should consider invest-
of NRG’s Petranova project in Houston. ing in DG assets, such as localized gener-
Carbon capture will be a critical issue ation of solar and wind, instead of installing
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new substations or adding new circuits,
said Subbarao Govindaraju, President of
SVG Consulting.
“Instead of building transmission lines
and substations to bring the power to load
areas, establish localized generation at the
distribution level, beside or within the load
areas,” he said.
That means changing power generation
from being a one-way flow from the
provider to the customer, to being bi-direc-
tional. But, in turn, that brings up safety
and reliability issues for the electric net-
work that must be addressed.
“Utilities need to be able to monitor,
predict and control distributed generation
sources,” said Govindaraju. “Each type of
DG has different parameters.”
Such assets installed on the grid will pro-
vide additional intelligence to planners, en-
gineers and operators to help them manage
the grid more efficiently. This control is fea-
sible through added automation that helps Back in 2014, the Palo Verde coal plant in Arizona was profitable 228 days of the year. In 2017,
manage the precise orchestration of various that fell to only 21 days.
assets to manage emerging grid conditions.
Large amounts of data must be “They are on the cutting edge as they Wärtsilä, meanwhile, is hoping to
processed to make automated decisions are willing to pay more for reliability and gain from these market forces by offering
or rapidly provide options to the operator redundancy,” said Casey. “But microgrid flexible power options using its recipro-
on possible next steps. Ultimately, how- reliability may require potentially complex cating engines, while also expanding into
ever, many of these decisions need to be integration and that probably requires util- energy storage business via its subsidiary,
automated. ity assistance.” Greensmith.
“Data must be collected and communi- Wärtsilä and Tucson Electric Power
cated to back-office systems in near real time Market shifts have agreed on 10 x Wärtsilä 18V50SG
for proactive control,” said Govindaraju. “The American utility industry is in the natural gas engines to be installed at the H.
“Technology needs to be revamped to ac- midst of an energy transition,” said Matti Wilson Sundt Generating Station in Tuc-
commodate and act on the additional intel- Rautkivi, Director of Marketing and Sales son, AZ. The project will provide 200 MW
ligence being obtained from grid assets.” at Wärtsilä. “Traditional baseload capacity of flexible capacity to integrate more re-
He called for greater investment in (coal and nuclear) is being replaced by re- newable energy.
planning and operations system, load and newables and flexible gas capacity.” The utility is also investing in solar
DG forecasting, power flow optimization, Two-thirds of added capacity last year power resources. Greensmith is helping
high-speed communications, cybersecurity, came from renewables, he said. While that Tucson Electric with the development of a
integration of customer and grid technolo- was mainly wind, solar is coming on fast solar plant combined with batteries to pro-
gies, and substation modernization. and will probably take the lead. The dom- duce power at a cost of 4.5 cents per kWh.
The DG theme continued with Kevin inance of renewables should continue as “We see ourselves more as an integra-
Casey, Managing Director at energy con- the price per MWh continues to fall. tor to gain flexibility rather than as a com-
sultancy at Beaufort Rosemary. He covered This is causing havoc with fossil gen- pany that is selling engines,” said Rautkivi.
the challenges inherent in expanding the eration, particularly coal. PSEG, for exam- Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
quantity of small distributed energy re- ple, has shuttered its last coal plant, said (SMUD) is also investing in solar and bat-
sources, such as solar, wind, batteries, CHP, Rautkivi. Similarly, Luminant has recently tery power. According to Nancy Bui, Mem-
hydro, fuel cells, microturbines and the mi- shut down some of its large coal plants, ber of the SMUD Board of Directors, it in-
crogrid. They add value that goes beyond and the coal plants in Arizona are finding tends to install 75 MW of battery storage
the MW they produce: ancillary services, it almost impossible to operate profitably over the next ten years as well as more
grid independence, and lower or more pre- See the figure above. solar resources.
dictable costs in some cases. It boils down to simple economics, as While battery technology still has a
However, traditional large-scale power the coal plants are running less and not able way to go in terms of cost, reliability and
developers typically do not do well devel- to cover their costs. And with renewables time of storage, Hydro Quebec believes it
oping resources, such as residential solar. becoming “the new baseload,” coal plants has the solution. It is positioning its hydro-
Despite steadily falling prices, existing reg- have to deal with a lot more cycling. electric resources as the battery for the East
ulatory constructs and financing options “Even combined cycle gas is strug- of Canada and the Northeast U.S.
can hamper the expansion of DG. gling,” said Rautkivi.” “We offer a huge reservoir of power
Take the example of microgrids. Facili- PNM, a utility in New Mexico found which can act as the battery for New Eng-
ties, such as data centers, hospitals, military the cost of CCGTs would have to be less land, Ontario and New York,” said Gary
bases, research labs, and fire stations are than $250 per kW to make economic sense. Sutherland, Director of External Relations,
among the leaders because they value energy Most CCGTs come in at anywhere from Hydro Quebec. “We are able to provide
independence, redundancy and reliability. three to four times that. electricity at a cost of 6 cents per kWh.”
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OPPORTUNITIES EMERGE FOR Revenues ($ millions) Growth rate (%)
PUMP SUPPLIERS AS THE MARKET Source: IHS Markit © 2017 IHS Markit
STRUGGLES TO RECOVER Centrifugal pump demand from the oil and gas sector has plummeted,
but that could soon be changing
BY JOANNE GOH
he latest Centrifugal Pump Database from IHS Markit Europe, the Middle East and Africa will experience an increase
GASTURBINES
VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING
USING 3D MULTIPHYSICS-BASED VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING
TO IMPROVE GAS TURBINE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY
BY CHAD CUSTER
as turbines (GTs) must be designed higher than the melting point of the blade The process begins by specifying the
Figure 3: CHT/CFD-based
Design System: A single
virtual prototype platform is
used to calculate fluid-flow
and metal temperature
OperatiOns&Maintenance
Today’s turbines operate under demanding conditions. This places heavy stress on lubricants.
oday’s power generation turbines The ratio of megawatt output to oil vol- erating conditions. Gas turbines run under
Lubricant developments
requirements, such as heavy stress, the or hydroelectric turbines, the number of Developments in base oil technology have
need to reduce downtime, extended oil- rapidly rotating metal surfaces generates been achieved with the gas-to-liquid (GTL)
drain intervals, hotter temperatures and high temperatures that can cause protective process. Production of Shell GTL base oils
higher loads. oils to degrade. This opens the door to begins with gasification, where the
Greater turbine output power, combined metal-to-metal contact and abrasive wear. methane from natural gas reacts with pure
with lubricant reservoirs of the same size The type of turbine, along with operating oxygen to produce synthesis gas.
or smaller, is also imposing more rapid conditions and lubricant quality, can affect The synthesis gas is fed through a reac-
cycle times on lubricants, resulting in the the frequency of oil changes. Steam turbines tor and converted to a liquid called syncrude.
need for optimized surface properties. run under high temperature and moist op- The liquid is fed into a hydrocracker to
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efficiency and safety, according to recent re-
search conducted by Ponemon Institute.
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Luneta, a developer of machinery lubricant to typically 5m and 9m systems due to the of rotating machinery. Until recently, the
inspection technology for machine condition required tuned circuit between the sepa- XLTRC software suite was missing a
monitoring and reliability, has announced rate driver and the probe. The PRI series thrust bearing element.
the release of the Bowl. It serves as both a can drive long cable distances (>500m) to XLTHBR offers a thermohydrody-
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drain plug protects machinery by attract- dards, IECEx and ATEX. These certifica- thrust bearing (228 mm outside diameter)
ing and drawing wear particles to the bot- tions enable global integration of the operating under a specific load of 0.5 to
tom, preventing machine failure and product with fewer certification efforts. 2.0 megapascals (MPa) and with a shaft
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Middle East GT filter combustible gas and dust. The latest with a maximum difference of eight per-
Clarcor Industrial Air has released the membrane, made of ePTFE, delivers pres- cent for the peak pressure, 17% in maxi-
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gas turbines (GTs) in the Middle East. It highest flammability rating in its category film thickness, and 8% in drag power loss.
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require a filter that maintains its DP for as tational design tool for tilting pad thrust • Peak pressure and maximum pad
long as possible to keep GTs operating bearings. XLTHBR facilitates rapid mod- temperature
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Proximity probes play an important role in suite of codes for executing complete lat- million particles/ml without dilution, and
machine shaft vibration, position and
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information on the rotating plant dynamic
performance and bearing condition. Sen-
sonics has released the PRI Series of prox-
imity sensors for this market. They use a
single probe assembly solution with direct
processed outputs, which eliminate the
need for a separate driver.
Coaxial connector interfaces are a
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probe systems. They are susceptible to the
ingress of oil and dirt resulting in intermit-
tent connection through either improper
installation or mechanical stresses.
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tuned cable assemblies, the PRI series in-
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cable length restrictions compared to stan- Spectro Scientific’s new particle analyzer
includes a new set of ferrous particle LV-45 sensor from Alliance Sensors
measurements that gives users new in-
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The analyzer employs LaserNet Fines
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tometers that characterize ferrous particles
larger than 25 microns as well as total fer-
rous particles. The new software enables
LaserNet to report ferrous concentration
in part per millions (ppm) for ferrous par-
ticles larger than 25 microns in diameter.
Together with total ferrous content in
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tion about nominal fill volumes, tutorials Linear position sensor ance of critical assets. It acquires
for fill level checks, or scheduling Alliance Sensors Group has released its high-speed rotating data which is sent to a
overviews for maintenance planning, the LV-45 series inductive, contactless linear Microsoft Azure cloud. Data visualization
TurboGuide online platform developed by position sensor using LVIT Technology. It software provides actionable insights and
Voith simplifies management and opera- is designed for measuring applications re- uncovers trends concerning the health of
tion of fluid couplings. quiring rugged devices, whether measur- the entire fleet of assets.
The online tool offers a central database ing position of steam turbine valves, Iot.windrok.com/spotlight
from which all important information and mounted in a paper mill head box or cal-
technical data regarding a coupling can be endar roll stand, or outdoors fastened to a Microturbine filtration
accessed. It makes it possible to schedule building, bridge or structure. Capstone Turbine has launched a clean-
upcoming maintenance work. Apart from It can withstand the high vibration and able severe environment air filtration sys-
basic data such as serial number, size, type, severe shock environment found in steel, tem for its line of microturbine products.
and fill volume of the coupling, TurboGu- aluminum and paper mills, as well as ex- It recently received an order for three
ide also offers the option to safely docu- tremes of temperature and humidity found C65 microturbines utilizing this new fil-
ment and access drive-related data, such as in most outdoor applications where many tration system for a flare gas reduction
output, speed, installation location and date other types of linear position sensors can- project in Oman.
of commissioning. It uses this information not survive. During sand and dust storms common
to calculate the current technical condition The LV-45 uses inductive technology to most hot arid desert areas, particulate
of the coupling and displays it by means of that allows it to replace traditional DC- concentrations close to the ground can
a traffic light system in green, yellow and LVDTs in most applications. Its coil de- reach levels 20,000 times those in typical
red. TurboGuide also features a notification sign permits the sensor to be both shorter U.S. cities. Even at an elevation of above
function that sends out an automated email and more rugged than its counterpart grade, particulate concentrations about
as a reminder for upcoming appointments. while operating over a wider temperature 1,000 times U.S. urban averages are fre-
turboguide.voith.com range. It is available with optional quently observed during sandstorms and
mounting flanges, rod eye ends, dust storms. Such dust and dirt loads can
Voltage stablizer connector or cable terminations, cripple conventional air filtration systems,
Ametek Solidstate Controls, a and a captive connecting rod as- cause massive maintenance expenditures
manufacturer of industrial sembly that cannot break loose. and allow excessive dust concentrations to
power inverters and uninter- Alliancesensors.com be ingested by the turbine.
ruptible power supplies (UPS), The filters are a scaled down version
has introduced a Digital Volt- Fireproofing of the filters used in much larger indus-
age Stabilizer (DVS) power Carboline has released Thermo- trial and aero-derivative gas turbines and
conditioner designed to work Sorb 263 and Thermo-Sorb E, allow operation for prolonged time peri-
in the most-extreme environ- which are VOC-compliant intumes- ods in desert environments like the Mid-
mental conditions and capable cent coatings. They provide a dle East. Pipeline Supply, Capstone’s
of single- or three-phase condi- durable fire protection for commer- distributor for Oman and Qatar, secured
tioning to conserve energy. cial and industrial applications. the order for multiple C65 cleanable se-
DVS accommodates a va- Thermo-Sorb 263 provides up to vere environment units. The microtur-
riety of incoming AC line four hours of cellulosic fire protec- bines will be fueled by the associated gas
voltages, while regulating and tion for interior structural steel. that is a natural byproduct of the oil ex-
conditioning the AC output to Ametek Thermo-Sorb E provides up to traction process. This gas, which can be
preset limits. In a typical dis- Solidstate three hours of cellulosic fire pro- of poor quality, is normally vented or
tribution system, the rated Controls DVS tection for exterior structural steel. flared into the atmosphere because it is
input voltage usually operates Power Conditioner carboline.com not of the quality to be put into natural gas
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