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Founded as a one-man operation in 1998 by Robert Krowech, HRST Inc. headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S.A. specializes in heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and waste heat boilers. Today, Krowech continues to serve as president of the company, which has three U.S. locations and capabilities to provide services in nearly every region of the [...]
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| Tagged cycle power plants, economizer reliability, Economizer Technology, HRST, HRST Shockmaster Economizer
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GE’s New Control System Hits the Mark
Plant-wide control system yields multiple benefits at new power station in South Africa
South Africa, which weathered a severe power shortage last year, continues to face heavy demand on its energy infrastructure. A new power plant owned and operated by South African oil and Gas Company Sasol, will enable the company [...]
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| Tagged energy infrastructure, oil and Gas Company Sasol, power plant
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Combined Cycle Thermal Power Plant
Takes First Steps toward Independent Production of Gas Turbines
Doosan completed and shipped a gas turbine, which is considered the culmination of power generation technology, on November 13, taking the first step toward technological independence in gas turbine production.
The new gas turbine is a 180 MW-class turbine, which was ordered by the Korea Southern Power [...]
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by: Michael McManus, David Boyce, Raymond Baumgartner, Siemens Power Generation POWER-GEN International 2007
Abstract
The US electric power industry has changed dramatically since the downturn of the gas-turbine-based market in the early 2000’s. In the years prior to this, nearly all combined-cycle plants were planned, permitted and built with the expectation to be operated predominantly in base load. [...]
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SCC5-4000F Single Shaft (SST5-5000) A single shaft concept for cold cooling water conditions
Holger-Max Emberger, Dr. Martin Alf Siemens Power Generation (PG), Germany
Introduction
Deregulation and liberalization, high loads of renewable energies and high fuel prices change the requirements for new power plants. The customer focus is the optimization of life cycle costs driven by features like high [...]
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| Tagged SCC5-4000F, Single Shaft, SST5-5000
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Cogeneration Application Considerations
John A. Jacobs III, Technical Leader, Evaluation & Analysis
Martin Schneider, Senior Marketing Manager
Introduction
Cogeneration or CHP (Combined Heat and Power). The terms cogeneration and CHP are used interchangeably in this paper and are defined as the combined simultaneous generation of heat and electrical energy with a common source of fuel. Common examples of cogeneration applications [...]
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| Tagged CHP, cogeneration, Cogeneration Application Considerations, cogeneration technology, gas turbines, simultaneous generation, STAG power generation, steam turbine cogeneration systems, steam turbines
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Economic Evaluation of Cycling Plants – An Approach to Show the Value of Operational Flexibility H. Emberger, Dr. D. Hofmann C. Kolk, Siemens Power Generation, Erlangen
Introduction
Since the beginning of power market’s liberalization in the mid 1990ies, the power plant business has been changing fundamentally. Nowadays operators of power plants find themselves in a much more challenging market [...]
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| Tagged Economic Evaluation of Cycling Plants, Operational Flexibility
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Advanced Technology Combined Cycles
By: R.W. Smith, P. Polukort, C.E. Maslak, C.M. Jones, B.D. Gardiner, GE Power Systems Schenectady, NY
Introduction
The General Electric H technology combined cycles represent the most advanced power generation systems available today. These combined-cycle power generation systems can achieve 60% net thermal efficiency burning natural gas. Their environmental impact per kilowatt-hour is the lowest [...]
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| Tagged Advanced Technology Combined Cycles, combined cycle, ge gas turbines, GE Power Systems, MS7001H, MS9001H gas turbines, Power Generation Systems, thermal cycle, thermal efficiency
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SINGLE-SHAFT COMBINED-CYCLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
L.O. Tomlinson and S. McCullough GE Power Systems Schenectady, NY
ABSTRACT
Combined-cycle power plants have demonstrated high thermal efficiency, high reliability/availability and economic power generation for application in base load and cyclic duty utility service. The single-shaft combined-cycle power generation system; in which the gas turbine, steam turbine and generator (STAG™) are installed in [...]
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| Tagged Combinedcycle power plants, gas turbine, Power generation, power generation equipment, single shaft combined cycle power plant, steam turbine
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Operational Flexibility Enhancements of Combined Cycle Power Plants
Dr. Norbert Henkel, Erich Schmid and Edwin Gobrecht
Source: Siemens AG, Energy Sector
1 Abstract
High operational flexibility – the ability of a power plant for fast start-up and to adjust load output fast and predictable to changing market requirements – is an essential prerequisite to ensure economic success in a liberalized market. The [...]
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| Tagged CCGT, CCPP, combined-cycle power plants, Enhancements, Operational Flexibility, power plant, power plants
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