Turbine Design Articles
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S.I.C.A.E of Precy - Precy Sait Martin, France - Case Study
The work decomposed into several phases: Optimisation of turbines installed in 1926 in right bank to reach 420 kW. Change of regulating system for the power and the water level. Installation of a supplementary turbine of 80 KW power in left ...
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At lofty heights: 3D Scan of a wind turbine blade
The maintenance of wind turbines, and whole wind farms, is a challenge. Normally wind turbines are designed to operate for 20 years. During these 20 years they are subjected to all kinds of weather conditions and heavy loads, but thanks to modern acquisition technology and advanced numerical models, such conditions can be addressed and even turned into increased annual energy production. To ...
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Waste heat recovery solution: ORC technology by ZUCCATO ENERGIA
Companies are increasingly moving towards a sustainable corporate vision aimed at reducing their environmental impact. ORC technology meets this need by recovering the thermal power available in the waste gas and adding value to it by producing electricity. This technology allows to cover a part or all the electricity self-consumption of the factory with consequent economic savings on energy ...
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Project - Dearborn, Michigan Cogeneration Plant - Cogeneration
Capacity: 1698 mmBTU A Michigan Cogeneration Plant owns and operates three gas-fired boilers and three combustion turbines designated BL1100, BL2100, BL3100, GTP1, GT2100, and GT3100 at the Dearborn, Michigan cogeneration site. The turbines combust exclusively pipeline natural gas and utilize a dry low-NOx combustor to minimize NOx emissions. The turbines drive a 170 MW generator for production ...
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Combined Heat and Power Educational Services - University of Cincinnati - Case Study
OWNER University of Cincinnati LOCATION Cincinnati, Ohio, USA PRODUCT Two Titan"" 130 (12.5 MWe) Gas Turbines CUSTOMER VALUE Sustainable Energy Production As energy prices continue to rise, and the failure of the aging and overtaxed electrical grid persists, more and more institutions are opting to build their own power generating systems. The University of Cincinnati chose a combined heat ...
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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon - 10.9 MW Gas and Steam Turbine CHP - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Eugene, Oregon MARKET SECTOR: University FACILITY SIZE: 23,634 Students FACILITY Total Electrical Energy Use: About 70 million kWh/year EQUIPMENT: 7,965 kW Solar Taurus gas turbine plus 3,000 kW steam turbine FUEL: Natural gas USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Space, domestic hot water, sterilization, cooking, cage cleaning CHP TOTAL EFFICIENCY: 77.3% at full-fire TOTAL PROJECT COST: ...
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Capitol Power Plant - 7.5 MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Washington, D.C. MARKET SECTOR: District Energy & Federal Facility FACILITY SIZE: 7.5 megawatts (MW) Combustion Turbine FACILITY PEAK LOAD: 7.5 MW EQUIPMENT: Combustion Turbine FUEL: Natural Gas (w/ Fuel Oil Backup) USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Power (backpressure steam turbine), Heating, Domestic Hot Water and Reheat CHP TOTAL EFFICIENCY: 75% ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: Reduce ...
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Saint Mary’s Hospital - 7.75 MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Rochester, Minnesota MARKET SECTOR: Healthcare FACILITY SIZE: 3 Million Square Feet, 960 Licensed Beds FACILITY PEAK LOADS: Electric: 12.0 Megawatts Heating: 130,000 lb/hr Steam Cooling: 7,500 Tons TOTAL CHP GENERATING CAPACITY: 7.75 Megawatts HEAT RECOVERY RATE: 24,000 lb/hr of 250 psig Steam HEAT RECOVERY UTILIZATION: Building heating or cooling, medical equipment ...
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Capitol Power Plant - 7.5 MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Washington, D.C. MARKET SECTOR: District Energy & Federal Facility FACILITY SIZE: 7.5 megawatts (MW) Combustion Turbine FACILITY PEAK LOAD: 7.5 MW EQUIPMENT: Combustion Turbine FUEL: Natural Gas (w/ Fuel Oil Backup) USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Power (backpressure steam turbine), Heating, Domestic Hot Water and Reheat CHP TOTAL EFFICIENCY: 75% ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: ...
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12MWe combined heat and power plant plant renovation - Case Study
OWNER Societe De Cogeneration Picardie Socopic OPERATOR Dalkia Groupe EDF LOCATION Amiens, France PRODUCT Mars 100 Gas Turbine CUSTOMER VALUE Improved Energy Efficiency Quick Pay Back on Investment Societe De Cogeneration Picardie Socopic (SO.COPIC) is a producer and distributor of steam and air conditioning. SO.COPIC was searching for the right solution to renovating their old and oversized ...
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US offshore CEOs call for East Coast supply hubs to beat competition
The U.S. offshore sector must create regional East Coast supply chains and public-private initiatives that accelerate training and port investments to ensure long-term competitiveness, leading developers told the U.S. Offshore Wind 2019 Conference. New Jersey's decision last week to select Orsted’s giant 1.1 GW Ocean Wind project for its first large-scale facility highlights the rapid ...
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Wind turbine technology leaps set to slice maintenance costs
Self-diagnosing turbines, real-time output maximization and “crane less” maintenance will soon impact wind operations, cutting labour costs and increasing generation revenue, Denver Bane, Onshore Wind Services Strategy Leader at GE Renewable Energy, told the Wind Operations Dallas 2019 conference. Intense competition in the wind market is spurring turbine developers to find new ...
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District heating reduces carbon footprint – Case Study
District heating is a system for distributing heat generated from a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant that burns fossil fuels, but increasingly these plants are transitioning to biomass. According to recent research, district heating is one of the cheapest methods of reducing carbon on the planet and has ...
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500kW Wind Turbine for AG Barr - Case Study
From their production facility in Cumbernauld, AG Barr Plc produces some of Scotland’s favourite drinks. This includes Irn Bru, Strathmore Water and Rockstar. Wishing to upgrade the site and expand, AG Barr faced either a substantial upgrade fee from Scottish Power in excess of £1,000,000 or to think outside the box and find other ways of delivering additional power. The natural fit ...
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Solar farm for Mackies Ice Cream - Case Study
The Mackie family have been farming at Westertown farm since 1912 and Mackie’s of Scotland is now a well-known Scottish food brand. Mackie’s were formerly a milk retail company and in 1986 began making ice cream. They have an ambition to be the greenest company in the UK. In 2014/2015, Absolute successfully won a tender against SSE to install Scotland’s first solar farm. It was ...
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Tidal power - A different perspective
Kepler Energy is taking a different approach to tidal power, applying a design that can be used in benign sea conditions in a location closer to end-demand and which could generate utility-scale quantities of power, as Peter Dixon explains.The physical environment of tidal turbines is clearly very different to that of wind turbines, not least because water is a lot denser than air! However, ...
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Scalable Power to Match Industrial Park Growth in Southeast Asia Case Study
Powerphase recently installed two Turbophase modules at a Malaysian high-tech park, one of several projects it has underway in Asia. Ensuring reliable and efficient natural gas capacity is a challenge in the fast-growing Southeast Asian grid. Southeast Asia’s hot climate is a challenge for efficient CCGT operation because hotter ambient temperatures reduce air density and GT combustion ...
By Powerphase
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Offshore wind installation vessel capacity to tighten after 2020
The existing fleet of turbine and foundation installation vessels is well suited to serve the European offshore wind market in the short and mid-term but it will not be sufficient to support installation demand after 2020, Michael Guldbrandtsen, senior consultant at MAKE Consulting, told Wind Energy Update. The next 2-3 years will continue to be dominated by orders for jack-up installation ...
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Overhaul Completed in Just 30 Days
Sulzer completed an overhaul of three General Electric steam turbines and five Clark compressors for a large ethylene plant in Colombia. Sulzer’s service centers in Texas and Bogotá worked together to inspect and repair the three turbines. Sulzer staff helped the customer with project planning, full commissioning, and testing within a very tight timeframe. The city of ...
By Sulzer Ltd.
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Steam Turbine Rotor Transient Thermo-Structural Analysis and Lifetime Prediction
Market requirements for faster and more frequent power unit start-up events result in a much faster deterioration of equipment, and a shorter equipment lifespan. Significant heat exchange occurs between steam and turbine rotors during the start-up process and even more intensive heat exchange takes place during the condensation phase in cold start-up mode, which leads to further thermal stresses ...
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