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The Fall 2008
CTOTF Turbine Users Forum:
- Will be held on September 14 - 18, at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador
Golf & Tennis Resort, Tucson, AZ.
- The General Session moderated by
CTOTF ViceChair Rich Evans of
NAES\Tenaska will have a panel of industry leaders addressing, discussing and
answering questions regarding "Succession Planning."
- Generic Issues Roundtable headed up by Chairman Jack Borsch of Reliant
Energy and ViceChair Mike Rutledge of SRP, have lined up presentations by
CleanOil and Fluid Assets, industry oil experts, to address lube oil issues
affecting CT operability.
- Legacy Units Roundtable will have User presentations describing, a "Life
Extension Project for a GE Frame 7B," a "GE Mark VI Control System
Installation on a GE 7B Unit," a "Users' Experiences Returning Retired Units
Back to Service." Chairman Steve Hedge of NRG and ViceChair Eddie Mims
of Colectric Partners have also scheduled lots of time for "User-To-User
Q&A."
- LM-6000 Roundtable Chairman Frank DeRiso of nationalgrid and ViceChair Tom Sparkman of Western Farmers has
assembled an agenda which includes a presentation by SatinAmerica regarding
breaker repairs, PM's and the dangers of racking in and out of breakers as
well time for "User-To-User Q&A."
- Siemens Roundtable, Chaired by Ray Martens of Iberdrola Renewables, to have User experiences presentation on "501F
Row-1 Blade Cracking." Also scheduled for the AM will be a
"User-To-User Q&A" session moderated by ViceChair Pierre Boehler
of Mirant Corp. The afternoon will be dedicated to hosting the OEM where Siemens
will be addressing such topics as:
- Overhaul Crew Shortages, Shop Backlogs
- Engineering Response Times
- Spring Outage Season Safety Record
- Update on Rotor Life
- Compressor Component Issues
- Workscopes at Major Overhaul Intervals,
- Low CO turndown Options
- 501F Row-1 Blade Platform & Radius Cracking
- T3000 Capabilities/NERC Cyber Security Compliance
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FT-8 Roundtable headed up by Chairman Ray deBerge of AmerenUE and
ViceChair Bill Clark of Constellation Energy, have assembled a program
to include, user presentations from Constellation Energy on experience
with a generator exciter failure and Fuel Plate Heating experience by
MMPA.
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Generator Roundtable, Chaired by Jack Borsch of Reliant Energy and Ed
Sundheim of NAEA have assembled a program which includes presentations
by Wood Group, National Electric Coil and Brush, covering topics such as
generator testing, QA/QC requirements for OEM and Non-OEM maintenance
and repair facilities along with a panel discussion to include User Q&A.
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ZLD & Environmental Roundtable led by Chairman Scott Takinen and Frank
Perkins both of Arizona Public Service, will be addressing Air Permits - semi annual reporting and the
importance of pH control.
- GE Roundtable
will focus on capacity enhancements: "Teaching Old (And Not-So-Old) Dogs
New Tricks." Led by Larry Rose of Dominion Energy, this Users only
Roundtable will be stepping through the various major component
sections of the GT with "User-to-User Q&A" discussions accompanied by
User and Vendor presentations. Areas of concentration to include:
- 7FA Inlet Chilling
- 7EA Wet Compression
- 7FA Fogging
- Recently Issued TILs
- 7FA Compressor OEM Expected Changes
- DLN Lean Blowout Event in Florida
- ... And More
The Fall 2008
CTOTF Trade Show & Vendor Fair:
- Will be held from 5 - 9PM, on September 17, in the Turquoise
Ballroom of the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort,
Tucson, AZ.
The Spring 2009
CTOTF Turbine Users Forum:
- Will be held on April 19 - 23, in Birmingham, AL.
The
COMBINED CYCLE
Journal
2009
BEST PRACTICES Awards:
Four categories of Best Practices will be featured:
- Management,
- Operation and Maintenance,
- Environmental and
- Safety.
Winners will be recognized at the
CTOTF Spring Turbine Users Forum
with awards being presented during the Awards Luncheon Monday (4/20/09).
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