2024 PSM ASSET MANAGERS CONFERENCE: Generators
Advanced GTs / By Team CCJ
This is the second segment of CCJ’s three-part report on PSM’s 2024 Asset Management Conference, conducted at the Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, January 29-February 1. The first segment was published earlier this year, the third installment will appear in CCJ later this year.
The focus here is fourfold:
- FlameSheet™ keeps getting better.
- Benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) in the production of R1 vanes.
- Technical presentations by industry partners on (1) generator field rewinds, (2) impacts of GT upgrades on heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs), (3) exhaust-frame mods and improvements.
- Shop tour at the Jupiter center of excellence.
AGT Services: Surge in generator field rewinds ahead
Those who live along the Gulf Coast know that they are likely to suffer through one or more hurricanes (and the accompanying storm surge) annually. You just never know how many there will be or how severe.
The surge of combined-cycle generator rewinds hurtling towards the industry is at least predictable. Just map the commercial operating date (COD) of the units in service to the 25- to 30-year life of the field windings, as Jamie Clark, AGT Services, did to open his presentation. What isn’t as predictable is the industry’s capacity to handle the surge (Fig 3).
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