Efficiency Extra Edition
BY TINA TOBUREN, P.E.
Announcements
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Next
LM6000 Seminar: March
17-18, 2011 Palm
Springs, CA |
T2E3, Inc.
Will be Exhibiting at WTUI March
20-23, 2011 |
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Comment on Tina’s
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Performance Training Opportunities
It’s less than one month to the next LM6000 Performance Seminar. This year the seminar will be in Palm Springs
March 17 & 18, the Thursday and Friday prior to the WTUI conference.
During the two days, we’ll discuss the performance aspects
of the LM6000 including expected output, heat rate, exhaust energy, and the
benefits of inlet cooling and SPRINT systems.
By the time you leave on Friday afternoon, you’ll know what
instrumentation you need to calibrate to get better performance, how best to
collect data and run the calculations to track corrected output & heat
rate, compressor efficiency and evap cooler effectiveness.
Seating is limited, so
call or e-mail now to reserve your space:
425-821-6036 / tinat@t2e3.com. The seminar is $1275 per person for the two
days, with multi-attendee discounts available – so bring a friend!
Green Beer for St. Patrick’s Day included!
If you’re interested in
learning more about performance for frame units and combined cycle facilities,
I’m working with ASME to present a one-day combined
cycle workshop at the 2011 ASME Power Conference. Please contact me if you’re interested. More details will be posted on the conference
website later. Currently it’s listed as
track 8-4: Workshop 8-4 Combined Cycle Plant Thermal Performance
Happy Engineer’s Week
This
week (Feb 20-26, 2011) is Engineer’s Week, according to The National Engineers
Week Foundation (www.eweek.org). This week - as every week - is a good time to
mentor a young student and encourage them to pursue a career in power &
engineering. I encourage you all to get
involved in the local schools to share what you enjoy best about working with
power equipment. I routinely visit the
local universities to share my experiences with the incoming freshmen and am
always amazed at the interest I see when I show pictures of facilities in
action – such as the one below:
From
this one picture, I can draw students into the need for civil, thermal,
material, construction, start-up and design engineers. Just look at the number of axles on that
trailer – and they still had to re-build the road from the rail station to the
plant (it started out as a small county lane) in order to handle the weight of this
HRSG section.
In my
continuing pursuit of bringing more ME’s into the power industry, I will be
teaching a class at Seattle University starting next month on power generation
performance issues (the title of the class is “Applications in Power
Generation”). I’ll be including some
sections on alternative energy (solar, wind, geo-thermal, etc.) – which will be
a learning experience for me, as well.
I’m looking forward to it.
If you
have any stories that you can share and think students would be interested in –
I’d love to hear them. I may be looking
for lecture material by the end of the 10 week term!
If
you’re an ASME member, you can send free e-cards to all your friends and family
at go.asme.org/ecards.
On The Blog
February 22nd’s post was a
short overview of an article in this month’s Power Engineering magazine
regarding methods to improve Gas Turbine Availability. The article goes back to
a paper presented at PowerGen 2010 by a group from MHI, but the results are
applicable to many aspects of power plant operation.
In a nutshell,
performance (including reliability and availability) can be improved in (1) the
design of the equipment, (2) good maintenance practices, (3) a good support
network (for quick response and trouble-shooting), and (4) applicable upgrades.
The article also
mentions the need for good monitoring systems – which would fall into category
#3 above (support network). Having the
right data available for early detection as well as post-even troubleshooting
is essential to finding and fixing problems.
T2E3 Products & Services
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Analysis Tools & Models |
Excel Workbooks, Macros & Add-Ins |
Training Seminars |
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Compressor Efficiency Tracking Software |
Performance Monitoring Program Design,
Support and Evaluation |
Performance Test Design, Direction and
Support |
T2E3 Performance Analysis Services for Power Plants
Including:
Analysis Tools & Software – from customized spreadsheets to add-ins for Excel or
complete compiled programs, T2E3 can develop software tools and analyses to
support all your performance monitoring needs, including integrating your
existing tools with available site data systems, to create online systems
providing data and results in real-time.
Training – both public and private seminars are available. Interactive sessions increase attendees’
knowledge and understanding of the thermodynamic cycles, instrumentation and
analyses needed to improve equipment performance and reliability.
Performance
Test Support – for annual
capacity or PPA performance tests.
Support available includes developing procedures, analyses and reports
as well as on-site test direction.
Performance and Dispatch Models – Support for power marketers
and dispatchers to increase their understanding of the operation of your
facility. Do they constantly dispatch
the plant at loads which are difficult or impossible to maintain? T2E3 can help you build tools and training
programs to help all parties understand the expected changes in performance due
to ambient conditions and operating constraints.
Call for more information on how
we can work together, today!
T2E3, Inc.
Tina Toburen’s Energy Efficiency Enterprises
14260 120th PL NE, Kirkland, WA 98034
Phone: 425-821-6036
Fax: 253-550-6992
E-mail: performance@t2e3.com
Yes, I’m on Twitter!
@tltoburen
T2E3 Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 1: February 2011
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