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Gas Turbine Users Symposium Establishes Itself as a Success in Orlando
Mechanical Engineering; 2/1/2005; Platt, John P Jr; 787 words
; Combustion turbine maintenance was clearly a fundamental ... attendees at the first annual, separate Gas Turbine Users Symposium (GTUS) held in Orlando ... strong attendance from the world's gas turbine operators, owners, managers, OEMs, and ...
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Turbine engine history: a look back at the developments that led to today's gas turbine engine.(Turbine Technology)
Aircraft Maintenance Technology; 4/1/2006; Escobar, Joe; 787 words
; Today turbine engines power the majority aircraft. These ... inventions that have led to today's gas turbine engine technology. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED ... to Egyptian times for the roots of gas turbine history. One might even say this early ...
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Gas turbine meters: evolutionary changes extend capacity ratings, cut O&M costs. (operation and maintenance)
Pipeline & Gas Journal; 7/1/1997; Schieber, Richard H.; 787 words
; Gas turbine meters were introduced in the United States ... rangeability. These same characteristics have made turbine meters the preferred choice as a reference ... years there has been little in the way of turbine meter development. In 1997 we will see ...
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GAS TURBINE BECOMING HOPE FOR UTILITY INDUSTRY
The Journal Record; 4/14/1990; MATTHEW L. WALD; 787 words
; The gas turbine, which has been called the ``neglected ... improvements in design and materials, gas turbines, which have traditionally gulped premium ... dioxide anyway as they decay. But gas turbines are being snapped up by electric companies ...
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Building more efficient turbines. (includes related article)
Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 8/1/1994; Valenti, Michael; 787 words
; Industrial gas turbine manufacturers are meeting the demand ... environmentally safe equipment by designing new turbines with higher pressure ratios, greater ... temperatures, and enhanced emission controls. TURBINE ENGINEERS AT General Electric Co. in ...
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Turbines for synthesis gas
Mechanical Engineering; 8/1/1998; Valenti, Michael; 787 words
; A powerful steam turbine, tailored for the ammonia and methanol ... MOST demanding applications for steam turbines is providing the extraction steam for ... or syngas. The process requires high turbine speeds (10,000 to 13,000 rpm for ammonia ...
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FIRST U.S. SALE OF ADVANCED TURBINE TECHNOLOGY MARKS SUCCESS OF GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP RICHARDSON TOUTS UPCOMING DEBUT OF
Regulatory Intelligence Data; 9/16/1999; INDSTRY GROUP 99; 787 words
; 00-00-0000 The turbine of the 21st century will likely make ... commercial application of the breakthrough gas turbine technology if all goes well in the final ... cleanest and most efficient power generating turbine. The plan was announced by Sithe and ...
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Turbines for synthesis gas. (Dresser Rand Co's innovative steam turbine)
Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 8/1/1998; 787 words
; A powerful steam turbine, tailored for the ammonia and methanol ... most demanding applications for steam turbines is providing the extraction steam for ... or syngas. The process requires high turbine speeds (10,000 to 13,000 rpm for ammonia ...
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Steam turbine advances transform new and existing plants ; Advances in steam-turbine technology often are overlooked in the rush to install the latest F- or G-class gas turbine. But advances on the steam side are essential as simple-cycle gas-turbine facilities become combined cycles, new coal-fired projects take shape, and owners squeeze more out of existing fossil-fueled and nuclear plants
Power; 1/1/2002; Peltier, Robert; 787 words
; As frantic as the gas-turbine market is right now, the steam- turbine market is marching to a similar beat (POWER, September/ October 2001, p 32). Much of the vigorous steam-turbine activity is a result of additions of new combined-cycle ...
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A Windmill Will Lower Your Bills but Might Not Win Over the Neighbors; City Planners, Community Associations Loom as Foes of Single-Home Turbines
The Washington Post; 11/10/2007; Janis Mara; 787 words
; The blades of a spinning turbine blur, pumping out electricity as the wind ... as much as $2,000 a year using a wind turbine, experts say. A homeowner can save $600 or more a year by using a wind turbine instead of solar energy, depending on ...
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