Turbine modifications will shorten the life of heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) tubing, but the most dramatic reductions may not be where you expect. Combined cycle power plant gas turbine and ...

Nearly every combined-cycle operator recognizes that cycling reduces the life expectancy of hot-gas-path components in combustion turbines. Often overlooked, however, is that the same phenomenon ...

An interesting feature is the ramp rate variation vs. operating pressure (Figure 6). As the pressure increases, the allowable pressure ramp rate also increases. In practice, Euro Norm fatigue analysis ...

Package boilers are widely used in process, cogeneration and combined cycle power plants. Today, package boilers are able to supply up to 300,000 lb/hr of steam at pressures ranging from 100 psig to ...

AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that its B&W Thermal segment will design, manufacture and supply new superheater components for a B&W Universal Pressure ...