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HAIGHT Notes
U.S. Becomes Oil Exporter
n December 18, the U.S.

Congress lifted a 40-year
ban on oil exports. Thirteen
days later, the first shipment of U.S. oil departed
from Corpus Christi, Texas, en route to
Bavaria, Germany the beginning of
what U.S. oil producers hope is a long
and lucrative endeavor.
The potential is there, but before
growth can be realized, the U.S. must
address an export infrastructure shortfall (after all, weve been a leading energy importer for generations). Companies along the U.S. Gulf Coast have
announced myriad projects to improve
ports, expand infrastructure and secure
permits and approvals to build and/or
expand facilities to accommodate outbound oil.
The Wall Street Journal reported that
Canadian pipeline company Enbridge
Inc. is spending US$5 billion to build
three oil storage facilities along the U.S.
Gulf Coast, allowing it to stake its claim
in the newly opened export business.
Another challenge is to offset the advantages other oil producing nations
have over the U.S. when it comes to
serving oil-thirsty nations location,
location, location.
Supplying Europe, the U.S. faces competition from the Middle East, Africa, the
Caspian Sea region and Russia. Each is
positioned geographically closer to European refineries and already has existing pipeline routes.
Supplying Asia requires smaller ships
thanks to limitations Gulf Coast refineries face due to the Panama Canal.
The canal-widening project (see March
D&GTW 2015; LNG Vessels Will Run
Through It; p. 22) will help address this
issue. Regardless, look for shipments of
U.S. oil to take almost a week longer to
get there than Africa, for example.
Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide
Continued global oversupply will limit

the U.S. and its inroads to oil export. In
its recent Short Term Energy Outlook,
the Energy Information Administration
(EIA) estimates that global oil inventories increased by 1.9 MMbbl/d in 2015,
marking the second consecutive year
of inventory builds. This oversupply has
contributed to oil prices reaching the
lowest monthly average level since mid2004. The EIA forecasts that inventories
will rise by an additional 0.7 MMbbl/d in
2016, before the global oil market becomes relatively balanced in 2017. The
first draw on global oil inventories in 15
consecutive quarters is expected in the
third quarter of 2017.
U.S. crude oil production is projected
to decrease from an average of 9.4
MMbbl/d in 2015 to 8.7 MMbbl/d in
2016 and to 8.5 MMbbl/d in 2017. The
EIA forecast reflects an extended decline
in Lower 48 onshore production driven
by persistently low oil prices that are
partially offset by growing production
in the federal Gulf of Mexico.
With oil prices falling below US$40/bbl
in December and projected to remain below that level through mid-2016, the EIA
expects oil production to decline in most
U.S. onshore oil production regions.
These challenges aside, lifting the oil
export ban will help U.S. energy companies in the future, if producers start
preparing infrastructure and strategies
to export oil today. To paraphrase the
Chinese proverb: The best time to build
export infrastructure was 20 years ago.
The second best time is now. A
Brent Haight
bhaight@dieselpub.com
2 January-February 2016
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CONTENTS
january
-february
14
Gearboxes & Drivelines

6 Voith Turbo Creates Special Test Rig
For Journal Bearings
26 The Forgotten Essentials
Load Banks
10 Loading Up Worldwide
Power Plants
Of The World
Power Generation
12 Island Power
22 First Enhanced Steam Path (ESP)
Upgrade For D-11 Steam Turbine
36 China Fights Back Against Pollution
22
2016 Power Plants

Of The World
14 Power Plants Of The World
First Enhanced
Steam Path (ESP)
Upgrade For D-11
Steam Turbine
Rail Technology
25 Train To Climate Change
31 Sensing And Diagnostics On Track
Prime-Mover Order Review

32 Prime-Mover Order Review
In Every Issue
2
4
8
24
28
30
38
39
40
Haight Notes
PMO Report
Events & Meetings
Featured Products
Newsmakers
Industry Drivers
Index Of Advertisers
Marketplace
World Viewpoint
Cover Design: Alyssa Loope
Voith Turbo Creates

Special Test Rig For
Journal Bearings
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ROLLS-ROYCE
Capstone will supply two C1000 microturbines to provide

power for an offshore oil company operating in the South
China Sea.
Capstone will supply Horizon Power Systems three C800 systems and two C1000 systems for a total of 4.6 MW for a large
flare gas energy project in North America.
Capstone will supply a C600 microturbine package to upgrade a Colombian hotel.
GE
GE will supply four advanced GE 7F.05 heavy-duty gas turbines and a GE steam turbine for Saudi Electricity Co.s new
1390 MW Waad Al Shamal combined-cycle power plant.
GE will supply two high-efficiency 9HA gas turbines, one
steam turbine (engineered by Alstom and now incorporated into GEs portfolio) and associated equipment to Harbin
Electric International Co. Ltd. for its new 1.2 GW Balloki
combined-cycle power plant in Pakistan.
MAN DIESEL & TURBO

MAN Diesel & Turbo will supply 12 MAN 8L51/60DF fourstroke engines to Sembcorp Marine in Singapore for a new
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MAN Diesel & Turbo will supply four 20V28/33D STC engines,
each delivering 9100 kW, for the KatExpress 3, a high-speed
ferry newbuilding from the Australian shipyard Incat for
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MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. will supply a steam
turbine and a generator for the San Buenaventura Power
Plant, a 500 MW ultra-supercritical-pressure coal-fired power
generation plant to be built by San Buenaventura Power
Ltd., a special purpose company in the Philippines.
NIIGATA POWER SYSTEMS

Niigata Power Systems will supply four NGT3B-T light oilpowered emergency gas turbines for the Korean NHs National Computing & Information Agency.
Niigata Power Systems will supply three 8L22AG-type gas
engines and three related auxiliary machines for a gas engine power plant ordered by Japans Toho Earthtech Inc.
Rolls-Royce Power Systems will supply 23 MTU Onsite Energy standby gen-sets to the Al Farwaniya hospital in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The gen-sets are based on Series 4000
20-cylinder engines that deliver a maximum of 2750 kVA of
prime power each.
Rolls-Royce will supply ten 16-cylinder MTU Onsite Energy
Series 4000 diesel gen-sets and one eight-cylinder Series
1600 unit to the DIA Holding construction company for
standby power on new health campuses of the Turkish Ministry of Health in Mersin.
Rolls-Royce will supply 14 MTU Onsite Energy Series
16-cylinder and five 12-cylinder Series 4000 units to the DIA
Holding construction company for standby power on new
health campuses of the Turkish Ministry of Health in Bilkent.
SIEMENS
Siemens will supply two SGT6-8000H gas turbines and two
SGen6-2000H generators for the 791 MW Empalme II
combined-cycle power plant in Sonora, Mexico.
WRTSIL
Wrtsil will supply two heavy fuel oil Wrtsil 46 engines,
with a combined capacity of 34 MW, as part of an extension
to a 53 MW Flexicycle power plant under construction near
Dakar, Senegal.
Wrtsil will supply two 16-cylinder and two eight-cylinder
Wrtsil 32 engines and one six-cylinder Wrtsil 20 engine
for two new Aker Arctic-designed icebreakers under construction at the PJSC Vyborg Shipyard in Russia.
Wrtsil will supply two five-cylinder Wrtsil RT-flex 50-D
main engines and six six-cylinder inline Wrtsil 20 generating sets propulsion systems for two new dry bulk carriers being built for Canadian operator Algoma Central Corp.
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On the test rig, the bearing is mounted on a dummy shaft driven by an electric motor.
Two pneumatic cylinders mounted at right angles supply the radial load.
Voith Turbo Creates Special Test

Rig For Journal Bearings
by Dr.
Steffen
Kmmerer
Rig designed to test bearings under more realistic

operating conditions
tandard test procedures for turbomachinery gearboxes work

for some gear units, but they are
inadequate for journal bearings.
Voith Turbo BHS solved this
problem by creating a special test rig
for journal bearings. The rig allows
bearings to be tested under more realistic operating conditions, including
full speed and full load.
Under typical procedures, test runs for
bearings are not executed at full load
because many gear manufacturers and
maintenance providers dont have facilities with sufficient braking power.
Most specialists resort to load-free testing, a well-established method that, in
most cases, provides all the necessary
information, including gear characteristics rotor dynamics and tooth contact
as well as most failure modes.
Load-free testing, however, has its limits when it comes to journal bearings.
The procedures do not reflect real-life
scenarios for journal bearings, especially
when those components turn at high
speed and high load in unfavorable
thermal conditions.
Existing design tools and load-free
tests cannot accurately forecast bearing
temperatures, affecting the accuracy of
the operating safety margin, especially
in challenging applications.
These factors are what drove Voith Turbo BHS to develop the test rig, which can
be used for steady-state and dynamicbearing tests, the company said.
The rig consists of a dummy shaft, two
support bearings and a test bearing
mounted in a support ring, which, in
turn, is connected to a system for applying and measuring radial loads. An
electric motor and gearbox drive the

dummy shaft at the required circumferential velocity (up to 160 m/s).
Two pneumatic cylinders arranged at
90 create the static load. Each cylinder can provide a force of 165 kN, allowing realistic loads for bearings up
to 200 mm in diameter. The load vector on the test bearing is adjusted by
varying the distribution of force between the two cylinders.
For steady-state testing, the test bearing is run at various combinations of
speed, load and oil flow. Measurements
reveal how bearing temperatures correlate with these three parameters.
Using this rig, Voith Turbo BHS tested
its BHS UltraCool bearings for an international OEM, reporting the results in
steady state. The journal bearings were
part of a parallel-shaft gearbox designed
Dr. Steffen Kmmerer is head of R&D, technical calculations, Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe GmbH in Sonthofen, Germany. Visit
http://tinyurl.com/j5rbttd for more information.
GEARBOXES
& drivelines
to transmit 30 MW between a gas turbine and a compressor.

The maximum continuous speed (MCS) of the high-speed shaft
is around 10 000 r/min.
The challenges facing hydrodynamic bearings under such
conditions are a high oil inlet temperature (up to 65C) as a
result of the hot environment within the plant, high loads
(more than 3 MPa), and high circumferential velocities (more
than 80 m/s).
The customer required Voith Turbo BHS to guarantee a
maximum bearing temperature of 100C at full load and
rated MCS for both the high-speed (170 mm) and low-speed
(200 mm) shafts. The specified oil conditions were: ISO VG32
oil, an oil inlet temperature of 60C and an oil inlet pressure
of 1.7 bar.
The UltraCool type bearings used for this application are generally used at journal velocities up to 95 m/s and specific loads
up to 4 MPa. Design calculations indicated that in this application the maximum bearing temperatures would be close to the
limit specified by the customer.
Voith Turbo BHS decided to use the test rig to confirm the
thermal performance of the bearings. The temperature probes
were positioned at 25 and 75% of the bearing width, in accordance with API 670. Voith Turbo BHS production bearings
are already drilled for temperature sensors at these positions.
For R&D purposes, however, it is possible to use extended test
setups with around 20 temperature probes. This gives a denser
map of the temperature distribution and a more complete picture of the thermal loading.
The bearing temperatures recorded from the test rig fell
within 2C of the corresponding measurements from the fully assembled gearbox, taken at both no-load and part-load
conditions. A
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EVENTS & Meetings

Gas/Electric Partnership
Conference
Houston, Texas, USA
+1 (713) 529-3216
www.gaselectricpartnership.com
22-25
mar
Asia Turbomachinery &

Pump Symposium
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
+1 (979) 845-7417
http://atps.tamu.edu
1-3
Middle East Electricity (M.E.E.)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
+971 4 407 2472
www.middleeastelectricity.com
6-10
Corrosion 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
+1 (281) 228-6200
www.nacecorrosion.org
9-10
22-23
GlobalCon
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
+1 (770) 279-4392
www.globalconevent.com
Cogen Europe Annual Conference

Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 772 8290
www.cogeneurope.eu
15-16
29-31
Power & Electricity World Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa
+27 11 516 4031
www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/
power-electricity-world-africa/
index.stm
20-23
Western Turbine Users

Conference
Palm Springs, California, USA
+1 (513) 604-8018
www.wtui.com
21-23
China International Offshore Oil

& Gas Exhibition
Beijing, China
+86 10 5823 6555
www.ciooe.com.cn/2016/en
apr
feb
3-4
13-15
Sea Japan
Tokyo, Japan
+81 3 5296 1020
www.seajapan.ne.jp
18-21
Shipping 2016
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
+1 (203) 406-0109 x3717
www.cmashipping2016.com
Electric Power
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
+1 (832) 242-1969
www.electricpowerexpo.com
EXHIBITION: APRIL 1820, 2016

CONFERENCE: APRIL 1821, 2016
Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA
www.electricpowerexpo.com
E X PE R IE N CE TH E POW ER
THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS.
THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS.
Thousands of power industry

professionals will converge in New
Orleans to connect with peers and
advance their knowledge on pressing
issues impacting power generation.
200+ knowledgeable suppliers in

power generation ready to discuss
the services and solutions they offer
to meet the needs of your plant.
THE RIGHT CONTENT.
THE RIGHT SHOW.
Over 60 educational sessions

programmed specifically for generating
companies, making ELECTRIC
POWER Where the Gencos Meet!
The 18th Annual ELECTRIC POWER

Conference + Exhibition returns to New
Orleans in 2016 to provide insight on
topics that matter and solutions to the
challenges that impact your plant.
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11-13
Eastern Gas Compression

Roundtable
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
+1 (412) 372-4301
www.egcr.org
Sensor+Test 2016
Nuremberg, Germany
+49 5033 9639-0
www.sensor-test.de
25-27
China International Marine,

Port & Shipbuilding Fair
Nanjing, China
+86 25 8452 1101
http://china-ship.com
Gulf South Rotating Machinery

Symposium
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
+1 (225) 578-4853
www.gsrms.org
25-29
may
10-12
7 AVL Large Engines TechDays

Graz, Austria
+43 316 787 1195
www.avl.com/large-enginestechdays
th
Hannover Messe
Hanover, Germany
+49 511 89-0
www.hannovermesse.de
2-5
Offshore Technology Conference

Houston, Texas, USA
+1 (972) 952-9494
www.otcnet.org
24-26
31-June 3
Energy Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon
+961 5 959 111
www.energy-lebanon.com
17-18
Offshore Arabia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
+971 4362 4717 x617
www.offshorearabia.ae
18-20
Power-Gen India & Central Asia

New Delhi, India
+44 1992 656 610
www.power-genindia.com
24-26
G-Power 2016
Shanghai, China
We
move
the
world
jun
19-20
6-10
CIMAC World Congress

Helsinki, Finland
+49 69 6603 1567
www.cimaccongress.com
6-10
Posidonia 2016
Athens, Greece
+30 210 428 3608
www.posidonia-events.com
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HIGH PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSION FOR ENERGY
Aggreko said there is a rise in

demand for load banks in regions
where the oil and gas industry
is witnessing continued growth,
such as the Persian Gulf and
throughout Africa.
Loading Up Worldwide
by Ian
Cameron
Demand growing steadily for load banks; data

center and oil-and-gas sectors lead the way
here is increasing demand for load

banks, especially in regions where the
oil and gas industry is growing.
Load banks enable companies and
organizations to test and confirm that
electrical power systems will meet the demands
placed on them.
According to load bank supplier Aggreko, a
key challenge is raising cross-industry awareness of the value of load bank testing and the
need for ensuring a reliable, efficient and consistent power source.
Routine testing of an existing power supply
helps to identify performance issues and ensure
it is in optimum condition. Regular tests check
that it continues to perform efficiently and to its
manufactured rating.
This is perhaps more crucial to an operation
in locations where extreme temperatures, alti-
tude and humidity contribute to significant de-rating, reducing reliability and

efficiency. Load bank testing can be a key component of an effective energy
strategy, particularly for vulnerable companies and sectors.
Aggreko said that whilst little has changed within the load bank industry, customer needs and demands continue to evolve. With the digital revolution, and
with more and more companies relying on a constant power supply, and with
grid capacity challenges a constant threat, all power and emergency power
sources should be considered.
Certain industry regulations, such as the National Health Service in the U.K.,
for example, call for routine testing of emergency power provisions, and some
critical applications have longer durations of testing in some cases up to 24
hours of continuous load testing is required, said James Smith, Aggreko area
service manager (United Arab Emirates).
This is also true for life-safety systems in tall buildings, such as fire lifts, sprinkler
systems and smoke-extract systems, and is often an insurance requirement.
We are seeing an increase in demand for load banks as the global datacenter industry continues to grow, particularly in North America, the U.K.
and Central Europe. This rising demand comes hand-in-hand with the rising
expectations of constant power quality. An inability to keep data safe and ac-
LOAD
banks
cessible at all times as a result of unreliability or inefficiency can prove detrimental to a companys bottom line and
reputation.
Data center load bank services test
the reliability, quality and capacity of
all power supplies, including generators, uninterruptible power supplies and
backup systems, all the way through
to the server power-distribution units.
Anything that allows for comprehensive
testing of both power and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems is
extremely important.
Data center services are the lifeblood
of the digital revolution and the power
and control systems that serve them are
mission-critical. Testing and retesting
is crucial to the integrity of an effective
and successful operation.
The company said there is also a rise in
demand in regions where the oil and gas
industry is witnessing continued growth,
such as the Persian Gulf and throughout
Africa. Load bank testing of FPSO vessels in particular is key to mitigating the
risk of disruptions and maintaining high
production levels, in turn protecting the
efficiency of an operation. This process
plays a huge role in both reducing and
avoiding unnecessary costs whilst tight
profit margins continue to be a challenge, said Aggreko.
Growth in the renewables sector is
also creating demand for load bank
testing, Smith said. For example, we
provided turnkey load bank services
for Dobrev Energias wind farm in Brazil
prior to its connection to the local grid.
The load banks had a total capacity of
3.3 MVA, which enabled them to effectively simulate the load generated by
the wind farm and prove that it was fully
operational and therefore ready to connect to the grid network.
Aggreko works in partnership with
customers to provide the hire, installation and operation of load bank systems
from 50 kVA up to multimegawatt packages as well as low voltage and up to
132 kV. The companys data center load
banks also work with battery- or UPSbased systems. A
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The new Pointe Jarry diesel engine power plant on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe
is the latest of four island power plants that MAN Diesel & Turbo completed for the
French energy provider EDF PEI.
Island Power
by Roberta
Prandi
MAN diesel engines power new 210 MW plant in the Caribbean
AN Diesel & Turbo inaugurated the Pointe Jarry

diesel engine power plant
on the French territory
island of Guadeloupe in
June. Construction began in September
2012 on this fourth island power plant
for EDF Production Energtique Insulaire
(EDF PEI), the subsidiary of lectricit de
France responsible for Corsica and overseas departments.
The plant is composed of 12 MAN
18V48/60 engines with a total capacity
of around 210 MW, and is the last of four
island power plants MAN Diesel & Turbo
completed for the EDF PEI since 2008.
Pointe Jarry concludes a longstanding and successful partnership
for which we would like to thank MAN,
said Jean-Michel Lebeau, president of
EDF PEI. The people on Guadeloupe
are getting a ... power plant that cuts

fuel consumption by 15% and nitrogen
oxide emissions by 85%.
The new power plant replaces the
30-year-old Jarry Nord, which was powered by eight MAN Pielstick diesel engines with 19 MW power output each.
In operation since 1983, the old plant
was decommissioned and replaced with
the new facility that is intended to cover
around 45% of the islands energy needs.
Dr. Hermann Krger, senior vice president at MAN Diesel & Turbo and head of
the Power Plants business unit, said the
rest of Guadeloupes power needs are
covered by a steam turbine plant fired
by sugarcane residue, another MAN diesel power plant with four engines and
some windmills.
The new plant achieves a technical and
environmental standard that is seldom
seen in the field of diesel power stations,

Krger said. SCR catalytic converter technology and urea injection deliver significantly reduced emissions, while the dedicated seawater desalination plant allows
for 700 000 tonnes of valuable drinking
water to be saved every year.
The seawater desalination plant was
also within MANs scope of supply and
was built together with the new power
plant. It supplies industrial water for the
power plant use via reverse osmosis.
The new power plant established a record performance in May, the company
said. It produced 85.9 GWh, more electricity in one month than any of the customers other island power plants.
Prior to Pointe Jarry, MAN Diesel & Turbo commissioned plants on La Runion
(Port-Est), Corsica (Haute Corse) and
Martinique (Bellefontaine). All base-load
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generation
power plants, the four are equipped with

MAN 18V48/60 engines, each engine
supplying 18.5 MW of electric power.
The island of Guadeloupe is a domain autre mer (DOM, that is an overseas department of France, therefore
it is subjected to emissions standards
in the European Union), said Dieter
Kunkel, senior project manager, power
plants at MAN Diesel & Turbo. Like the
other three EDF plants, Pointe Jarry is
equipped with the latest technology
in SCR exhaust aftertreatment and flue
gas cleaning.
MAN Diesel & Turbo headed the
project as consortium leader and was
responsible for the plant mechanical
construction and for commissioning,
including all studies and documentation for building permit by the authorities to the customer.
Kunkel said the project was logistically
challenging. Guadaloupe has an almost
tropical climate, and the island lacks in
infrastructure with infrequent ship and
flight connections, he said. Our engines
do not need special features to cope
with the tropical weather, but the location itself had very demanding specifications. We profited from the lessons
learned with the previous projects and
capitalized on the advantage of using
the same suppliers and the same commissioning teams.
For example, the very narrow building site posed challenges in the layout, in the storage of materials, and
made civil, mechanical and electrical
working in parallel quite demanding.
At its busiest peak, in April 2014, the
building site accommodated 800 people working together.
Kunkel said that the narrowness of
the site required that the large tanks
for fuel and firefighting water be built
in Europe and shipped to the island by
sea. The biggest tank for 1200 tonnes of
fuel is 18 m high and 12 m in diameter.
Diesel and heavy fuel oil is shipped
from refineries in Europe or other places to Guadaloupe by ship and needs
adequate storing capacity.
Guadeloupe required also a lot of re-
The powerhouse of the new Pointe Jarry power plant features 12 MAN
18-cylinder 48/60 engines with a total capacity of around 210 MW. The
plant is expected to cover about 45% of Guadeloupes energy needs.
dundancies to cope with EUs Health,

Safety and Environmental requirements,
Kunkel said. Safety standards for hurricanes and earthquakes are very high here.
The fact that all four island power
plants have the same configuration
with different layouts was a significant
advantage in the construction and commissioning phase, Kunkel said. All auxiliary systems are the same, too, and we
used the same systems suppliers, he said.

Krger said EDF PEI initially chose the
18V48/60 engine for its efficiency and
reliability. MAN Diesel & Turbo said it
would provide complete maintenance
services for the Guadeloupe plant from
Europe. The company said there are
plans to provide local support to customers, which means setting up a service hub in the Caribbean. A
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power generation project it feels merits special
attention due to advances in one or more of the
following: efficiency increase, environmental
aesthetics, operation characteristics, emissions
improvements and construction principles. The
coverage is limited to plants commissioned
during the 2015 calendar year.
This longstanding tradition has become a
popular feature. This years edition once again
highlights several noteworthy projects. Enjoy.
Ansaldo Energia
With 340 MWe output, the Dedisa Peaking Power

Plant will sell the generated power to South Africas
state-owned utility Eskom Holdings.
Ansaldo Energia will maintain the full efficiency of all rotating equipment and relative auxiliaries, guaranteeing maximum
availability for a minimum duration of 15 years or at least until
October 2030.
Caterpillar Power Solutions

Beckton And Crossness Sewage Treatment Works
London, U.K.
Beckton and Crossness Sewage Treatment Works are two of

Europes largest waste treatment plants. Located just a few kilometers apart, on either side of the River Thames in London,
U.K., the neighboring plants have undergone major upgrades
continued on page 16
Dedisa Peaking Power Plant

Port Elizabeth, Republic Of South Africa
Dedisa Peaking Power Ltd., the project company led by ENGIE

Group, officially started commercial operation of Dedisa Peaking Power Plant (DPPP) on Sept. 30.
ENGIE Group is the new name of GDF Suez group, a global energy player with operations in three sectors: electricity, natural
gas and energy services.
DPPP is an open-cycle gas turbine plant rated 340 MWe, located in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape province of the Republic of South Africa.
The plant was built on an EPC contract basis by a consortium
between Ansaldo Energia (as leader) and Fata. Ansaldo Energias scope of work included the supply of two model AE94.2A
gas turbine generator sets fueled with diesel oil, the plants distributed control system, civil works and the relevant mechanical and electrical works.
The construction of DPPP began in September 2013 and was
completed in advance of the contract deadline. The facility is
the first large-scale independent power project in South Africa to be originated by the countrys Department of Energy,
Ansaldo Energia said.
The power generated will be sold by Dedisa Peaking Power to
South Africas state-owned utility, Eskom Holdings, under the
terms of a 15-year power purchase agreement.
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The MWM CHP units, fed with the biogas produced at the THP,
were each containerized at Edinas manufacturing facility based
in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. A specific requirement of the sites
due to electrical fault levels was to have high impedance HV
alternators. The packaged plant gen-sets were accompanied
with standardized peripheral equipment and a containerized
set with the lowest whole life cost of ownership, Caterpillar
Power Solutions said.
Dresser-Rand
Containerized MWM TCG 2020 V20 gen-set by
Caterpillar Energy Solutions is delivered to the
Beckton and Crossness Sewage Treatment Works,
in London, U.K.
as part of Thames Waters development strategy to maintain

and improve services.
Thames Water appointed Tamesis (a joint venture of Imtech
Process and Laing ORourke) with a 300 million contract to coordinate projects at both sites.
Thames Waters aim was to expand the sewage treatment
works in anticipation of increased population and to treat the
waste to a higher standard, while also preventing sewage overflow into the River Thames.
Beckton Sewage Treatment Works serves 3.5 million people.
The improvements will enable the site to treat 60% more flow
than it does now and allows for a 10% population increase until
2021. The increase will enable it to fully treat increased flows
during heavy rainfall, and treat additional storm flows from the
Lee Tunnel.
Currently serving 2 million Londoners, the improvements
made at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works will enable the
site to treat 44% more sewage than it does now, significantly
reducing the amount of storm sewage that overflows into the
River Thames during heavy rainfall when the site becomes
overloaded.
The project includes the installation of improved anaerobic
digestion of sewage sludge on site that will include a thermal
hydrolysis plant (THP).
The THP, an industrial-scale pressure cooker, heats sewage
sludge to around 160C to improve the organic material breakdown. After the THP, the sludge is digested where it can produce
up to 50% more biogas, which is used to generate renewable
power in the combined heat and power (CHP) generators supplied by Edina Group, U.K.s power generation specialist.
With an output of 2 MWe, the MWM TCG 2020 V20 gen-set by
Caterpillar Energy Solutions was chosen for its high electrical efficiency, which, when combined with an inclusive maintenance
contract provides the client with a low life-cycle operating cost.
The scope of supply included the installation of three MWM engines at both sites, totaling 12 MWe of power generation. The
plant was delivered and commissioned in January 2015.
Pil Andina S.A. Dairy Farm

Santa Cruz, Bolivia
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas

Division, delivered some waste-to-power solutions to Bolivian
dairy farms.
The company explained that dairy production in the tropics
is difficult, as most productive dairy breeds do not tolerate the
heat. Those breeds that are well adapted to the tropics do not
produce much milk. However, the climate in the Santa Cruz
region, where Bolivian dairy farms are highly concentrated, is
suited to the highest producing dairy breeds.
Pil Andina S.A. is a leader in the Bolivian dairy food market,
with three production facilities for various dairy products. As
with all dairies, Pil Andina uses a lot of electricity in the production process for its milking machinery, refrigeration, storage
and intensive milk processing procedures.
Dresser-Rand said that energy efficiency, reduced energy
costs and minimal greenhouse emissions are important to the
Bolivian dairy industry and dairy firms have begun to embrace
renewable energy technologies.
Pil Andina turned to the Dresser-Rand business through its local distributor, Gas & Electricidad, to deliver the essential power
equipment needed to cover the entire power needs of its Santa
The 6.3 MW power plant of the dairy farm

by Pil Andina in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is based
on Guascor gen-sets burning biogas.
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of the world
Cruz dairy. The project, spearheaded by the local gas and electric company, consisted of two stages.
First, the company installed five Guascor SFGM560 gensets, with a total output of 5 MW. In stage two, three Guascor
FGLD180 gen-sets and a Guascor SFGL240 gen-set were installed, bringing the total output to 6.3 MW. This output meets
all of the power requirements of the Santa Cruz dairy plant.
The gen-sets can work in continuous duty of approximately
8000 hours per year, with scheduled interventions to replace
some parts and change the oil, Dresser-Rand said. The company said that it has optimized these operations during downtime, making it easy to maintain the equipment.
By producing energy and heat using its own raw material (cow
manure) and not having to purchase electricity for the manufacturing process, Pil Andina was able to lower its operating costs.
When manure decomposes without oxygen in anaerobic conditions, such as in many farms, methane and nitrous oxide (biogas) is produced and released into the atmosphere. However,
when this biogas is burned, it reacts to the oxygen, uses up the
gases and prevents them from rising into the atmosphere.
GEs Distributed Power Business
energy transition program and to stabilize the regional

grid. HanseWerk Natur GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary
of HanseWerk AG, invested 6.8 million in the facility, which is
powered by one of GEs Jenbacher J920 FleXtra gas engines.
The facility can generate over 76 million kWh of electricity as
well as up to 80 million kWh of heat annually. The centerpiece
of the plant is the J920 FleXtra gas engine. Using a design in
which the waste heat of the engine is fed back into the heat
circulation for efficient use, the plants overall efficiency can be
increased to over 95%, the company said. This allows CO2 emissions to be cut by approximately 60% compared to generating
power and heat separately. This amounts to an annual reduction of more than 9979 tonnes of CO2.
MAN Diesel & Turbo

Moa Power Plant
Moa, Cuba
The 184 MW power plant in Moa, Cuba, was inaugurated in

the spring. This is one of the largest projects designed and
commissioned by MAN Diesel & Turbo in the Caribbean region,
the company said.
Hamburg Metropolitan Region CHP Plant

Stapelfeld, Germany
In November, Hamburgs Senator for Environment and Energy, Jens Kerstan, inaugurated a nearly 10 MW combined heat
and power plant in the northern Germany town of Stapelfeld,
making it the largest such project in the multistate Hamburg
metropolitan region, according to GE. Owned by HanseWerk
Natur GmbH, the facility is producing power for 21 500 households and heat for 6000 average single-family homes.
The new gas-fueled CHP plant is helping HanseWerk Natur support the environmental priorities of the countrys Energiewende
Powered by GEs Jenbacher J920 FleXtra gas engine, the 10 MW combined heat and power plant in
Stapelfeld is the largest such project in Germanys
multistate Hamburg metropolitan region.
The Moa power plant in Cuba uses 10 gen-sets

powered by MAN 18V 48/60B engines rated at
18.4 MW each, which run parallel to the grid in
base-load mode.
Located at about 600 m from the sea coast near Moa city,
about 900 km southeast of Havana, the plant will supply approximately 270 000 Cuban households with electricity. Moa is
an industrial city with many open nickel mines.
Energoimport, the Cuban agency responsible for the procurement and importation of all electricity-related components
and services, owns the power plant.
MAN Diesel & Turbo supplied basic and detail engineering,
procurement of all equipment, and supervision of installation and commissioning for the construction of the new
generating station. It uses 10 gen-sets powered by MAN 18V

48/60B engines rated at 18.4 MW each and will run parallel
to the grid in base-load mode under normal operation. MAN
Diesel & Turbo also supplied the fire detection and firefighting
as well as the air conditioning system, electrical equipment
and control system.
The Moa plant runs on heavy fuel oils (HFO) supplied through
barges to two bulk tanks located at the citys port, which is 12 km
from the power plant. HFO is then transferred through a pipeline
to the power plant tank farm. In this plant, two cooling towers
per engine and heat exchangers are used for engine cooling.
Rolls-Royce Power Systems Bergen Engines

Combined Heat And Power Plant
Tabor/Sezimovo st, Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic, a combined heat and power (CHP)

plant designed to provide grid support officially went into operation at the beginning of January.
tomers for their technological needs. The power plant can also be
used for district heating by utilizing hot water from the engines.
RRPS said that its medium-speed engines enable C-Energy to
operate the plant efficiently, both in terms of cost and time. The
engines quick-start capability means the engines can ramp up to
a rated speed of 750 r/min within five minutes, giving the plant
access to the amount of power and heat needed within a short
time. The plant has also been certified to provide grid-balancing
services, due to the stable operation of the engines and their ability to quickly respond to changes in grid parameters.
Additionally C-Energy and Bergen Engines signed a two-year
service agreement that covers scheduled maintenance, spare
parts and technical support. The four gas engines were handed over to PSG in November 2014, and a series of certification
procedures was completed before the plant officially went into
operation at the beginning of January.
Rolls-Royce Power Systems MTU Onsite Energy

Emergency Gen-Set For Water Supplier
berlingen (Lake Constance), Germany
In June, the Lake Constance Water Supply Authority started up

the new emergency standby gen-set from MTU Onsite Energy,
which extends the capacity of the existing emergency power
supply system and ensures that the supply of drinking water to
4 million people in Baden-Wrttemberg is safeguarded, even in
the event of a power outage.
The engine room of the 37-MW CHP plant in

Tabor/Sezimovo st, Czech Republic.
Based on four 20-cylinder Rolls-Royce engines, the plant

generates a total of 37 MW of heat and power for the town
of Tabor/Sezimovo st, roughly 100 km southeast of Prague,
the capital. The medium-speed type B35:40 gas engines were
supplied by Bergen Engines, which is part of Rolls-Royce
Power Systems (RRPS).
RRPS said that this is the first natural gas power plant based
on medium-speed gas engines in the region to go into operation supplying heat and power to the local grid. Until now, coalfired plants predominantly generated electricity and heat in
the region. The new plant was designed and built by the Czech
prime contractor PSG International.
The CHP plants medium-speed engines are flexibly designed for
different operating modes. They can be used to generate baseload or peak power or can operate in combined cycle. The heat
from the engines can be used to generate steam in the heat recovery steam generators. The steam is supplied to industrial cusDiesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide
With a 6500 kW mechanical output, the new

TB34 gen-set by MTU Onsite Energy is the most
powerful MTU emergency backup gen-set
ever built. It went into operation at the Lake
Constance Water Supply Authority.
With around 1700 km of pipeline and a water delivery of

125 million m3 to consumers each year, the Lake Constance
Water Supply Authority is the largest in Germany.
With a mechanical output of 6500 kW, the new generator is
the most powerful MTU emergency backup gen-set Rolls-
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of the world
Royce has ever built, the company said. The MTU and MTU Onsite Energy brands are part of RRPS.
The new TB34 emergency backup gen-set purchased by the
Lake Constance Water Supply Authority is based on a highspeed, 20-cylinder Series 956 diesel engine from MTU. The power output of this new TB34 type gen-set, which has gone into
service with the Lake Constance Water Supply Authority for the
first time, is almost 5% higher than that of the preceding TB33
generation, RRPS said. The engine has a mechanical output of
6500 kW at 1500 r/min (50 Hz), which is converted by the generator into a rated output of 7800 kVA.
MTU is scheduled to deliver the next 10 gen-sets of this type
in 2016 and 2017 to Ostrovets 1 and 2 the Belarusian nuclear
power plant for the emergency power supply system there.
Besides the engine and the generator, MTU has also supplied
numerous components for the emergency power supply system, which fills three stories of a new building at the Lake Constance Water Supply Authority and includes the ventilation and
flue gas system, air intake system, fuel supply, engine cooling
system, compressed air chamber and switchgear. The charge
air and engine of the new gen-set are cooled using water taken
from Lake Constance. The water is pumped from a depth of 60 m
and has a maximum temperature of 8C, which is ideal for
cooling purposes.
To provide a reliable supply of drinking water to the 320 towns
and villages throughout Baden-Wrttemberg in the event of a
power outage, the Lake Constance Water Supply Authority has
operated an emergency power supply system consisting of
two MTU gen-sets since 1986. The new gen-set will increase the
power output from 8.8 to 15.3 MW. When all of the three gensets are in operation, it will be possible to increase the delivery
volume of untreated water to 3000 L/sec.
Park, the natural-gas-fired power plant will have a gross installed electrical capacity of 758 MW. Together with the Panda
Temple 1 and Sherman combined-cycle power plants in Texas
all three plants can continuously supply the power needs of up
to 2.25 million homes in one of the fastest growing regions of
the United States.
The multishaft Temple 2 combined-cycle plant is equipped
with Siemens Flex-Plant 30 technology that can begin power
generation within 10 minutes of startup, and full base-load
power production in less than one hour, the company said.
The adjacent Panda Temple Power 1 plant was the first natural gas-fired, multishaft Flex-Plant in commercial operation in
Texas. Together, the two power stations deliver 1516 MW power
and share common facilities, laterals and operations. The two
facilities are supplied with natural gas from Texas suppliers.
Siemens Power and Gas
The Temple site is strategically located to meet electricity demand in the Texas Triangle, a 155 399 km2 area bordered by
Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston four of the fastestgrowing metropolitan areas in the US and home to 75% of
the states population.
Ural Turbine Works

Combined Heat And Power Plant CHPP-4
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ural Turbine Works, part of ROTEC Holding, put a new 123 MW

combined heat and power plant, CCHP-4, into operation in
March at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Ural Turbine Works said this was the largest project in the
post-Soviet period implemented by Russian contractors for the
power industry of Mongolia.
Ural Turbine Works acted as a supplier and general contractor for construction of the new power unit. Several Russian and
Mongolian companies took part in the construction.
The new power unit in Ulaanbaatar was equipped with a
Panda Temple 2 CCPP At The Synergy Industrial Park

Temple, Texas, USA
For the Panda Temple 2 Power Project in Texas, Siemens supplied the power island equipment, including two SGT6-5000F
gas turbines, one SST6-5000 steam turbine, two SGen6-1000A
generators, one SGen6-2000H generator, the SPPA-T3000 instrumentation and control system as well as two Benson heavy
duct-fired heat recovery steam generators manufactured by
NEM. A long-term service agreement has also been signed for
the main generation components.
This is the third order designated to Siemens by Panda Power
Funds, following the Temple 1 and Sherman Power Projects.
Bechtel, a partner of Siemens, was responsible for the engineering and procurement for the balance of the plant, and
the installation, construction and commissioning of the facility. Commissioning of the power plant was three months
ahead of schedule.
Located adjacent to Panda Temple 1 at the Synergy Industrial
The 758-MW Panda Temple 2 combined-cycle

power plant in Texas, USA, features two Siemens
SGT6-5000F gas turbines and one Siemens
SST6-5000 steam turbine.
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of the world
The latest development of Ural Turbine Works, the

-120/130-130-8 steam turbine, was installed
in the Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, combined heat and
power plant CHPP-4.
steam turbine -120/130-130-8, the newest development

of Ural Turbine Works, designed on the platform of model
-100. This turbine embodies the whole range of advanced
design and technological solutions available, said Ural Turbine
Works. Following the results of computer modeling of the wet
steam flow, the decision was made to modify the guiding ribs
system in the exhaust casing. Modification of the guiding ribs
allowed reducing losses for working medium exhaust velocity
and obtaining the growth of the exhaust casing operating efficiency in a wide range of operating modes.
In addition, the -120/130-130-8 steam turbine is equipped
with a control and protection system that uses microprocessorbased control technology. The company said the service life of
the turbine is designed to be 40 years.
Ulaanbaatar CHPP-4 is the largest energy generating plant
in Mongolia, Ural Turbine Works said. After commissioning of
the new turbine unit, the installed electric power of the plant
(with steam extraction for central heating) has been increased
by 20%, from 570 to 703 MW (the maximum capacity from 660
to 790 MW). Installed heat energy generation for consumers of
Ulaanbaatar has also been significantly increased.
Ural Turbine Works said the new plant increases Mongolias
total power system capacity by 13.2%, enough to meet growing power demands until 2018, according to an assessment by
Dashzeveg Zorigt, Ministry of Energy of Mongolia.
multifuel engines. It is mainly used for peaking operation. In

Jordan, the daily electricity demand peaks of up to 2 GW are a
challenge to the stability of the power system.
Wrtsil reported that, according to the data by the Jordanian
grid operator NEPCO, the impact of IPP3 and its sister plant
IPP4 a 250 MW engine plant also supplied by Wrtsil
is remarkable. Since starting operation, the plants have captured the daily demand peaks. While doing so, they have released the large gas turbine power plants in the grid from this
load-following task. As a result, the gas turbines now produce
steady base-load, instead of ramping output up and down,
and operate much more efficiently.
This system-optimizing effect is possible due to the inherent
operational flexibility of the internal combustion engines. The
engines can be operated independently, and they are capable
of following the load very precisely by starting to full load very
fast, and ramping power up and down continuously without
impact on maintenance.
According to Amman Asia Electric Power Co. (AAEPC), the
owner of IPP3, the plant can start from zero to full 573 MW
power in seven minutes. Typically, for peaking operation, the
engines stop in the night and start in the morning.
As fuel supply is unstable in Jordan, fuel flexibility was crucial
in planning the IPP3 project. As a result, IPP3 can run on three
different fuels: heavy fuel oil, light fuel oil and natural gas. Fuels
can be changed on the fly without downtime.
By design, output is the same regardless of the fuel. AAEPC
plans to switch from liquid fuels to natural gas in 2016 when
liquefied natural gas (LNG) becomes available. This will reduce
various emissions significantly. The environmental benefits of
IPP3 include close-to-zero water consumption, which is highly
appreciated in the extremely dry region.
Wrtsil supplied the plant in full turnkey delivery, on fasttrack basis. The first 16 engines were installed in just 16
months and the whole 38-engine plant was up and running
in 24 months.
The IPP3 combustion engine power
plant in Jordan has a capacity of 573
MW with 38 fast-starting Wrtsil
50DF multifuel engines.
Wrtsil
IPP3 Power Plant
Jordan
IPP3 in Jordan is the largest internal combustion engine power plant in the world, said Wrtsil, with a capacity of 573 MW
(632 MW in ISO conditions).
The Smart Power Generation plant supplied by Wrtsil was
inaugurated in April. The plant, recognized by Guinness World
Records for its size, comprises 38 fast-starting Wrtsil 50DF
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generation
First Enhanced Steam Path (ESP)

Upgrade For D-11 Steam Turbine
Upgrade enabled a 26 MW output improvement
n December, GE completed its first enhanced steam path

(ESP) upgrade on a D-11 steam turbine at the Rhode Island
State Energy Center (RISE) in Johnson, Rhode Island, USA.
The move increased the turbines efficiency by 1% (projected) and created the potential to improve the sites average
electrical revenue by more than US$4 million a year over the
next five years. The station was acquired by The Carlyle Group
from Entergy Corp. in 2015.
The upgrade at the natural gas-powered, combined-cycle
plant enabled a 26 MW output improvement, increasing the
plants capacity to 609 MW, up from the sites original 583 MW.
An ongoing vibration issue with a steam turbine led RISE to
consult with GE for a solution. Initially, RISE noted the issue,
which limited the turbines load under certain conditions,
through GE Mark V control screens. The planning process began nearly two years prior to a major inspection in 2015.
With a turbine rotor replacement being one of the options,
GEs design engineers developed an ESP solution with enhanced performance to help offset the cost to the operator. For
the project, GE performed a complete steam path replacement
of the HP/IP section of the turbine.
According to GE, RISE reduced risk and improved reliability by
choosing the new ESP turbine rotor. Having a new major component also will improve efficiency, capacity and revenue due
to the parts output capability, the company said.
The performance improvements also support regional grid operator ISO New Englands short-term need for additional power
at a pivotal time, with several plant retirements forthcoming.
The equipment for the rotor replacement was manufactured
at GEs facility in Bangor, Maine, USA. RISEs D-11 unit with the
ESP upgrade is part of the global fleet of D-11 steam turbines
monitored by GEs remote Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D)
Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
In March, GE is scheduled to perform a similar ESP upgrade on
the D-11 steam turbine at a cogeneration facility in Tupman,
California, USA, operated by Elk Hills Power LLC.
According to GE, the payback period for both sites is estimated between two to three years.
These two projects are great examples of how GEs advanced
upgrades for steam turbines are cost-effective and increase
efficiency, said Paul McElhinney, president and CEO of GEs
Power Services business. GE has a fleet of approximately 200
GE completed its first enhanced steam path (ESP)

upgrade on a D-11 steam turbine at the Rhode
Island State Energy Center in Johnson, Rhode
Island, USA.
D-11 steam turbines throughout the world, and our current ESP
offering can be applied to 60 Hz units to help our customers
improve long-term reliability, availability and performance in
the competitive markets that exist globally. A
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HIGHLIGHTS
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
Over 200 lectures and papers
EXHIBITION
Presentation of new technologies
and products
NETWORKING
More than 1,000 international experts
TECHNICAL TOURS
Visits to local industry
SOCIAL EVENTS
Ofcial Reception and Gala Dinner
Learn more about the 28th CIMAC World Congress!

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ESCO Mongoose Millhog Battery

Powered Beveling Tool is a selfcentering I.D. clamping right angle
drive tool that can bevel, face and
bore simultaneously. It can also be
supplied with a cutter head for membrane and overlay removal. It is offered with a 6.2 Ah, 18 V rechargeable battery, allowing up to one hour
of operation.
Providing chatter-free operation without cutting oils, this portable tool uses
TiN coated cutter blades with a radical
chip breaker to direct heat away from
the tube surface.
Flowmeters by KRAL are used for

lubricating liquids, especially in the
field of precision metering for industrial applications. The company
explained that in these products,
sensors limit the maximum operating temperature while the flow volume and direction are registered by
means of spindle rotation.
Within its Volumeter range of flowmeters, the company has launched
the OMP series with high temperature
sensors for up to 200C, as an economically attractive solution together
with the standard flowmeter model
for temperatures of up to 125C.
For applications requiring up to
250C, the company offers its OMG
series. KRAL Volumeter delivers precision of 0.1% of the measuring value.
www.kral.at
ESCO Tool has introduced a batterypowered tube-beveling tool. The
www.escotool.com
EXHAUST GAS HEATING SYSTEM
Alliance Sensors Group has introduction the SS-7 series LVIT (linear variable inductive transducer) designed
for subsea environments and the
demands of oil and gas exploration.
The SS-7 series can be submerged to
a depth of 3000 m or installed in a
pressure-balanced, oil-filled chamber
to provide position feedback on blowout preventers, ROVs and relief valves.
SS-7 sensors are based on contactless LVIT inductive sensing technology that employs a solid probe construction style, which requires only a
simple conductive tubular target or
a small-diameter, gun-drilled hole in
the cylinder rod for operation rather
than needing a permanent magnet ring
or some other type of special target.
The SS-7 series can withstand intense
shock and vibration, and operating
temperatures up to 105C with the
extended-range option. The 25.4 mm
diameter sensor head mounts with
a common male O-ring SAE-8 port

threads, the company said.
www.alliancesensors.com
FLOWMETERS
GE is set to enter the cloud services

market with Predix Cloud, a platform designed for industrial data
and analytics. This platform-as-aservice will capture and analyze the
volume, velocity and variety of machine data within a cloud environment, the company said.
Predix Cloud will deliver tools like
asset connectivity, machine data
support and industrial-grade security and compliance, GE said.
The cloud platform is purpose-built
from the ground up, but it will also
run on other cloud fabrics if required
by a customer. Predix Cloud uses Pivotals Cloud Foundry to help with application development, deployment
and operations.
www.gesoftware.com/predix
TUBE BEVELER
INDUCTIVE LINEAR SENSORS
CLOUD PLATFORM
FEATURED PRODUCTS
Watlow, which designs and manufactures complete thermal systems,

has introduced its new ECO-HEAT
exhaust gas heating system that
functions as an internal load bank in
medium stationary and mobile diesel
generator applications. Incorporating
ECO-HEAT into a diesel generators aftertreatment system helps eliminate
problems encountered under low
generator load conditions.
ECO-HEAT is designed to be installed
in the exhaust pipe and provides heat
directly where it is needed within the
aftertreatment system. Using electricity from the generator, it has the
dual effect of increasing exhaust gas
temperatures by both increasing load
on the diesel engine and heating the
exhaust directly. If generator load demand increases, the ECO-HEAT system gradually reduces its load and
thermal output, and shuts off as soon
as exhaust gas temperatures reach acceptable levels.
www.watlow.com
RAIL
technology
Among the HVAC systems for rail applications

by Knorr-Bremse are models that can constantly
adapt the intake of fresh air to the actual
number of passengers onboard.
Train To Climate Change
Knorr-Bremse presented climate-friendly technology for railway applications
norr-Bremse, a German manufacturer of braking

systems for rail and commercial vehicles, showcased several products for climate-compatible rail
technology at the United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Paris.
The products include the driver-assistance system iCOM
Assist that helps drivers operate trains efficiently. The driverassistance system computes an energy-optimized run and
makes appropriate recommendations to the driver based on its
knowledge of the track topography, the composition of the train
and its scheduling, Knorr-Bremse said. This enables the absolute
energy consumption to be reduced substantially.
The companys energy-saving portfolio also includes modern heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
from Merak and Sigma, subsidiaries of Knorr-Bremse. Thanks
to control engineering, these systems constantly adapt the
intake of fresh air to the actual number of passengers. KnorrBremse explained that if there are not many passengers on
board, the system cuts its fresh-air intake, thereby reducing
the volume of air to be heated or cooled. As a result, the energy consumption of the HVAC system is reduced without any
loss of comfort for the passengers.
Ideal energy distribution within the train is handled by auxiliary power converters from Knorr-Bremse, which, owing to the
use of innovative materials, are highly efficient, light and compact, the company said.
Finally, the energy-metering system iCOM Meter registers and
records the actual energy consumption of the train in real time.
On the one hand, this enables the railway operators to precisely
check their electricity bills. And on the other hand, operators can
use this data to identify further potential for saving energy. A
The Forgotten
Essentials
Renk-Maags turbo gearboxes, clutches,
couplings, play key role in high-torque,
high-speed applications
by Roberta
Prandi
Within the range of parallel shaft turbo gearboxes,

the G family types are designed for generator,
compressor and pump drive applications.
ore often than admitted, the primary products of Renk-Maag turbo gearboxes,
clutches and couplings are the ones that
are easily forgotten.
Thats not a surprise to Michael Hartung,
the companys head of sales, marketing and commercial
project management. These products rarely see the spotlight, but they are essential to keeping their respective
machines running.
The robustness and longevity of our products is very well
known among our customers, who see the reliability of our
units as a key asset, Hartung said. It is crucial, though, to
maintain the units correctly and to follow some basic recommendations. To this extent, Renk-Maag offers a capillary
maintenance and support service worldwide.
Based in Winterthur, Switzerland, Renk-Maags portfolio
includes a number of turbo gearbox families, such as the
parallel shaft gearbox variants, all of which fall under the
G-type name G, GD, GX, GS/GN and GB. The parallel shaft
gearbox is designed for applications in generator, compressor
and pump drive markets, with a power range up to 180 MW
and speeds up to 63 000 r/min, Hartung said.
Among the range of parallel shaft gearboxes, the G families stand for single-helical toothing (G), double-helical
toothing (GD), single-helical gear with thrust collar (GX) and
for integrally geared compressors (multicom type GMX).
According to Renk-Maag, these gearboxes feature an
optimized distance between shafts and optimized tooth
width with adjustable bearing for an ideal tooth-contact
pattern. The gear teeth are subjected to longitudinal and
profile grinding, following Renk-Maag grinding procedures to ensure the compensation of deformation. The
company said this allows the tooth-contact pattern to be
optimized under load.
Renk-Maag has also established itself as a designer and
manufacturer of vacuum gearboxes in the 15 to 120 MW
range since 1996, starting with the Maag brand.
The high-efficiency turbogear (HET) is the worlds most efficient gear in its class, the company said.
GEARBOXES
& drivelines
Double-helical toothing is a
characteristic of the GD type of
parallel-shaft gearboxes.
On a large, high-speed gearbox, the

efficiency can be pushed up to 99.4%,
Hartung said. Without the vacuum
technology, the same Renk-Maag gear
operates at 98.8% while most competitors turbogear efficiency is significantly lower.
Renk-Maag gearboxes can be supplied
with proprietary integrated synchronous clutches (freewheeling clutches),
which consist of a full line of products
available for power generation and marine applications, as well as for energy
recovery projects.
The range of the Renk-Maag synchronous clutch coupling is composed of
the following models: the MS, HS and
the shift-capable ZD, all with integrated
gear coupling.
The MS type allows for automatic
clutch engagement at any synchronous
speed and disengages automatically if
the speed of the driven machine overruns that of the driver or the torque becomes negative.
The HS clutch type has a similar synchronizing mechanism as the MS type,
but with a hydraulic system for engagement. Instead of main helical toothing,
the HS has spur gear toothing, with the
synchronizing mechanism looking for a
clean tooth-to-gap position.
At that point, the clutch starts a screwlike motion and a small front-face toothing engages. The hydraulic system then
kicks in and completes the engagement
with two hydraulic cylinders pushing in
a pure axial shifting.
Once the clutch is engaged, the hydraulic system is unloaded and the clutch
works as a gear coupling able to transmit
full positive and negative torque without
disengaging. Disengagement is also carried out by the hydraulic system and can
be done at partial loads up to 10%.
The ZD clutch type has a similar hydraulic mechanism to the HS, but can only be
engaged at a standstill or disengaged at
low load. The complete disengagement
results in zero drag for the disconnected
running machines, the company said.
Bearing technology also plays an important role in the quality and durability
of components, Hartung said.
Renk-Maag turbo gearboxes usually utilize hydrodynamic slide bearings,
as those are the only type of bearing
that can withstand the high loads and
speeds our components are employed
with, he said.
In turbo gearboxes, a driving machines torque output is transmitted
by the gearbox to the driven machine.
This primarily generates tangential and
axial forces in the gear teeth, which are

known as tooth forces.
When a turbo generator train ramps
up, the gearbox bearings are constantly
exposed to loads that vary according
to the torque. The radial bearing at the
gear pinion is dimensioned according
to the maximum tooth forces prevailing
at full load. These tooth forces are up to
50 times greater than the weight of the
pinion, depending on the actual torque.
Materials and metallurgy also are important to ensure component quality.
In most high-performance gearboxes,
gear teeth are hardened and ground,
Hartung said. This process gives the
teeth the necessary surface hardness,
core hardness and precision in the
contact pitch.
Hartung added that case hardening
has two major advantages over nitrogen hardening, which produces similar surface hardness. One advantage
is case hardening can produce a layer
thicknesses of more than a millimeter,
while nitrogen hardening produces
less than 0.6 mm. Additionally, the use
of case hardening generates residual
compressive stresses in the tooth root,
which go towards compensating the
load in the root caused by tooth force
or tensile stresses. A
Wrtsil
Wrtsil has appointed Javier

Cavada Camino as president of Energy Solutions, executive vice president
and member of the board of management of Wrtsil Corp. In this position,
he is responsible for Wrtsils Energy
Solutions business globally, and will
report to President and CEO Jaakko Eskola. Camino joined Wrtsil in
2002 and has since held several key
management positions in production,
research and development, quality, operational development and business
operations. Until now, Camino has
the dual role of leading the services
business in South Europe and Africa,
as well as propulsion services globally.
The current head of Energy Solutions,
Rakesh Sarin, retires, having reached
his statutory retirement age earlier
this year, the company said.
Fortistar has appointed Mo Klefeker
as chief executive officer of its portfolio
company, Primary Energy Recycling.
Primary Energy Recycling helps industrial companies create value from
waste energy by building, owning and
A. Nathan
Scottish-headquartered gas turbine
service company Score Energy Ltd.,
has appointed two new sales managers in Kuala Lumpur. Ammai Nathan
and Mohd Firdaus Omar will take on
the roles of regional sales manager
APAC based out of the companys
Kuala Lumpur office. The pair will be
responsible for the sales, services
and support of its customers across
Asia Pacific.
M. F. Omar
Nathan started his career working in
the Royal Malaysian air force as an airframe/plant power technician before
carrying out courses at the Royal Australian AirForce in Air-Craft Structure.
He has also worked for firms such as
Malaysian Airlines/Pelangi Airways,
Sapura WoodGroup Synergy and
Kawasaki Gas Turbines.
Omar has worked with several energy companies in his career, including Advanced Power Solutions, Sime
Darby Industrial and Kawasaki Gas
Turbine Asia, starting his career as a
consultant electrical engineer and
taking on various roles, from project
Windrock
engineer to assistant sales manager.

Firdaus will deliver gas turbine solutions to the Asia Pacific region alongside Ammai.
Score Energy Ltd. is an aeroderivative and light industrial gas turbine
support company. The firm specializes in the inspection, overhaul, repair,
upgrade, modification, testing, supply
and leasing of gas turbines, fuel systems, accessories and auxiliaries.
E. Kelleher
Edward P. Kelleher has been named

Global Business Development Manager Diesel at Windrock Inc. Kelleher
will be leading the effort in developing
a global distribution network, growing
the Windrock business in the marine
industry and other diesel-related applications as well as continuing the
growth of the Windrock customer base
in nuclear, military, mining and power
generation. Kelleher has 29 years of experience in field engineering in naval,
nuclear and power generation industries, with 20 years of condition monitoring experience related to reciprocating engines and compressors in
various industries as well as more than
10 years in international sales and business development.
Chromalloy has named Brian Sartain as its vice president, Commercial
Aero & Military Strategic Business Unit
(SBU). Sartain, an aerospace executive
for more than 25 years, has held executive assignments in all aspects of
global business.
He previously worked at United Technologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS)
and Goodrich Aerospace, which were
acquired by United Technologies
Corp., where he worked for more than
20 years.
His most recent assignment was as
vice president, Business Development Sensors & Integrated Systems,
where he led strategic planning,
Chromalloy
J. Herzog
IMI Critical Engineering, a global

specialist in critical flow products, has
appointed Jrgen Herzog as managing director of its IMI Bopp & Reuther
business, which handles safety, control and shutoff valve technology.
Herzog, a nearly 30-year industry veteran, is tasked with further establishing the companys position in the process sector as well as in conventional
and nuclear power plants worldwide.
Herzog began his career as a design
engineer with Bopp & Reuther in 1987.
He then progressed to head of sales
for control valves in 2001. Since 2007,
he has been head of the power plant
business unit.
IMI acquired Bopp & Reuther at the
start of 2015 as part of the development of its valve offering.
Fortistar
operating waste heat to power and

combined heat and power plants at
their manufacturing locations.
Klefeker most recently served as
president and CEO of Denver, Colorado, USA-based Southwest Generation, which operates natural gasfired generating facilities in California,
New Mexico and Colorado, USA. Klefeker has worked in the independent
power and utility industry his entire
career, including 14 years with the
utility that serves Northwest Indiana,
where Primary Energy Recyclings
projects are located.
Score Energy
IMI Critical Engineering
NEWS MAKERS
mergers and acquisitions, and product line management.
AGTSI
Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Support

Inc. (AGTSI) has hired Miguel Mike
Trejo in a sales and customer support
role. Trejo is based in Arizona and will
assist with AGTSIs customers located
west of the corporate headquarters
in Florida.
Trejo previously worked 20 years
with a fuel nozzle manufacturer and
repair facility.
Rick Butler, AGTSIs quality director,
announced his retirement. He spent
nearly 10 years with the company.
Cogen Europe
Cogen Europe appointed Roberto

Francia as managing director. Francia takes over from Fiona Riddoch,
who led Cogen Europe from 2006 to
2015. Francia has been active in advocacy with European Union institutions
since 2004, working across energy
and climate topics and particularly on
electricity policy.
vibration team, Jonathon Baker joins as

sales and business development manager and Rob Swindell takes on the role
of R&D and technical authority.
These appointments bolster Wood
Groups integrity management capability by adding subsea vibration and
fatigue experience to its onshore expertise. This is the first step towards building a comprehensive vibration service
Products for the
Aircraft &
Power Industry
Himoinsa
Himoinsa named Daniel Crossan

project manager for Himoinsa Middle
East. His focus will be working on special projects being undertaken in the
Middle East and east Africa. In recent
years, the large projects undertaken
by Himoinsa Middle East have been
carried out mainly in Saudi Arabia
and the United Arab Emirates. Oman
is another emerging region and Qatar
is planning for the construction of significant infrastructures in time for the
World Cup in 2022
Wood Group
Wood Group has appointed three senior engineering specialists who will
lead a new team of up to 20 in the U.K.
to further build Wood Groups capability in vibration, dynamics and noise.
This follows the acquisition of BETA
Machinery Analysis, a Calgary, Alberta,
Canada-based engineering consultancy specializing in advanced vibration
analysis, and includes the opening of
a Southampton office in January 2016.
Mark Hutchinson has been named operations manager of Wood Groups U.K.
in the U.K., with plans to recruit up to 20

people over the next 12 months.
The U.K.-based team will be an extension of the BETA organization, which
operates under Wood Group Kenny and
is focused on the U.S., Canada, China
and Southeast Asia. Wood Group aims
to grow its vibration, dynamics and
noise specialist service line in other key
global locations.
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Marine
MAN DIESEL & TURBO
Doosan Engine said that the initial

start of an MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5
two-stroke engine took place during
October 2015 at its works in Korea; a
successful shop-test subsequently
followed. Rated at 76.8 MW, the engine is the largest and most powerful
engine from the MAN Diesel & Turbo
portfolio ever designed and built, the
company said.
The engine is the first in a series of
six, bound for six 19,160 teu container
ships ordered by Mediterranean Ship-
Power Generation
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
Industry News
PAS Technologies Inc., a provider

of OEM and maintenance, repair,
and overhaul products and services
for the industrial gas turbine and oil
and gas markets, has acquired
Bolton Aerospace.
Based in Manchester, Connecticut,
USA, Bolton Aerospace is a subtier
supplier of precision machined products. The company has more than 30
years of experience in manufacturing
aerospace engine parts.
PAS Technologies operates globally in five locations, including Kansas
City, Missouri, USA; Hillsboro, Ohio,
USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Singapore; and Romania. Bolton Aerospace
will become the newest PAS Technologies location.
Dolphin Energys gas compression

and processing plant, located at Ras
Laffan, Qatar. The project was the
worlds first Industrial Trent 60 gas
turbine mechanical drive installation,
the company said. The contract will be
managed locally through the Siemens
Qatar team both at Dolphin Energy
Tower in Doha and at the main operational site at Ras Laffan Industrial City.
Marine
A new standalone company has been

created out of the former Heat Exchanger division of the GEA Group
AG. Due to a change of ownership, the
German company is called Kelvion.
The other segments of the Heat Exchanger division will operate under
different names such as DencoHappel
(formerly Air Treatment), while the
Power Cooling Solutions business, as
of press time, had not been renamed.
KELVION
PAS TECHNOLOGIES
OIl & Gas
Industry News
The building will consolidate Ener-G

Rudoxs office space and provide additional space for manufacturing low
carbon and renewable technologies,
combined heat and power systems
(CHP, CCHP) and standby generator
sets locally in northern New Jersey.
ping Company S.A., one of the worlds

largest shipping lines.
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it currently has orders for 28 11G95ME-C9.5
units, all for vessels serving the international container trade.
The introduction of the G95ME-C9
was an important addition to MAN
Diesel & Turbos G-engine program.
The G95ME-C9 engine, with a bore
of 950 mm and a stroke of 3460 mm,
provides 6870 kW/cylinder at 80 r/min
and 21 bar MEP (in L1) and supplements the successful S90ME-C9/10
engine types by allowing the engine
to be further de-rated thanks to the
larger cylinder bore and/or fewer cylinders to be installed.
Ener-G Rudox has purchased a new

facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey,
USA, to expand its production capacity and showcase its product line.
The facility will house the companys
new headquarters, as well as its manufacturing operations, test bays and
rental equipment fleet. It will also
provide space for the companys parts
and service departments and equipment remote monitoring operations.
The facility is expected to be fully operational by mid-2016.
ENER-G RUDOX
Power Generation
INDUSTRY DRIVERS
SIEMENS
Siemens has signed a contract with
Dolphin Energy Ltd., headquartered
in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,
to extend for an additional 18 years
the existing service agreement for
aeroderivative gas turbine trains operating at the Dolphin Gas Project.
Under terms of the new agreement,
Siemens will provide service and
maintenance for the nine Industrial
Trent 60 aeroderivative gas turbines
with nine Dresser-Rand DATUM centrifugal compressors operating at
A team led by Southwest Research

Institute (SwRI) will provide a conceptual design of a 10 MW supercritical
carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle
test faculty.
The US$972 000 contract from the
U.S. Department of Energy will support
the agencys Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) program,
which was created to help meet national climate and energy goals.
SwRIs team members include GE
Global Research, GE Power & Water, Thar
Energy, Heatric USA, Optimus Industries,
Foster Wheeler, Enercon-America, Aramco Services Company, CPS Energy and
the University of Texas at San Antonio.
ROLLS-ROYCE
Rolls-Royce opened a custom built,
2100 m2 service facility at the Astican
Shipyard in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
on the Canary Islands. The center is a
partnership between Rolls-Royce and
the shipyard.
The company said Las Palmas position
in the Atlantic means support is more
accessible for rig and drillship owners
undertaking ongoing exploration, production and development operations in
Europe, Africa and the Americas. There
are also plans to service future growth
in the offshore supply and service market as well as the fisheries sector.
Rolls-Royce said the center offers
service and overhaul capabilities for
the complete Rolls-Royce product
range, including the ability to simultaneously recondition up to six Azimuth
thruster units. Also included are ship
repair and conversion facilities.
RAIL
technology
The DSD 25 line of threechannel and four-channel

Hall-effect speed sensors is
built with two galvanically
separated circuits.
Sensing And Diagnostics On Track
Jaquet releases Alphabox system, speed sensors
aquet, a Swiss specialist in speed measurements,

launched two products that apply to railway technology
the Alphabox engine diagnostic system and the DSD
25 line of speed sensors.
The Alphabox is suited for engine retrofits in locomotives and railcars. Using the input signal from a crankshaft
speed sensor, the system analyzes torsional vibrations, providing an early indication of possible mechanical failure in
combustion engines.
Based on an analysis of the crankshafts acoustic dynamics,
the system is able to paint a complete picture of the engine
operation, including the effects on the whole powertrain, Jaquet said.
The Alphabox allows operators to detect engine problems
early, which can extend the lifespan of an engine, the company
said. The system also provides continuous monitoring and data
reporting with local and remote access.
The Alphabox requires a single speed sensor to obtain the engines status. Two sensors are needed for cylinder-by-cylinder
diagnostics, with a one-speed sensor on the crankshaft and on
the camshaft.
The DSD 25 line of three-channel and four-channel Hall-effect
speed sensors is built with two galvanically separated circuits,
each having up to two phase-shifted square wave signals proportional to the rotary speed.
They have three or four independent sensing elements consisting of magnetic biased differential Hall-effect semiconductors
with static behavior (frequency down to 0 Hz). The lower jitter
and static characteristics are essential for modern propulsion
control systems, Jaquet said.
The sensors versatility provides different combinations for
each application, such as propulsion control, wheel slip protection (WSP) and signaling (ATP, ATC, TPWS, ECTS, CBTC).
Jaquet said these features could be combined for retroDiesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide
fits and upgrades. The manufacturer is supplying the speed

sensors for tramways in Austria and on a railway project in
London. All sensors are compliant with the European Railway
Standard EN50155. A
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PRIME-MOVER ORDER Review

Publically announced prime-mover orders from 2015
ach month, Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide (D&GTW)

publishes the PMO Report, a bullet-point listing of
prime-mover orders that have been publically announced by OEMs and/or engineering firms around the
globe. The PMO Report includes reciprocating engines,
gas turbines and steam turbines and is made up only of data
that was included in press releases received by D&GTW.
Information in the following table is taken from PMO Reports
published in D&GTW between January and December 2015.
Issue Published refers to the issue of D&GTW that included
the data.
Customer refers to the company, government, institution,
etc. that provided the contract for prime mover power.
mar
jan-feb
2015
Issue
Published
OEM
Caterpillar
Total
Units
Driver
16
by Brent
Haight
Location refers to the Customer headquarter location, and

does not necessarily represent the final location of the prime
mover(s) ordered.
It is important to note that the PMO Review represents only a
very small fraction of the total orders secured in 2015. We believe that the PMO Review, combined with the data in our annual Order Survey Report, will help our readers gain insight into
the global prime-mover landscape. Look for our annual Order
Surveys later this year. (Power Generation Order Survey May
issue; Mechanical Drive Order Survey June issue; Marine Propulsion Order Survey July-August issue).
Questions and comments should be sent to Brent Haight,
bhaight@dieselpub.com.
Model
Number
Application
Location
Customer
Recip
Mak M 32 E
Marine Propulsion
China
Cosco (Dalian) Shipyards
Marine Propulsion
China
Cosco (Dalian) Shipyards
Caterpillar
Recip
Mak 8 M 20 C
Gen-Set
Caterpillar
16
Recip
6 M 32 C
Marine Propulsion
Brazil
Grupo CBO
GE
Gas Turbine
PGT25+G4
Oil & Gas
Malaysia
Petronas
Oil & Gas
Malaysia
Petronas
GE
Gas Turbine
LM6000-PF+
2BCL907
GE
Recip
Jenbacher J420
Power Generation
U.K.
Mace
GE
Gas Turbine
LMS100-PB
Oil & Gas
British Columbia,
Canada
LNG Canada Development Inc.
GE
Gas Turbine
6F.01
Power Generation
China
Nanjing Turbine & Electric

Machinery Group
GE
Gas Turbine
7F.05
Power Generation
Pennsylvania, USA
Calpine Corp.
Rail Traction
Czech Republic
Latvian State Railways
Rolls-Royce
28
Recip
MTU 16V Series

4000 R43
Rolls-Royce
10
Recip
20V 956 TB34
Power Generation
Russia
Zvezda Energetika
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-5000F
Power Generation
Virginia, USA
Panda Power Funds
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST6-5000
Power Generation
Virginia, USA
Panda Power Funds
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT5-8000H
Power Generation
Japan
Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-8000H
Power Generation
Ohio, USA
Black & Veatch
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST6-5000
Power Generation
Ohio, USA
Black & Veatch
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT5-8000H
Power Generation
Poland
PKN Orlen
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST5-5000
Power Generation
Poland
PKN Orlen
Wrtsil
54
Recip
50DF
Marine Propulsion
South Korea
Daewoo Shipbuilding And

Marine Engineering
Wrtsil
15
Recip
34DF
Power Generation
Oman
Musandam Power Co.
GE
Gas Turbine
7F.05
Power Generation
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Electric Co.
GE
Gas Turbine
7F.03
Power Generation
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Electric Co.
GE
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Electric Co.
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
14V51/60G
Power Generation
Gibraltar
Bouygues Energies & Services SAS
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
14V51/60DF
Power Generation
Gibraltar
Bouygues Energies & Services SAS
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Gas Turbine
MGT6200
Power Generation
China
Shanghai Volkswagen
Automotive Co. Ltd.
232
Recip
MTU Series 4000
Rail Traction
China
CNR Dalian
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT605000F
Power Generation
Peru
EnerSur Power Utility
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT-800
Power Generation
Malta
Electrogas Malta
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST-900
Power Generation
Malta
Electrogas Malta
Rolls-Royce
apr
Issue
Published
Total
Units
Driver
Model
Number
Application
Location
Customer
Wrtsil
Recip
34DF
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Ostensjo Rederi
Wrtsil
Recip
34DF
Marine Propulsion
China
Jiangsu Hantong Shipyard
Wrtsil
20
Recip
Aupax 32
Gen-Set
Marine Propulsion
China
China Ocean Shiping Group
Wrtsil
Recip
20DF
Marine Propulsion
South Korea
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co.
Wrtsil
Recip
34SG
Power Generation
Montana, USA
Montana-Dakota Utilities
Alstom
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Thailand
Electricity Generating
Authority Of Thailand
Caterpillar
Recip
C280-16 Gen-Set
Marine Propulsion
Louisiana, USA
Edison Chouest's La Ship
GE
12
Gas Turbine
9E.03
Power Generation
Egypt
Government Of Egypt
GE
20
Gas Turbine
TM2500+
Power Generation
Egypt
Government Of Egypt
GE
Gas Turbine
LM6000-PC
Power Generation
Egypt
Government Of Egypt
GE
Gas Turbine
LM6000-PF
Power Generation
Egypt
Government Of Egypt
GE
Gas Turbine
LM6000-PF
Sprint
Power Generation
Romania
City Of Oradea
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
India
Gas Turbine
H-25
Power Generation
Myanmar
Gas Turbine
M501J
Power Generation
Alberta, Canada
Capital Power/ENMAX Genesee
Power Generation
Dominican
Republic
AES Dominicana
OEM
Madhya Pradesh Power

Generating Co. Ltd.
Myanmar Electric Power
Enterprise
Steam Turbine
Gas Turbine
M501J
Power Generation
South Korea
Chuncheon Energy
Rolls-Royce
Recip
MTU 16V 4000

M70
Marine Propulsion
China
Zhuhai High-Speed
Passenger Ferry Co. Ltd.
Rolls-Royce
17
Recip
Marine Propulsion
Turkey
ARES Shipyard
Rolls-Royce
32
Recip
MTU Series 4000

L32
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT-800
Power Generation
Michigan, USA
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST-400
Power Generation
Michigan, USA
Holland Energy Park
Wrtsil
Recip
50SG
Power Generation
China
Shanghai Electric Power
Wrtsil
Recip
50DF
Power Generation
China
Shanghai Electric Power
Wrtsil
Recip
50SG
Power Generation
Kansas, USA
Wrtsil
30
Recip
50DF
Marine Propulsion
South Korea
Wrtsil
Recip
34DF
Marine Propulsion
China
Jiangsu Hantong Shipyard
Power Generation
Myanmar
Myanmar Electric
Power Enterprise
Holland Energy Park
Coffeyville Municipal
Light And Power
Daewoo Shipbuilding And
Marine Engineering
Wrtsil
Recip
32
Marine Propulsion
China
Jiangsu Haihong Construction

Engineering Co.
Wrtsil
Recip
50DF
Marine Propulsion
Sweden
Rederi AB Gotland
Wrtsil
Recip
20DF
Marine Propulsion
Sweden
Rederi AB Gotland
Wrtsil
36
Recip
34SG
Power Generation
Russia
Eurocement Group
Wrtsil
Recip
50DF
Marine Propulsion
Estonia
Tallink Grupp
Alstom
12
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Thailand
Gulf MP Co. Ltd.
Caterpillar
17
Recip
3512B
Oil & Gas
Kuwait
Kuwait National Petroleum Co.
Caterpillar
50
Recip
3512C
Oil & Gas
U.A.E.
Caterpillar
26
Recip
3516C (HD)
Oil & Gas
U.A.E.
GE
Gas Turbine
7HA.02
Power Generation
Tennessee, USA
Tennessee Valley Authority
GE
Recip
8L250
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Bast Fosen
GE
Recip
16V250
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Bast Fosen
PW Power Systems
Gas Turbine
FT8
Power Generation
Guinea
K-Energie
Toshiba
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Tennessee, USA
Tennessee Valley Authority
GE
Recip
Marine Propulsion
New York, USA
Reinauer Transportation
Companies
may
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
PRIME-MOVER ORDER Review
jul-aug
jun
Issue
Published
Total
Units
Driver
Model
Number
Application
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
6L21/31 Gen-Set
Rolls-Royce
Recip
B35:40V20AG
Rolls-Royce
Recip
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce
OEM
Location
Customer
Marine Propulsion
Chile
Patagonia Wellboat
Power Generation
China
Keppel Shipyard
B32:40V12ACD
Marine Propulsion
China
Keppel Singmarine
Recip
C25:33L6ACD
Marine Propulsion
China
Keppel Singmarine
Recip
B32:40L9ACD
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Fincantieri
Rolls-Royce
Recip
B32:40L6ACD
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Fincantieri
Rolls-Royce
Recip
B33:45
Marine Propulsion
China
Fuijan Mawei Shipyard
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-5000F
Power Generation
Mexico
Comisin Federal de Electricidad
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST5-6000
Power Generation
Kazakhstan
Samsung C&T / Samsung

Engineering Co. Ltd.
Wrtsil
Recip
32
Power Generation
Oman
Rural Areas Electricty Co.
Wrtsil
Recip
32
Power Generation
Oman
Rural Areas Electricty Co.
Caterpillar
Recip
C280-16 Gen-Set
Marine Propulsion
Louisiana, USA
Edison Chouest's La Ship
GE
Gas Turbine
9HA
Power Generation
France
lectricit de France
GE
Gas Turbine
LM2500
Marine Propulsion
USA
U.S. Coast Guard
GE
Recip
Marine Propulsion
USA
U.S. Coast Guard
GE
Gas Turbine
LM2500
Marine Propulsion
Japan
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
7S50ME-B9.3LGI
Marine Propulsion
Japan
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Gas Turbine
M501J
Power Generation
Virginia, USA
Rolls-Royce
Recip
B35:40
Power Generation
U.K.
APS Salads
589
Recip
MTU 8V 199
TE21
Off Highway
U.K.
British Army, Scout Armored

Fighting Vehicles
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-8000H
Power Generation
Mexico
Empalme I Power Plant
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT5-4000F
Power Generation
Turkey
Ciner Kazan Soda Power Plant
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST-800/600
Power Generation
Turkey
Ciner Kazan Soda Power Plant
Siemens
24
Gas Turbine
H-Class
Power Generation
Egypt
oct
sep
Rolls-Royce
Japanese Maritime Self

Defense Force
Minaminippon
Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Virginia Electric And Power Co.
Recip
9L46 Gen-Set
Power Generation
British Virgin
Islands
Recip
32
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Simek AS
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Egypt
Egyptian Electricity Holding Co.
Ansaldo Energia
Gas Turbine
Power Generation
Egypt
Ansaldo Energia
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Egypt
Ansaldo Energia
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Egypt
GE
10
Gas Turbine
LMS100
Power Generation
USA
GE
Gas Turbine
7HA.02
Power Generation
South Korea
GE
20
Recip
J920
Power Generation
Germany
GE
Gas Turbine
LM2500
Marine Propulsion
USA
U.S. Navy
GE
Gas Turbine
LM2500
Marine Propulsion
USA
U.S. Navy
Rolls-Royce
60
Recip
MTU Series 4000
Power Generation
China
Rolls-Royce
Recip
MTU Series 2000
Power Generation
California, USA
Wrtsil
Recip
X92
Marine Propulsion
China
Wrtsil
Recip
32
Marine Propulsion
China
GE
Gas Turbine
LM6000-PF+
Power Generation
Thailand
GE
Gas Turbine
TM2500
Power Generation
Idonesia
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
14V48/60CR
Marine Propulsion
Croatia
Uljanik Brodogradiliste
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
9L48/60CR
Marine Propulsion
Croatia
Uljanik Brodogradiliste
Wrtsil
Wrtsil
Ansaldo Energia
AE94.2
Brisitish Islands Electric Corp.
San Francisco Public

Utilities Commission
Hanjin Heavy Industries
& Construction
Shanghai Zhenhua
Heavy Industries
Gulf Energy Development
Issue
Published
Total
Units
Driver
Model
Number
Application
Project
Location
Customer
Recip
6L48/60CR
Marine Propulsion
Netherlands
Van Oord
Gas Turbine
M501GAC
Power Generation
Ohio, USA
Middletown Energy Center
Gas Turbine
H-25
Power Generation
Turkmenistan
Turkmenhimiya
Gas Turbine
Power Generation
China
China Machinery
Engineering Corp.
Power Machines
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Belarus
Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant
Power Machines
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Finland
Raahe TPP
Power Machines
Steam Turbine
OEM
MAN Diesel & Turbo
dec
nov
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Power Generation
Belarus
Belorusskaya NPP
Marine Propulsion
U.K.
Royal Navy
Royal Navy
Rolls-Royce
48
Recip
MTU Diesel
Gen-Set
Rolls-Royce
Gas Turbine
MT30
Marine Propulsion
U.K.
Siemens
18
Gas Turbine
SGT-800
Power Generation
Thailand
URAL
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Kazakhstan
Astana CHP-2
Vericor
24
Gas Turbine
ET-F40B
Marine Propulsion
USA
U.S. Navy
Wrtsil
Recip
32
Marine Propulsion
Norway
Halstensen Granit AS
Wrtsil
56
Recip
34DF
Marine Propulsion
South Korea
Wrtsil
Recip
34DF
Marine Propulsion
Netherlands
Royal IHC
Power Generation
Minnesota, USA
Southern Minnesota
Municipal Power Agency
Caterpillar
Recip
G20CM34
Gen-Set
Caterpillar
21
Recip
G3616
Oil & Gas
USA
Rover Pipeline
Caterpillar
Recip
G3612
Oil & Gas
USA
Rover Pipeline
Caterpillar
Recip
G3606
Oil & Gas
USA
Rover Pipeline
Caterpillar
Recip
G3520
Oil & Gas
USA
Rover Pipeline
Oil & Gas
USA
Rover Pipeline
Caterpillar
12
Recip
G16CM34
Gen-Set
Cummins
Recip
QSK95
Rail Traction
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Recip
12V32/44CR
Marine Propulsion
Denmark
Karstensens Skipsvrft
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Gas Turbine
M701F5
Power Generation
China
Huaneng Power International Inc.
Rolls-Royce
Recip
B35:40V20AG2
Power Generation
Bangladesh
Abul Khair Group
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-5000F
Power Generation
Maryland, USA
Keys Energy Center
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST-5000
Power Generation
Maryland, USA
Keys Energy Center
Oil & Gas
Albania
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG
Siemens
Siemens
Gas Turbine
Turbo Compressor Units
Wrtsil
Recip
34SG
Power Generation
Kazakhstan
LLP KazAzot
Wrtsil
Recip
31
Marine Propulsion
Russia
Vyborg Shipyard PJSC
GE
20
Gas Turbine
TM2500
Power Generation
Indonesia
PT PLN Batam
GE
Gas Turbine
9HA.01
Power Generation
Pakistan
Harbin Electric International Co. Ltd.
GE
Gas Turbine
7HA
Power Generation
Asia
GE
Gas Turbine
9F.03
Power Generation
Iraq
Gas Turbine
M501J
Power Generation
Mexico
CFE Noreste Power Plant
Steam Turbine
Power Generation
Mexico
CFE Noreste Power Plant
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-8000H
Power Generation
Mexico
CC Valle de Mxico II
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST6-5000
Power Generation
Mexico
CC Valle de Mxico II
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Mitsubishi Hitachi
Power Systems
Hummel Station Combined-Cycle

Pennsylvania, USA
Power Plant
Hummel Station Combined-Cycle
Pennsylvania, USA
Power Plant
Siemens
Gas Turbine
SGT6-5000F
Power Generation
Siemens
Steam Turbine
SST6-5000
Power Generation
Rolls-Royce
Recip
B33:45
Marine Propulsion
China
Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard
Wrtsil
19
Recip
50SG
Power Generation
El Savador
Energa del Pacfico S.A.
POWER
generation
The engine room at the Jingxi

gas-fired cogeneration plant
in northwest Beijing. With
three Siemens SGT5-4000F gas
turbines, the plant delivers
1.31 GW.
China Fights Back

Against Pollution
by Roberta
Prandi
Country embracing programs to

reduce its environmental impact
iemens Power and Gas Division,

like many other companies across
the world, recognizes China as
the largest energy consumer in
the world, and that its appetite
continues to grow.
According to the 2014 China Mineral Resources Report, China has self-sufficiency
in minerals of 90.7%, due largely to its
massive coal reserves. According to a
Siemens report, China also has a high
CO2 per GDP intensity, coming in at
0.820 kg/kW, an amount much higher
than Europes. The primary cause can
be traced to inefficient coal-fired power
plants across the country.
Amidst these reports, China is fighting
back against pollution by setting ambitious goals to reduce CO2 emissions per
unit of GDP by 60 to 65% from 2003 levels. The goal is to realize this reduction
by 2030, Siemens said.
Megacities, such as Beijing, are particularly affected by high levels of smog
and have adopted special plans to
improve the environment. The Beijing
Clean Air Action Plan 2013 to 2017 aims
to reduce the citys coal consumption
by 11.8 million tonnes by 2017.
The new cogeneration gas-fired plant
of Jingxi Gas Thermal Power Co. Ltd. is

included in this program, replacing an
old coal-fired plant with an investment of
48.6 billion yuan (US$7.7 billion). The plant
is located in northwest Beijing and went
into commercial operation in early 2014.
The cogeneration plant features a
two-shaft configuration with two Siemens SGT5-4000F gas turbines, plus a
single-shaft configuration with another
SGT5-4000F unit. All three units use 3S
clutches for coupling the low-pressure
steam turbines, in order to get maximum efficiency for the heat extraction.
When finished, the plant will have an
output of 1.31 GW electricity and deliver
heat to about 200 000 households.
Beijing is divided into four power districts. The Jingxi plant and a nearby
gas-fired power plant producing 1.35
GW deliver to the northwest district.
The two new plants replaced two coalfired power plants in the same district,
one with a 600 MW power output, the
other, 800 MW.
Complying with tight local emissions
regulations, the two new plants in the
district save more than 5.5 million tons
(4.9 million tonnes) of coal per year, said
Zhao Jian Bo, general manager of Jingxi
Gas Thermal Power. That is about 19%

of the total coal consumption for the city
of Beijing. The Jingxi plant alone is expected to save 2 million tons (1.8 million
tonnes) of CO2 emissions per year, while
SOX, soot and ash emissions are also considerably reduced.
According to Jingxi Gas Thermal Power,
the emitted NOx level is 15 to 20 ppm,
which is below the Beijing-required level
of 30 ppm and the nationwide standard of
50 ppm. Additionally, Jingxi Gas Thermal
Power said that all indicators show improvements in environmental protection.
Zhao said that a large investment has
been made in noise-reduction measures
alone. Per the regulations of Beijing, we
could not exceed the existing noise level
before the plant was in operation, he
said. This was a very quiet area, so we
have to guarantee noise emissions of
48 d(B)A. Special noise-reduction panels
have been installed, as well as noise cancellation devices on the roof, around the
water towers and air-intake ducts.
The future of the Jingxi plant also looks
promising, said Wang Baoli, vice president of Siemens Power and Gas Division and general manager of customer
relationship management, Siemens Ltd.
China. Siemens China, he said, has two
research and development centers in
Beijing and Shanghai with 70 employees
dedicated to engineering design and
product industrialization.
Both R&D teams are much involved
with the long-term task of optimizing
the Jingxi plant, Baoli said. A
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Wind Lobby Left Deflated
The winds of change are battering the thought processes of

many countries energy policies.
The long, drawn-out battles
between supporters of renewable power sources and those on the
other side that cheer for more nuclearand gas-based supply systems have
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However, in the United Kingdom, the
relatively newly elected Conservative
government announced plans in midNovember that provide a shot in the
arm for the gas/nuclear brigade and
leave the renewables gang fighting on
the back foot.
The government plans to
close all coal-fired power
stations by 2025 and restrict
their use by 2023. The U.K.
is the first major country to
take this route, and the government will consult early
this year on when to close all
coal-fired power stations.
Announcing the decision,
Energy and Climate Change
Secretary Amber Rudd said,
Energy security comes first,
and I am determined to ensure that the
U.K. has secure, affordable and clean energy supplies that hardworking families
and businesses can rely on now and in
the future.
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need to replace with alternatives that are
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parts of the world that see this as
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sources are the best way to guarantee
that the lights are kept on.
wind capacity to the grid in the U.K.

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based in the U.K. and northeastern U.S.)
had to invoke special measures to keep
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involved the company asking companies to reduce their electricity usage to
avert the danger of power blackouts,
according to the GMB.
The GMB added that there can be
eight to 10 days per month when there
is not much output from the estimated
10.2 GW of installed U.K. wind capacity.
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and clean power supplies available to
cope with this, the union
said. The only show in
town now is gas and nuclear, but the government
needs to maintain investIncreasing demand for natural
ment in developing clean
gas will lead to other difficult
coal technology.
challenges in securing the gas
The dash for gas should be
treated
with some caution.
network in the U.K.
The London-headquartered
Institution of Mechanical
Engineers said that building more gas power plants
should not be regarded as a silver
One of the largest trade unions in the
bullet solution to creating a secure, afU.K., the GMB (Britains general union),
fordable and clean energy system.
whose membership includes energy and
Increasing demand for natural gas
nuclear workers, used the governments
will lead to other difficult challenges
announcement as an opportunity to unin securing the gas network in the U.K.
derline its support for gas and nuclear
This may include more imports and poand, at the same time, undermine the
tentially greater use of shale gas, the
contribution and reliability of wind power.
Institution points out.
As the U.K. governments future enSo, good news for the pro-gas and
ergy plans were being unveiled, the
nuclear lobby? Yes.
union claimed that there were five days
A blow to the green movement? Yes,
in the past 30 days when wind was supbut certainly not a fatal one. A
plying 10% or less than the installed
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