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Gas Turbine Efficiency plc stand J22 a leading supplier of advanced high pressure gas turbine cleaning systems for the aviation and power generation industries has acquired Control Center LLC, an Orlando based company which designs and manufactures a wide range of fluid, combustion and control sub-systems aimed at industrial gas turbines primarily in the power generation, oil & gas, aerospace and pharmaceuticals sectors. Control Center supplies products and services to many OEMs, industrial customers and end users including Lockheed-Martin, Excel Energy, Progress Energy, Calpine, FPL Energy Services and Neuman-Esser.
 
ŠKODA POWER - Stand C66
Member of the ŠKODA HOLDING Group
A significant European manufacturer and supplier of technological equipment and customer services for the power industry

ŠKODA POWER acquires projects in demanding and promising markets; in the last six months, e.g. for the Russian power plants Kojuhovo and Tereshkovo in Moscow (2x70 MW), in Denmark (Odensee 40 MW), in Germany (Hochst 86 MW) and in Latvia (Riga 150 MW). It is a partner to significant power companies such as the Spanish IBERDROLA, Czech ČEZ and now also the American company Black & Veatch. ŠKODA POWER has entered a contract with the latter for the supply of a 140 MW turbine set with accessories for a power plant with a combined cycle in Yekaterinburg in Russia. Besides power supplies the power plant will also provide heat supplies to the town. The operator of the power plant will be the leading Russian power company OGK-5.

On June 27, 2007, at 2,30 p.m., the ŠKODA POWER company, on its stand (C66) at POWER-GEN Europe in Madrid 2007, will hold a beer party „Pilsner Turbine & Pilsner Beer“event for the company’s business partners. We would like to invite you to this event. If you wish to join us on this occasion, please confirm your participation by June 19, 2007 at the address anna.janelova@skoda.cz (please give the company name and your name and position). www.skoda.cz
Fixturlaser Stand P24 launches a fast and flexible method for alignment of critical machines. Fixturlaser XA, our new fast wireless shaft alignment system, can now be upgraded with a unique function for measurement of dynamic movements, such as thermal growth, process forces etc; the Fixturlaser OL2RXA (Offline-to-running). Fixturlaser OL2RXA is flexible because you do not have to use the alignment system in order to mount the fixtures. Also "cold" and "hot" measurements can be performed at different occasions and saved separately. The results from the measurement are machine unique target values that are used to accomplish the precision shaft alignment.

High Bandwidth Capacitive Systems for Blade Vibration

Tyco Thermal Controls (stand P35) launches high bandwidth capacitive sensing systems providing distance and vibration signals from the extreme environment of the turbine and compressor.

 

The CapaciSense systems comprise world leading probes - including patented sprayed ceramics with captive components ¿ and new electronics. Used for many years solely for engine test and development, tip clearance systems are now mature technologies and are being quickly adopted for condition monitoring and adaptive control of turbines. 

 

In addition to the proven clearance data, the new systems provide tip timing and therefore vibration monitoring information.

 

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Parker Instrumentation Stand N12 announces a radical new design of tube connector that can deliver huge cost savings to builders of industrial equipment involving fluids.

Assembled by means of a simple push-fit operation, the new connectors provide permanent connections for fluid systems operating at up to 20,000 PSI / 1,379 bar. For permanent connections, and these elevated pressures, system builders would typically use either welded or 'cone and thread' style fittings, which are time consuming and expensive to install. Compared with these products, Parker Instrumentation estimates that its new Phastite connectors could reduce installation costs by a factor of 90% or more.


Main-Metall, Stand C52 announces norixlager® a high efficiency hydrodynamic tilting pad bearing developed by Main-Metall for very high speed applications. It features circular tilting pads for efficient lubricant circulation and reduced friction losses as well as a split design for ease of installation.

norixlager® is capable of circumferential speeds up to 120 m/s and can accommodate shaft misalignments up to ± 1,5°. It has outstanding noise and vibration attenuation capabilities. Typical applications include but are not limited to steam and gas turbines, turbo compressors and gearboxes, turbo chargers, turbo pumps etc.

norixlager® is available in many sizes to fit your application.
Camfil Farr Power Systems (CFPS), Stand F10 is one of the world's leading names in developing, manufacturing and selling clean air solutions for power generation. Our offer comprises solutions for inlet-, exhaust-, and noise reducing systems as well as dampers and diverters. CFPS is the result of a merger between Camfil Industrifilter and Kaefer Raco Engineering, in 2006. Our head office is situated in Sweden with branch offices in Germany and Canada and a number of sales offices around the world. With more than 140 dedicated employees, we are now ready to provide our customers with the best solution ever.
Economical Advantages - Ecological Merits
Westfalia Separator Mineraloil Systems GmbH, Stand A16 - The trend towards burning higher viscosity and higher density fuel oils, together with an increasingly common usage of residuals, means that the amount of sludge being created from both fuel and lube oil systems is increasing.

At Power-Gen Europe in Madrid, Westfalia Separator Mineraloil Systems will present their sludge treatment plant in combination with new process technoloy (Ultrasonic). This innovative system will be capable of reducing the volume of sludge for disposal by up to 90%. In addition, fuel oil is recovered for re-use and recovered lubricating oil can be used as boiler fuel.
Metso Automation, Stand E58 is providing the control system for the PKE Łagisza power station in Poland. This plant will be the first supercritical CFB unit in the world. As a CFB boiler is slower than a traditional boiler and the once-through process has a smaller steam storage capacity than the drum boilers, the combination is dynamically challenging.

Prompted by this challenge we have developed a completely new unit master controller. The new controller is based on model predictive control theory. Using our long experience with the traditional controls we combined the best of both approaches for truly superior control performance.
Mixing technology, Stand C1 will show at POWER-GEN Europe their Phoenix system with revolutionary AirWing air sparge. The system provides outstanding forced oxidation performance for flue gas desulphurisation and will be shown with a side entry absorber agitator.

Designed specifically for use with the company's FGD impeller, the Phoenix system translates radial flow components to improve thrust and flow velocity over the AirWing, increasing residence time and eliminating air entrapment, cavitation and air draw-back at the impeller. Mixing Solutions will also be highlighting its ability for technological development through FEA, CFD and laboratory testing, with the largest test tank facility of its type in the world.
FAIST Anlagenbau GmbH State-of-the-art noise control, Stand DO7 enclosures enable the reduction of noise levels emitted by power plants - gas or steam turbines and power units - to meet legal requirements.

FAIST provides noise control solutions based upon many years of experience in the field of power generation noise control, including solutions for the critical aspect of ventilation in the treatment of power plant enclosure. After having successfully introduced and installed filter houses for small and medium size gas turbines, FAIST is now producing systems for larger installations up to 270 MW.
Energy Web-Based Training (WBT)
General Physics Corporation (GP) Stand P23 has been helping power companies find solutions to workforce qualification issues for over 40 years.

The new GPiLearn training portal, featuring Oracle's world-class Learning Management System (LMS), allows your employees 24/7 access to our web-based training courses. Users can have centralized record keeping, while supervisors can track their success. The GPiLearn portal has more than 1,600 lessons and exams for conventional and combined cycle power plants, combustion turbines, wind farms, hydroelectric and waste-to-energy plants, Nalco water treatment facilities, as well as health & safety and environmental compliance courses. We can help educate your employees to make sure they have the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully operate and maintain your plant.
Teknotes starts construction works of MESAIEED A CCPP in Qatar
TEKNOTES Technological Plants Inc., Stand F1- The MESAIEED A CCPP power plant, costing approx. 2.3 billion US Dollars, is a BOOT basis project, (Built-Own-Operate and Transfer). Part of the contract, worth US$1.6 billion, has been awarded to IBERDROLA Ingenieria y Construccion, S.A.U. (Iberinco). As one of the largest projects in the Middle East, the 6 gas turbines and combined 3 steam turbines natural gas power plant will supply the entire population of Qatar (900,000 people) with 2000 MW of installed power.

All construction work (mechanical, electrical, concrete and project management) of the MESAIEED A CCPP project, worth US$281 million, was awarded to TEKNOTES Technological Plants Inc. The company started construction work in December 2006 and will transfer the Power Plant in April 2010 under a turnkey contract.
KAB TAKUMA, (Stand H6) is a general contractor for power plants with dec-ades of experience. All our efforts are directed towards one goal: development and realisation of forward-looking solutions for power generation. We offer complete solutions for biomass power plants, waste to energy plants and for fossil fuelled power plants.

KAB TAKUMA is currently working on the following recent orders received in the 4th quarter of 2006:
- for RDF-fired power plant in Rostock, Germany - 180,000 t waste per year
- for 20 MWe biomass power plant in Wittenberg / Piesteritz, Germany
- for complete water-steam circuit of 20 MWe RDF-fired power plant in Premnitz / Germany
EtaPRO Performance Monitoring and Optimization System, Version 9 Release
General Physics Corporation (GP) Stand P23 GP announces the release of Version 9 of its highly successful EtaPRO Performance Monitoring and Optimization System. GP is the industry leader in providing on-line performance monitoring systems, with over 400 units installed throughout the world, representing 137 GW of installed plant generation capacity. Version 9 of the EtaPRO System offers significant new capabilities, as well as fully updated software architecture. When power plant professionals worldwide look to maximize performance and profit, they choose EtaPRO­
Petro-Canada - stand N73
After a very successful field trial, Petro-Canada has announced that their SENTRON LD 5000 premium natural gas engine oil (NGEO), is being recommended by GE Energy Jenbacher for use in their gas engines up to 16-bar Brake Mean Effective Pressure (BMEP) output in sweet gas applications. The field trial was conducted in a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) - also known as cogeneration - high pressure, high efficiency engine in commercial service. This specific engine - a GE Energy Jenbacher J616 GS-N.LC having 16 bar output - provides power and heat to a chemical plant located in Lingen, Germany.

Petro-Canada believes that no other product, to date, has demonstrated greater extended drain potential than SENTRON LD 5000 in similar GE Energy Jenbacher engines. "The drain interval during this trial was 10,800 hours - which is very long. It's also important to point out that at this change-out the oil was still suitable for continued use," explains Nick Moat, Petro-Canada's R&D Specialist for NGEOs. "Moreover, the extended drain interval did not cause increased wear or deposits".

Please visit stand N73 and speak with Jim Putz, Category Manager, Natural Gas Engine Oils, Petro-Canada Lubricants.