Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from a paper given at POWER-GEN International in Orlando in December 2010 that was selected by the conference planning committee for recognition as one of the ...

During the initial commissioning and routing performance testing of several simple cycle and combined cycle gas-fired power plants, several problems limiting plant performance have occurred, including ...

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How low can you go? That’s the question owners of gas turbine combined cycle plants are asking these days as they are being called upon to operate those units for rapid response in markets where load ...

Gas turbine makers GE, Siemens, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in the last week of May separately profiled unprecedented results from development or testing of three innovative combined-cycle ...

What if the key to solving the world’s growing energy crisis already exists, quietly powering millions of homes and industries with unmatched efficiency? Enter the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT)—a ...