With the gas turbine compressor rotor blade re-staking complete, reinstallations and close-out inspections began. While reinstalling the transition pieces, MD&A detected misalignments from a previous ...

Gas turbines are critical in modern power generation and propulsion systems, with compressor performance being paramount to overall efficiency. Compressor airfoils and blades, essential for ...

Back in the early 2000s, some controversy emerged about the practice of spraying large amounts of fog directly into the compressor. Some claimed that this led to blade erosion, pitting, and scaling.

The history of the gas turbine can be traced back to 150 BC, when a Greek inventor, philosopher, and geometrician, Hero, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, invented a toy called the “Aeolipile.” The toy ...

What makes gas turbines lose performance? This is an interesting question that many people will try to answer given their own theories and experiences. The reason for this is quite simple: Gas ...

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...