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- Windows, real time
- PID loops
- PCs vs. PLCs
- Replacing people
- MS 'monopoly'?
- Software quality
- Where do we go from here?
- Why pay?
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Insulation resistance test for instrument field cables
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Hi JCP,
actually i never work for Siemens control system but using basic concepts of field i...
Foaming observed in seal oil float trap view glass
What is more important for desuperheater location in reduced space, upstream or downstream?
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By Abhijit Goswami, Haldia on 7 September, 2009 - 7:20 am -
Templow requires 6D upstream & 15ft downstream straight run. For your case, it is 18 ft...
GE FRAME 9E turbines and instruments
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Dear Max,
Thanks for your guidance,
it will help us as we have received only P & ID at...
Hi,
the mentioned P&ID is the "Performance P&ID". In case that it's mentioned...
one of the three drum level transmitter behaves abnormally
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I sympathise with your problem. In my early days of commissioning boilers I had my first dog of a...
How do governors and load share devices know what level to set?
Voltage, Var and Power Factor issue
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Hi There,
This is my first post here, and if i make a hash of this please anyone feel free to...
What is the basic philosophy of electric arc furnace electrode regulation? what inputs we are measuring? how are electrodes are being controlled? What type of protection circuits used to protect transformers?
What is "Cross Tripping" in speedtronic Mark iv controlled gas turbine?
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By CSA on 5 September, 2009 - 4:44 pm -
The idea behind the PTR/ETR scheme is to have a means of tripping the unit from both the sequencing...
Thanks CSA as always for the detailed explanation. Actually I just overlooked that it was Mark-IV. ...
from the Let's do it right the first time... department...
GE frame 6 duel fuel to single fuel conversionPermanently removing gas fuel piping from a duel fuel CT
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Thank you CSA!!
RTK...
The purpose of the gas fuel purge is to prevent backflow of hot combustion gases into the gas fuel...
Load restricted due to high lube oil temperature in a Frame 5 gas turbine.
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Are you certain the L.O. cooler transfer valve is working properly? You should not see a...
By aditya on 3 September, 2009 - 11:03 am -
Thanks for your kind words.
Actually there is no logic in the control system which limits the...
By aditya on 3 September, 2009 - 10:14 am -
Thank you for your response.
It is correct that there is no logic in the control system which...
By MOB on 1 September, 2009 - 6:52 am -
It is highly uncommon to have heard of machine being incapable of loading on account of high lube...
Why would high lube oil temperature cause a combustion turbine to incapable of producing full...
C Core repeatedly fails. Causes I/O to freeze.
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The I/O that is freezing is on the CTBA board. This unit is used to run a 7EA turbine/gen set,...
How old is your Mark V panel?
Have you implemented all of the recommended TILs for the Mark V,...
TCDA card change state continously from A2 - A7
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The IONET should "loop through" all three TCEA cards and terminate on the TCDA card. In...
What happens in an unbalanced power source connected to same 3 phase load except with NO neutral wire connection (floating neutral)? ...
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By Phil Corso on 3 September, 2009 - 11:42 am -
Responding to NV Rajan's 03-Sep-09 (03:08) questions... the following Thread may have the answers...
By N.V.Rajan on 3 September, 2009 - 3:08 am -
I have a question similar to the one that started the discussion in this forum.
When ground...
I can't locate any Dr. Seufert mXterminal Graphix Servers.
Brushes wear & increase of vibration bearing no.10 position (x)
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By jojo on 3 September, 2009 - 1:39 am -
There are a number of things you should check on your brush gear/slip rings:
a. check that...
periodic generator maintenance
GT generator hydrogen purity drop
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By Jim on 1 September, 2009 - 10:08 am -
The problem that you are experiencing may be caused by your Hydrogen Dew point being high. Is your...
GE Frame 5 limited below Rated Power
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By MOB on 1 September, 2009 - 7:08 am -
To throw some light, I understand that the constants could have been possibly fiddled particularly...
We changed TCPA card for location <R> at PLU with another new card
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Maybe the new card need to adjust for some variable resistance or change the position of the...
Performance analysis and optimization tool for power plant
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By Mik on 31 August, 2009 - 7:09 am -
You can also look here:
http://www.eutech-scientific.de/
Maybe you'll find something...
Hi
One suggestion would be to check the offerings from:
http://www.blu-e.fr/default.aspx.
...
Questions on the importance of reactive power?
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Phil,
Quoting here:
"...In my [your] opinion a synchronous generator...
By Phil Corso on 30 August, 2009 - 7:31 am -
CSA... thank you for your kind words.
Now, for all to see, attached are two paragraphs
from...
Phil,
I purposely didn't respond to this thread immediately because I was hoping you would. The...
By Phil Corso on 29 August, 2009 - 9:56 pm -
CSA... Drill certainly does not have to be concerned about enduring (my) wrath but, instead should...
Ask yourself this question? If it's "useless" power, why does it have to be compensated...
windbox pressure and flame scanner cooling fan pressure
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By Phil Corso on 29 August, 2009 - 7:51 am -
Certainly Mark... great pickup. The 600 million hours referred to the I/O/F count.
BTW,...
By sonicjoe_xx on 29 August, 2009 - 1:23 am -
Phil,
My email add is fadzril_idzham [at] yahoo [dot] com
>SonicJoe... send me your email...
By Mark on 28 August, 2009 - 10:24 pm -
Hello,
> The system operated for well over 600 million hours without failure... but, and here...
By Phil Corso on 28 August, 2009 - 8:11 am -
SonicJoe... send me your email address and I will send you a series of papers covering a patented...
Need guidance to select suitable flow meter
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Dear RK,
When you say that the existing meter (turbine) could not measure the "low...
Signal from CT of reactive current compensator not reaching the AVR ?
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By Sanjay on 28 August, 2009 - 11:15 am -
Suppose the signal from CT of incoming machine is not reaching the AVR then this machine will keep...
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