CPC 103 Combustion Dynamics in Gas Turbine Power Plants

Date: Sunday, December 9, 2007
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $500.00*

Instructor: Tim Lieuwen, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Who Should Attend
Professionals with a technical background and either a Bachelors or a Masters degree

Course Overview and Objective
This one-day course introduces students to combustion dynamics. It begins with an overview of development and field experience with combustion instabilities, and will describe case studies from several DLN combustors development efforts. It then provides background on what causes dynamics and what parameters (e.g., fuel composition and temperature) influence it. Next, it discusses strategies for treating dynamics problems by combustor tuning. Finally, it discusses dynamics monitoring approaches, and various issues associated with using dynamics monitoring for machine protection and health monitoring.

Course Highlights

• Field experience with combustion dynamics
• Combustion instability mechanisms
• Control/abatement approaches
• Instrumentation for dynamics monitoring
• Combustor protection and health monitoring strategies using dynamics data

CPC 304 Basic Gas Turbine Metallurgy and Component Repair

Date: Monday, December 10, 2007
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $500.00*

Instructors: Lloyd Cooke, Director, Operations, Liburdi Turbine Services; Warren Miglietti, Senior Engineer, GE Power Systems; Doug Nagy, Industrial Component Repair Manager, Liburdi Turbine Services

Who Should Attend
Gas Turbine operating companies, GT repair shop personnel, GT OEM designers and technical staff, insurance companies

Typically technical staff, engineers and technicians responsible for some aspects of gas turbines - design, upgrade, repair, analysis, operations, maintenance

Course Overview and Objective
This seminar will explain superalloy materials, component damage experienced from service exposure, techniques used to analyze the remaining life of components removed from service, protective coatings, component repair technologies, and quality assurance of repairs. The seminar includes many case study examples and the last section of the seminar is devoted to a workshop where attendees develop component repair solutions.

Course Highlights

• The seminar provides answers to common questions and issues for engine support staff
• What makes superalloys specially suited for gas turbine components
• How do the different damage mechanisms affect the component - oxidation, corrosion,. erosion
• How are high cycle fatigue, low cycle fatigue damage caused, prevented, and repaired
• What are the various heat treatments used in repairs, and why are they important
• What are the advantages, disadvantages of the many types of protective coatings
• What are the critical quality control steps in component repair
• How can I reliably extend the service life of these valuable components

* Please register for the pre-symposium workshops through PennWell at www.powergen.com.