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Wood Group GTS awarded GE Frame 9E gas turbine contract

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a five-year gas turbine term maintenance agreement by Stadtwerke München (SWM), Germany's largest municipal company supplying gas and electricity to more than one million customers in the Munich area.

Three orders placed with Graham totaling $4.8 million

Graham Corp. has been awarded three orders totaling approximately $4.8 million for specialized condensers, liquid ring pump packages and ejector systems to be installed at facilities in North America and Asia.

What is new in API 610 11th Ed. (ISO 13709 2nd Ed.)?

Flowserve Corp.: Korkowski, F.
Consultant: Jones, R. L.

Updates to global specifications address pump reliability and much more

ABB obtains Baldor Electric and expands industrial motion presence

ABB will acquire Baldor Electric in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, ABB will commence a tender offer to purchase all of Baldor’s outstanding shares for $63.50 per share in cash.

Revamped process gas compressors delivered to Petrobras refinery

Petrobras selected Burckhardt Compression (Brasil) Ltda. to revamp their existing process gas compressors that are operated in the Petrobras Recap refinery in Capuava, Brazil.

Siemens launches new industrial gas turbine in Sweden

On November 18, 2010, Siemens Energy launched a new industrial gas turbine in Finspång, Sweden. With a capacity of 37 MW, the SGT-750 will close a gap in the Siemens industrial gas turbine portfolio, which offers a power range between 5 and 50 MW.

Asian investment creates opportunity for flow and filtration equipment

The expansion of sewage transport, primary treatment and secondary treatment in Asia is creating market opportunities for suppliers of pumps valves, scrubbers, chemicals, controls, filters and other water pollution control equipment.

GE and ZKMK localize turbine manufacturing in Kazakhstan

Following an agreement signed in July for the servicing of GE’s fleet of oil and gas turbomachinery equipment installed in the Kazakhstan, GE Oil & Gas and JSC ZKMK today announce the formation of a technology transfer and licensing partnership that will enable ZKMK to manufacture GE-10 advanced technology gas turbines in Kazakhstan.

Consider real-gas modeling for turboexpanders

OC Turboexpanders: Kaupert, K.

New visualization methods expose problems with traditional designs

Case 59: Heat-up rates and thermal cracking

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

A good analysis is usually better than speculation