Reciprocating Technology Services is acquired by the Cooper Machinery Services family of distinguished brands. Cooper Machinery Services (“Cooper”), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, recently completed the acquisition of RTS, a TTS Energy Services company. Previously, Arcline had acquired Cooper from BHGE. The combined companies were rolled out at the GMRC in San Antonio…
Your Gas Turbine Can Increase Output and Revenue with Adjustable Peak Firing The reports say that June was the hottest month ever in Texas, however, August may have blown that record away. As an example, ERCOT reported that on Tuesday, August 13, over 73,000 MWh were generated largely in support of every air conditioner in…
Efficiently manage your assets to improve the bottom line Modernization involves more than migrating from an old vintage system to its modern equivalent. It requires rethinking applications and upgrading multiple technologies. But in the end, it can transform a compression station’s processes and help reposition its operations for the next 20 to 30 years. To demonstrate,…
New Workshop at TTS Houston Facility Provides Greater Convenience to Voith’s Local Oil & Gas Clients Houston, TX (09/04/2018) – Turbine Technology Services (TTS) and Voith recently joined forces to add an actuator, governor and turbomachinery (AGT) test stand at the TTS Houston facility. This development brings a support network of trained technicians to the…
March of 1983, Turbine Technology Services (TTS) was founded. Our first project was in Saudi Arabia and involved taking over the operations of a 7EA power plant. This was a high-pressure project; it was not wise to disappoint the Sheik. The project lasted 2 ½ years, it was a fabulous way to begin our journey….
The solution is TTS’ Operational Excellence The United States would face severe economic consequences if there was a serious disruption to the electricity supply. The cost could easily run into billions of dollars. While the likelihood of such an outage is low, the concerns regarding the possibility and impact of electricity blackouts is increasing. The…
Abridged from DNV Report 05/07/2018 We work safer now than ever before, but: “You can’t take anything we do for granted… “ Recently, a horrible accident happened at a small welding shop behind our offices here in Houston. In this shop worked two or three welders, each one an experienced hand with 20-30 years of…
TTS Successfully Converts a Mark V Fuel Control to Electronic Valves A paper products plant in the Southeast was planning for a major spring 2017 inspection for their Frame 5 with preparations were well underway in October 2016 when suddenly, the unit tripped on high vibration, just as day shift arrived at the facility. An…
By Scott Muster, Turbine Technology Services A recent article published on a popular online media site highlighted a catastrophic failure on a GE F-Class unit using Mark V controls and discussed the events leading up to the failure. While the root cause of this failure was not identified, it was associated with an apparent overloading…
“No one wants to burn liquid fuel in their gas turbine – unless they have to.” Reliability is always key. Despite fuel resource limitations or fluctuations, despite increased demand and despite the pressures from environmental compliance, confidence needs to be high that the unit will start and operate well. With that in mind, many utilities…
