ASME South Texas Section Gas Turbine Technical Chapter Meeting Notice: 20 May 2018 - Initial; (Apollo Sub-Section Tuesday, 30 Apr 2019 notice included for information)
Richard Sessions
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Meeting Notice - ASME Gas Turbine Technical Chapter
The Houston area ASME-International Gas Turbine Technical Chapter is dedicated to the design, manufacture, operation, maintenance and business of gas turbine based technologies. Every individual and organization with an interest in this technology is encouraged to participate (ASME membership is not required, but encouraged). Meetings are generally from 6 PM to 9 PM. We welcome everyone. Come as you are, we are a NOMEX/FRC friendly organization!
MONDAY, 20 May 2019
GE Fr 7FA Gas Turbine Plant Installation:
South Houston Green Power (SHGP) / Cinergy (CG&E)
Lorin Shirdon, MCO-1 Mitsubishi Engineer Lorin_...@mhicompressor.com www.mhicompressor.com/en
Meeting Summary:
Lorin Shirdon will present the basics for a 7FA Cogeneration Project including, EPC Engineering, Turbomachinery Equipment Requirements, Assembly, and Installation. The presentation will contain information on the machinery and site, but will also extend to other plant auxiliaries, including unit assemblies.
Meeting Agenda:
6:00 PM Sign-In and Networking
6:30 PM Buffet Dinner – Advise if you have special dietary needs
7:00 PM Business & Announcements – 2019 - 2020 Officer elections, we need several!!!
7:15 PM Presentation
9:00 PM Adjourn
Speaker's Biography:
Lorin Shirdon is currently a turbine and compressor planning / training engineer for MCO-1 Mitsubishi Compressor, he spent 6 years as a Gas turbine Technician (E-6) in the US Navy with LM2500’s, numerous years at GE in 7FA/EA Customer engineering, and many years at Duke Energy/ Fluor in EPC Project Engineering. One of his career highlights was a 3 year Cogeneration project in SE Houston (South Houston Green Power). Lorin also developed solutions with HP Steam turbines and boilers up to 2400 psig. He has been in the Energy/Power sector since 1984.
Lorin and his wife celebrate 25 years of marriage with three young adults, Ages 23, 20 and 19, all in local universities. He graduated from Wright State University, near Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio.
Dinner Cost: Cash or Check at the Door - $25 with RSVP by noon, Friday, 17 May, $30 after 17 May, Students - $5
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Directions:
Location is yet to be determined.
PLEASE NOTE: There is a lot of construction in this area so remain flexible and vigilant as traffic may change based on construction activities!!
Traffic in Houston can be extremely heavy; a great tool to use any time you are travelling is the Houston Real Time Traffic map: http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/
Career Opportunity Notes: Please contact Richard Sessions at: rtses...@earthlink.net
- In order to help the networking opportunities for attendees, GTTC is looking for 1 to 2 volunteers to help staff the sign-in table and meet the other attendees. Please advise if you are interested in this opportunity for some "face" time.
- For individuals or companies with open positions please attend the meeting with your position announcements or send them or a link to GTTC and we will advise. www.asmegttc.org- Additional Jobs - See meeting notice if applicable.
- See our Reference Page on the website for a list of resources: www.asmegttc.org
ASME’s Mechanical Engineering Magazine Drive! Looking for a good home for those gently used copies of your Mechanical Engineering magazine? Bring them to a meeting and we will get them to George Rissky in the South Texas Section to hand out in the schools! Feel free to do that yourself as well. If you are looking to become involved at any level, we can help you contact George for a great program experience.
Gas Turbine Technical Chapter Meetings/Events for 2018 - 2019:
20 May 2019: GE Fr 7FA Gas Turbine Plant Installation, Lorin Shirdon, West Houston
10 Jun 19 - GTTC Board Meeting - help us plan next year!!!!!
Other Events:
ASME South Texas Section – Houston Monthly Dinner Meeting: www.asmesouthtexas.org
ASME-Apollo: 30Apr2019: