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For the first time ever, Turbo Expo 2016 will be held in Asia. Beyond the bounds of North America and Europe, we are reaching into new territory to tap into the riches of intellectual capital, insight, development, research and experience of the eastern hemisphere. Global travel is easier and faster than it ever has been with more comforts for international flights, yet for some there is not the means, supply or support to make it to the premier turbomachinery technical conference and exposition. With this being the case, our location of Seoul, South Korea will enable more participation from countries such as China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Global collaboration will balance the theoretical with the practical. What makes this conference unique is that academia meets industry, during the Conference and Exposition. The papers presented are reviewed and measured by industry standards and requirements. The presenters are encouraged by the support of their current research. The industry representatives are seeking new ways to increase efficiency and production. Will you be a part of this? Attend Turbo Expo 2016, a conference packed with technical education and knowledge exchange – plus opportunities to connect with industry experts and peers!

Reasons Why YOU Should Come to Seoul:• Attend a five-day Technical Conference that sets the world standard for turbine technology events• Observe a three-day, premium exhibition of turbine products and services supported by leading

companies in the industry• Listen to a dynamic keynote session plus two plenary sessions featuring prominent industry leaders• Receive a value-packed registration package that includes online access to final papers, access to all

activities and abundant networking opportunities, including receptions and daily lunches• Participate in in-depth workshops providing fundamental study on career development

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2016 Plans

49Technical Article

52As The Turbine Turns

54View from the Chair

56Student and Young

Engineer Travel Awards for ASME Turbo Expo 2016

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• Listen to some of the leading research and development in the field.

• Seize the opportunity to be face-to-face with key industry leaders

• Go on a facility tour to see how theories are put into commercial practice

• Network with renowned professionals in the field • Strengthen existing connections and develop new ones• Earn professional development hours by attending the

sessions or a workshop• Present a journal quality paper• Submit an informative poster of your work

With these leisure options, picture yourself stepping into a city with a different culture, language, way of life, background and view.

• Eat some kimchi and Korean cuisine• Walk the grounds of Changdeokgung palace• Shop at Myeong-dong shopping district• Ride and dine at the top of the N Seoul Tower on Namsan

Mountain

This is your chance to enjoy the city, the people, the food, the academics, and the challenge! Plan now to join 3,000 turbine colleagues from around the world at ASME TURBO EXPO, ASME’s premier turbomachinery technical conference and exposition, set for June 13-17, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. This year along with the keynote we will have two plenary sessions. Tune in to all three to maximize your experience at the conference.

Keynote ThemeEnergy and Propulsion in the Information AgeThe intersection of information technology and physical energy/propulsion infrastructure is creating significant opportunities for cost, reliability, and performance increases in turbomachinery and the larger systems with which they operate. This theme will explore these innovations and how they are impacting rotating machinery in the power generation, aircraft, and oil and gas industries, including manufacturing and fleet monitoring and maintenance.

Keynote & Awards ProgramKeynote Panel: Energy and Propulsion in the Information AgeMonday, June 13, 2016 Grand Ballroom, First level at the COEX Center10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Plenary: Asset Optimization and Monitoring in the Information AgeTuesday, June 14, 2016Grand Ballroom, First level at the COEX Center8:00 – 8:45 a.m.

Plenary: Gas Turbine Manufacturing in the Energy AgeWednesday, June 15, 2016Auditorium, Third level at the COEX Center8:00 – 8:45 a.m.

Important Turbo Expo 2016 Publication DatesJanuary 11, 2016 – Notification of Paper AcceptanceJanuary 11, 2016 – Electronic Copyright Form Submission Process OpensFebruary 1, 2016 – Submission

of Revised Paper for ReviewFebruary 15, 2016 – Author Notification of Acceptance of Revised PaperFebruary 26, 2016 – Submission of Copyright FormFebruary 29, 2016 – Submission of Final Paper

Networking Opportunities

Opening LunchJune 13th At this networking event, you can discuss the keynote & awards program and reconvene from the prior Turbo Expo Conference.


Welcome ReceptionJune 13th This is an opportunity for you to establish new connections and strengthen existing ones in a casual atmosphere.

Exhibit Hall LunchesJune 14th – 16th Grab a delicious bite to eat while you network with the Turbo Expo exhibitors.

Exhibit Hall ReceptionsJune 14th – 15th Enjoy complimentary drinks while you have the opportunity to visit the exhibits of the industry’s leading companies.

Women Working in Turbomachinery Networking EventJune 14th The Women Working in Turbomachinery come from a professionally diverse background with different

areas of expertise. During this annual networking event, they learn from one another and expand their technical knowledge in turbomachinery which prepares them to make significant contributions.

Exposition We understand that you need return on investment for your sponsorship, exhibiting, and advertising dollars. Partnering with ASME Turbo Expo gives you strategically focused access to an influential audience of commercial, governmental and academic engineers in the field of turbomachinery. This alliance offers many key opportunities, including high visibility, hospitality, and networking.

Kicking off the conference on a positive note, the Keynote and Luncheon on Monday allows for establishing connections with the attendees prior to the Exhibit opening on Tuesday. Monday evening, in a casual atmosphere with attendees, the Welcome Reception is an opportunity for exhibitors to establish new connections and strengthen existing ones. During the exhibit, Tuesday through Thursday, industry leading exhibitors showcase their innovative and essential products. Afternoon hall receptions allow for more networking with the attendees and casual engagement time to showcase their products and services to the over 2500 attendees.

Maximize your return on investment! By optimizing your dollars through partnering with ASME Turbo Expo, you ensure that your exhibit will get the attention of the attendees at the conference and throughout the year. Your company will be front and center with our influential community. This partnership provides you with an exclusive opportunity to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with our attendees in ways that are best suited to meet the individual needs of your business. Combine any of the Conference sponsorship opportunities with an exhibit booth to maximize your exposure at Turbo Expo and customize your experience. Complement the professional technical sessions by enabling attendees to see, hear, examine, question, and evaluate the latest developments in equipment, supplies and services which are recommended for use in the field of turbomachinery! Contact [email protected] today for exhibition, sponsorship and advertising opportunities for ASME Turbo Expo 2016 in Seoul.



Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) can consist of high pressure 1,000 psia stored air as an energy medium, and is most efficient when heated before expansion for power recovery. This requires a reheat power expansion turbine, only a concept 40 years ago. Today, reheat gas turbine technology is still valid with improvements for very high pressure 2,800 psia stored air for high density power recovery for 400 kW/ 1.0 pps mass flow, providing a 25% benefit for large CAES power plant.

The First UnitThis was a bold step for the Brown Boveri (BBC) engineers and the Noordwestdeutche Kraftwerke (NWK) AG of Hamburg, W Germany. “The concept of using gas turbines for peak shaving by compressing air during off-peak hours and releasing it through a turbogenerator at peak load periods is not new. What is new is the acceptance of this design by at least one major user, Noordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG, of Hamburg W. Germany. They’ve ordered a 290 MW peaking plant from Brown Boveri & Cie, Mannheim, W. Germany, for installation at Huntorf in the Bremen/Oldenburg area. Unit should see first commercial service in 1977.”

( Late News from Gas Turbine International September-October 1975 Issue.) What was proposed was to fill two solution-mined salt caverns of five million cubic feet with high pressure compressed air by an axial flow inter-cooled compressor boosted up to 1,000 psia then after cooled before discharging into the caverns. When there was need for power, the stored air was released at 650 psia to a high pressure combustor, expanded and reheated for expansion through a low pressure (LP) turbine. In all, this required a high pressure turbine development of a very high pressure ratio 45:1, which the BBC engineers were confident of achieving. The unit went into commercial operation in 1978 and, in the first 30 years of reliable service, more than 465 GWH of electricity was produced, including more than 8300 starts.

To deliver 290 MW of power in nine minutes and a rapid start of six minutes to full load, the engineers eliminated the exhaust recuperator to reduce the cost of the overall project which also included the solution mining of the two air storage salt caverns. During the planning stages in early 70’s fuel prices were also very low, so rapid power delivery took precedence over efficiency. Since the planning stages, two world oil crises increased prices substantially and consideration was given to adding a recuperator which would save about 1/3 of the fuel consumption and directly impact energy prices.

CAES in the USABBC was confident of the CAES market being driven in the USA and developed a 60 Hz unit of 220 MW as well as a smaller 50/110 MW unit that would both serve the 50 and 60Hz requirements for smaller units. These designs all included the reheat single shaft turbine with exhaust recuperation to substantially improve the heat rate to 4000 Btu/kW/hr or lower. Within three years of successful Huntorf operation, BBC designed and built the 220 MW CAES plant turbo-machinery for the Soyland Power Cooperative Inc. of Decatur, Illinois. Sadly, a geological fault in the cavern was its Achilles heel.

Looking Back 40 Years—The Reheat Gas Turbine Applied to Energy StorageSeptimus van der Linden. Member ASME, Past Chair IGTI Electric Power Committee

TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Figure 1 – Configuration of Huntorf developed from GT13D.

Step 1 Gas turbine GT13D

Step 2 Compressor removed

Step3 HP Turbine added

Step 4 HP Combustor Chamber added


The McIntosh CAES 110 MW plant in Alabama by Dresser Rand (D-R) and EPRI was based on this concept; basically half scale of Soyland Power Cooperative design. This concept has been successfully operating since 1991 at the Power South CAES power plant. The salt dome solution-mined cavern of 20 Mft3 can support 2600 MW/hrs of generation without recharging the cavern to full pressure of 1102 psia after being drawn down to 630 psia.

CAES GT Technology Today Improvements: After 30 years of operation, the Huntorf unit rating upgraded 10.7% to 321 MW in 2007, by increasing the airflow 11.5% and inlet pressure by 2.5 %, the HP inlet temperature was reduced from 1022F to 914F. The latest version of the McIntosh reheat GT design is now offered with 400 pps vs. 340 pps which the flow path through the HP and LP turbines could readily accommodate. The maximum rating of the two expanders can now achieve a range of 134 MW to 145 MW. Decoupling the Compressor: The two current operating units are single shaft configurations where the generator/motor drives the compression train. Decoupling and using a separate motor provides a wider choice of compression optimization and overall flexibility of operations. Cavern Storage Depth: Current projects are based on deep depleted gas fields, aquifers and domal salt structures 4000 ft or more in depth, requiring air storage pressures as high as 2800 psia. How to deal with very high storage pressure without having to design an entirely new machine? Innovative VHP Reheat GT: D-R solved the problem elegantly by retaining the proven low temperature cycle, adding a third un-fired expansion stage as a pressure reducing turbine using pre-heated air from the recuperator, now with a rating capability of 160 MW. CAES Reheat 3 Casing VHP, HP&LP Turbine: the illustration below shows the 3 coupled expanders of which the HP and LP are fired sequentially.

Wyoming Wind and Mega CAES Project One of the current projects in development is the Pathfinder 2,100 MW wind power at the site of the best wind energy in the country: southeastern Wyoming. This is planned to expand to 3,000 MW. At Delta, UT, Burbank Water and Power and Pathfinder will jointly develop 1,200 MW of CAES utilizing a unique salt cavern formation of high strength and depth, suitable for several storage caverns. Each cavern will hold the equivalent volume of the Empire State building; delivering 300 MW for 48 hrs (14,400,000 kW/hrs) before recharging is required. There are two CAES units per cavern, each capable of 160 MW gross with a 100% compression train of approx. 130 MW. Wind Energy produced in Wyoming, or stored in the CAES system will be shipped from Utah on the 2,400 MW Southern Transmission System (STS) line to Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s balancing area for use by and sale to California utilities. Additionally, there is development of the 538 mile, 500 kV HVDC Zephyr transmission line to connect Pathfinder wind power to Delta, Utah, at the location of the Intermountain Power Project (IPP), for a Commercial Operation Date of post 2020.

The Reheat Recuperated GT CycleOnce again, the reheat concept demonstrates its merits. The CAES GT works at low turbine inlet temperatures, capable of fast start and loading 10 minutes to full load; high ramp rates up or down with minimum load as low as 10%, flat heat rate for most of the load range. With exceptional low fuel input efficiency of 85%, the kW/hr equivalent Btu input to the compression cycle must be added, resulting in an overall efficiency of close to 55%, impressive versus a 300 MW GTCC plant that is required to load follow when integrating renewable energy sources. The metamorphosis from that of a “peak shaving” unit to that of a grid support and renewable energy enabler is now complete. Advanced Reheat Gas Turbines such as the GT24/26 with higher operating temperatures offer further potential development for CAES.

What innovations will follow next?

Figure 2 – Heated high pressure air enters VHP Expander from the Recuperator-Fuel added to HP and LP reheat sections to exhaust to Recuperator preheating the high pressure air from the Cavern Storage Low HP temperature of 1000 F and LP of 1600 F results in heat-rate of below 3900 Btu/kW/hr over the operating range.

Reproduced by permission of Dresser-Rand Company



In the last twenty-five years, the

development and deployment of combined

cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants

represent a technology breakthrough in

efficient energy conversion, and in the

reduction of greenhouse gas production. It

is one, in my opinion, that has been largely

unrecognized by the popular press in their

writing about energy and greenhouse gas

production.

In The Nature of Technology 1, author

Brian Arthur points out that the evolution of

novel technologies arise by the combination

of existing technologies, begetting

innovation. The CCGT power plant is a

superb example of Arthur’s definition, where

technologies of steam turbines and gas

turbines were joined, to form a combined

power plant.

As Dietrich Eckardt relates in his

excellent Gas Turbine Powerhouse 2, CCGT

power plants started to be deployed in

about 1990. At that time, gas turbine

combustor and hot turbine technology

had advanced, so that exhaust gas exit

temperatures reached the range of 1000

°F (538 °C) in electric power gas turbines.

These Brayton cycle exhaust gases were

high enough in temperature to pass through

a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)

to supply a Rankine cycle steam turbine,

generating more electrical power.

Thus the resulting combined power

plant (Brayton and Rankine) generates

electrical power from two prime movers,

using one unit of fuel. The fuel of choice

is predominantly clean-burning natural

gas, with fuel oil frequently used as a

backup. Using conservation of energy and

the definition of thermodynamic thermal

efficiency Ƞ, the combined cycle thermal

efficiency, ȠCC, can be derived fairly simply

as,

where ȠB and ȠR are thermal efficiencies of

the Brayton and Rankine cycles, respectively.

Taking ȠB = 40% (a good value for modern

gas turbines) and ȠR = 30% (a reasonable

value at typical CCGT conditions), the sum

minus the product in Eq. (1) yields ȠCC =

58%, a value of combined cycle efficiency

greater than either of the individual

efficiencies.

Currently, in my home state of

Connecticut we have CCGT power plants

that range from 25 MW (here at the

University of Connecticut) to 840 MW in the

town of Dayville. On May 19, 2011 Siemens

announced it had reached a record thermal

efficiency of 60.75% at its new 578 MW

CCGT power plant in Irsching, Germany,

making it probably the most efficient heat

engine ever operated. Since then, Siemens,

GE and Mitsubishi have announced CCGT

power plants under design and development

that will approach an ȠCC of 65%, more

than double the power plant efficiency

values I learned about as an undergraduate

engineering student.

Natural gas, composed mostly of

methane, CH4, is the hydrocarbon fuel used

by CCGT power plants. Methane has the

highest heating value per unit mass (24,400

Btu/lbm, (HHV)) of any of the hydrocarbon

fuels (e.g. butane, diesel fuel, gasoline, coal,

etc.). It is the most environmentally benign

of fuels, with impurities such as sulfur

(hydrogen sulfide) removed before it enters

the pipeline. The chemical reaction for

stoichiometric combustion of methane with

O2 in air is

to produce carbon dioxide and water, where

∆H is the heating value (also called heat

of combustion, or heat content). Using

stoichiometry, Eq. (2) shows that for 1 lbm

of methane, 2.74 lbm of carbon dioxide, a

greenhouse gas, is produced.

King Coal and Prince MethaneRoughly 40% of the world’s electricity is

generated in Rankine cycle coal-fired power

plants. According to the Energy Information

Administration (EIA) 3, in 2014, U.S. coal-

fired plants accounted for 76% of the carbon

dioxide emissions for the U.S. electric power

sector.

Gas Turbines - Major Greenhouse Gas Inhibitors by Lee S. Langston, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut

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IurbineA S T H E

(1) ȠCC = ȠB + ȠR - ȠB ȠR

(2) CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O + ∆H


If a significant portion of these coal-

fired Rankine cycle plants were replaced

by the latest natural gas-fired CCGT power

plants, anthropogenic carbon dioxide

released into the earth’s atmosphere would

be greatly reduced. Two contributing factors

bring this about:

1) More efficient plants burn less

fossil fuel. As we saw above, the latest CCGT

power plants operate at thermal efficiencies

of 60% (or higher). Using EIA data4 for

coal-fired steam plants in the U.S., their

average thermal efficiency is 30% (it is 33%

for natural gas) for plants operating over 7

years in 2007-2013. Thus, the latest CCGT

power plants’ efficiencies are double that

of the average U.S. coal-fired steam plant in

operation.

2) The amount of carbon dioxide

produced when a fuel is burned is a function

of its carbon content and its heat content

(heat of combustion). A measure of this is

the carbon dioxide emissions coefficient, ϒ.

Using EIA data5, the emissions coefficient for

natural gas is ϒNG = 117.0 lbm CO2/MBtu, a

ratio of the mass of CO2 produced to its heat

content (HHV). The emissions coefficient for

subbituminous coal is ϒC = 214.3 lbm CO2/

MBtu. (This class of coal is used primarily as

fuel for steam-electric power generation.)

Thus on an energy input basis, coal can

produce more carbon dioxide mass than

natural gas by a factor of 1.8.

Efficiencies and EmissionsJust how do these two factors, the difference

in plant efficiencies and in CO2 emissions

play out for greenhouse gas production? We

can evaluate each, by comparing the rate of

anthropogenic production of CO2, ṅ, where

ṅ = ϒ∆Hṁ and ṁ is the mass rate of fuel

flow.

Figure 1 shows a sketch of two control

volumes, one for a coal-fired Rankine cycle

power plant (subscript R) and one for a

natural gas CCGT power plant (subscript CC),

each with an identical power output of Ẇ.

Using the appropriate values for each power

plant, the fuel energy rate input is Ḟ = ṁ∆H.

From Fig. 1, and the symbol definitions given

above, the ratio of rate of CO2 production

for the Rankine (R) coal-fired plant and the

natural gas combined cycle plant (CC) is then

given by

Equation (3) clearly shows the effect of both

plant efficiency and hydrocarbon fuel carbon

content/heat content.

Using efficiency values (30% and 60%)

and emission values given above, Eq. (3)

yields a CO2 production rate ratio of 3.63.

Thus, replacing a coal Rankine cycle power

plant with a natural gas CCGT power plant

reduces CO2 by a factor of almost four,

resulting in a substantial 75% reduction in

CO2 production.

Because of recent shale gas

developments in the U.S., many coal-fired

Rankine cycle plants are switching over

to cheaper natural gas. However, Eq. (3)

(where ȠR = 33% for the use of natural gas)

still yields a 45% reduction in CO2 production

by the use of a CCGT.

Sustainable energy advocates may say

that these CCGT CO2 reductions still do not

make greenhouse gases go to zero. But

when the sun doesn’t shine and when the

wind doesn’t blow (or blows too hard) we

all know that we need reliable, on-demand

electrical power at a reasonable cost. This

can be provided by existing gas turbine CCGT

technology, with a minimum of greenhouse

gas production.

References1. Arthur, W. Brian, 2009, The Nature of Technology,

Free Press, p. 21.2. Eckardt, Dietrich, 2014, Gas Turbine

Powerhouse, Oldenbourg Verlag München, pp. 348-351.

3. “How much of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are associated with electricity generation?”, March 31, 2015, EIA, <www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=77&t=11>.

4. “Table 8.2. Average Tested Heat Rates by Prime Mover of Energy Source, 2007-2013”, April 2, 2015, EIA<www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_02.html>.

5. “How much carbon dioxide is produced when different fuels are burned?”, June 18, 2015, EIA, <www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=73&t=11>.

As the Turbine Turns... FR

W

QR

CoalSteam

Power Plant

FCC

W

QCC

Natural GasCombined Cycle

Power Plant

F = Input Energy RateQ = Rate of Heat RejectedW = Power Output

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° °

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Figure 1 – Control volumes for Rankine Cycle and CCGT power plants, each with equal power output, Ẇ.

(3) ṅR = ȠCC ϒc

ṅCC ȠR ϒng



A VIEW FROM THE CHAIRBy Dr. Seung Jin Song, Chair, ASME IGTI Board

Welcome to the

Global Gas Turbine

News (GGTN), the

quarterly newsletter

of the International

Gas Turbine Institute

(IGTI). This will be

my final “A View

from the Chair” for

the GGTN as my successor, Piero Colonna,

becomes the new Chair in December, 2015.

Piero Colonna is Professor of Propulsion and

Power at TU Delft in the Netherlands and

specializes in thermodynamics. I thank the

fellow IGTI Board members and Karen Thole,

the past Chair, for their generosity in helping

me serve as Chair the past eighteen months.

Scholastic publication and conference

organization remain the two most

important activities IGTI undertakes, and,

in the past year, the IGTI Board has tried

to improve both. The Editors and the IGTI

Board now meet annually to continuously

improve our two journals – the Journal of Turbomachinery and the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

For our conferences, we have further

streamlined the review process and

significantly increased financial support for

young engineers and students via travel

awards and scholarships.

In Montreal this past June, the IGTI

members clearly expressed their concerns

about the status of IGTI. Since then, I invited

ASME President Julio Guerrero to participate

in the October meeting of the IGTI Board,

and he graciously accepted. President

Guerrero, along with Mike Ireland came to

listen and have a dialogue about options.

The meeting went very well, and I am happy

to tell you that we are moving in the right

direction. One of the areas we will explore is

to have IGTI becoming a Segment within the

TEC Sector in ASME. We hope to have more

concrete news to report on this front in the

future.

Looking ahead to 2016, Turbo Expo

2016 will be the very first Turbo Expo to

be held in Asia and, thus, will be a big

experiment for IGTI. We are off to a great

start as we have received 1966 Abstracts,

the second highest number in IGTI history.

Tim Lieuwen, the Conference Chair, and Bill

Newsom, the Executive Conference Chair,

are planning excellent Keynote and plenary

lecture sessions in line with the conference

theme “Energy and Propulsion in the

Information Age”. For the technical papers,

we will be implementing the changes to the

review process recommended by the Ad Hoc

Committee headed by Howard Hodson.

I thank all of you for your continued

passionate support for IGTI, and I look

forward to seeing you in Seoul.

Finally, I wish all of you a happy holiday

season and all the best in 2016.

Young Engineer Turbo Expo Participation Award (YETEP)Nomination deadline for ASME Turbo Expo 2016 - March 1, 2016.

The ASME IGTI YETEP Award is intended for young engineers at

companies, in government service, or engineering undergraduate or

graduate students in the gas turbine or related fields to obtain travel

funding to attend ASME Turbo Expo to present a paper which they

have authored or co-authored. The purpose is to provide a way for

more to participate in the annual Turbo Expo.

For 2016, ASME IGTI will provide YETEP Award winners with:

• One Complimentary ASME Turbo Expo Technical Conference

Registration

• Complimentary hotel accommodations (Sunday to Friday)

• Up to $2,000 towards approved travel expenses

The nominee must have obtained an academic degree (Bachelor,

Master, PhD, or equivalent degrees) in an engineering discipline

related to turbomachinery within five years from the year of the

Turbo Expo that the applicant wishes to attend. The research results

the applicant wishes to present at the conference can have been

obtained either while pursuing an academic degree, or afterwards

(students, professionals or young academics are eligible).

The application is located at: https://community.asme.org/

international_gas_turbine_institute_igti/w/wiki/4029.honors-and-

awards.aspx.

Student Advisory Committee Travel Award (SACTA)The Student Advisory Committee (SAC) represents the interest of

the students who attend ASME Turbo Expo and serves as a student-

specific liaison to the ASME IGTI Board. The Committee engages

students by creating student-oriented programs at ASME Turbo

Expo, such as poster presentations, tutorial sessions and activities

that facilitate student interaction and networking with industry

professionals. This year ASME IGTI SAC is sponsoring up to 40 travel

awards for students who actively contribute to the growth of the

committee. The awards are reimbursement awards that cover up to

$2,000 of travel expenses for the recipients attending ASME Turbo

Expo 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. To apply for the Student Advisory

Committee (SAC) travel award, please submit all documents in one

PDF file to [email protected] by March 1, 2016. All applicants will

be notified of the decision on their application by March 31, 2016.

For more information on the award opportunity or to download

the application, visit: https://www.asme.org/events/turbo-expo/

program/students.

Young Engineer Participation and Student Travel Awards for ASME Turbo Expo 2016 in Seoul, South Korea

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