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Listed below are papers presented to the Institution since 1977 which are available free to members.
Alternatively, papers presented to the Institution from 1916 can be downloaded using the following links.
Download list of technical papers from 18 to 495, Years 1916-1996.
Download list of technical papers from 496 to 655, Years 1997-2023
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Power Engineer Paper No Title Authors(s)/Presenter(s)
Volume 29 Issue 1 662 STEP’s Prototype Powerplant: Generating power from fusion and driving a commercial reality – Jack Acres, Sam Knight, UKIFS
Volume 28 Issue 5 661 Solar and BESS co-location: value streams and technical configurations options – Simona Scanu, Ethical Power
Volume 28 Issue 5 660 Observations on Emissions Trends for NOx, PM and SO2 – Dr Emily Agus
Volume 28 Issue 4 659 2024 Operational Report (available to members only)
Volume 28 Issue 3 658 Industrial Gas Turbine Power Augmentation Systems and how they impact the plant performance and the theory behind it – Thomas Daniel Somerfield, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing Power, Propulsion and the Environment, Cranfield University
Volume 28 Issue 2 657 The future of Hydrogen – the ends of the rainbow – Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of London
Volume 28 Issue 1 656 Prospects for nuclear energy in the UK – Kathryn Porter, Watt Logic
Volume 27 Issue 5 655 Time to accept that wind farm costs are not falling – Kathryn Porter, Watt Logic
Volume 27 Issue 3 654 2023 Operational Report (available to members only)
Volume 27 Issue 4 653 Synergy Study – Heat Recovery from Hydrogen Production – Corresponding Author: Guy Robertson, Co-Authors: Emily Agus/Amey Karnik/Dan King/Lisa Pardini/Aimilios Spinoulas, The Energy GovernancePartnership (um.dk)
Volume 27 Issue 2 652 ‘Greening’ a Country: UK Energy Use Scenarios and Considerations – Pericles Pilidis, Uyioghosa Igie, Vishal Sethi, Suresh Sampath and Theoklis Nikolaidis
Cranfield University
Volume 27 Issue 1 651 The value of flexible fuel mixing in hydrogen-fueled gas turbines – a techno-economic study – Simon Öberg, Mikael Odenbergera, Filip Johnsson
Volume 26 Issue 5 650 Synchronous Condensers with Flywheel for supporting power grid inertia: achievements and experience after first year of commercial operation –
Roberto Biondi, Mauro Priano
Volume 26 Issue 3 649 2022 Operational Report (available to members only)
Volume 26 Issue 4 648 30MW Heavy Fuel Burning Diesel Power Plant, Mollendo, Peru –
Colin W Dawson
Volume 26 Issue 2 647 Demonstration of the benefits of SAE 30 stationary gas engine oil in full scale engine tests – Thijs Schasfoort,Zoe Fard, TorstenGehrmann and Steffen Hollatz
Volume 26 Issue 1 646 GT Air Intake Filtration – Filtration Reliability Vs Filters’ Life – Gianluca de Arcangelis
Volume 25 Issue 5 645 Green House Gas Emission Reduction and Extension of Facility Life of a Power Plant – Exemplified at a Brownfield Gas Turbine Installation – R Krewinkel, S Theis,
B Ćosić, T Pöhler, S Parzigas
Volume 25 Issue 3 644 2020 Operational Report (available to members only)
Volume 25 Issue 4 643 The Development and Introduction of High Temperature Optical Pressure Sensors in Gas Turbine Combustion Monitoring Applications – Ian Macafee
Volume 25 Issue 2 642 Examination of carbon-neutral fuels for utility-scale power generation – Terry Raddings and Jeffrey Goldmeer
Volume 25 Issue 2 641 Optimising the UK’s shift to a Renewable-powered Economy,
Ville Rimali and Jyrki Leino
Volume 25 Issue 1 640 The Effect of Compressor Degradation on the Optimised Divestment Schedule of an Intercooled Gas Turbine Utilising Associated Gas, M Obhuo, R Douglas,
D Aziaka, D Igbong, IObhuo, A Oyeniran, P Pilidis
Volume 25 Issue 1 639 An Operational Report on 30 months of Battery Electric Vehicle usage in the UK, Alison and Trevor Owen
Volume 24 Issue 4 638 Review of opportunities for gas turbine generators in the changing electricity system of the United Kin, Steve Nutt
Volume 24 Issue 3 637 Development of Hydrogen and Natural Gas Co-
Firing Gas Turbine, Kenji Miyamoto, Mitsubishi Hitachi PowerSystems, Ltd (MHPS) Co-Authors: Kei Inoue(MHI), Tomo Kawakami, Sosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Tanimura, Junichiro Masada
Volume 24 Issue 2 636 The Benefits of LPG as the Fuel for Decentralised Power Generation, Michael Welch
Volume 24 Issue 1 635 Replanting of King’s Lynn CCGT – Flexible operation and extended life, Hassan Joudi and Ryan Broughton
Volume 23 Issue 5 634 Rootes TS3 opposed piston two stroke diesel engine, Trevor Owen
Volume 23 Issue 5 633 The impact of Electric Turbo Compounding on Gas Genset CO2, VOC & greenhouse emissions, Keith Douglas
Volume 23 Issue 4 632 2018 Operational Report (Available to members only)
Volume 23 Issue 3 631 Decarbonizing power generation through the use of hydrogen as a gas turbine fuel, Michael Welch
Volume 23 Issue 2 630 Early Hydro-Electric Power Plants at Niagara, Mike Raine
Volume 23 Issue 1 629 Hybrid trigeneration concepts for power, steam and hot water production, Karim Saidi, Hajo Hoops, Ulrich Orth and Sven-Hendrik Wiers
Volume 23 Issue 1 628 The development, history and future of the industrial gas turbine: Part 2 -The update, Ronald Hunt
Volume 22 Issue 4 627 The RWE Developed System for Monitoring of Gas Turbine Air Intake Filtration Performance including Site Test Results, John Macdonald
Volume 22 Issue 3 626 Charles A Parsons and the Gas Turbine: A Contribution to the History of the Industrial Gas Turbine, John Bolter
Volume 22 Issue 3 625 MAN industrial gas turbines for clean and flexible power-solutions for international power generation markets, Robert Krewinkel, Ulrich Orth, Detlef and Sven-Hendrik Wiers
Volume 22 Issue 2 624 Optimizing The Performance Of A 500kW Diesel Generator: Impact Of The Eo-Synchro Concept On Fuel Consumption And Greenhouse Gases, Mohamad Issa, Jean Fiset, Mohammadjavad Mobarra, Hussein Ibrahim and Adrian Ilinca
Volume 22 Issue 2 623 Upgrading Combined Heat and Power Generation Plant at Thames Water Mogden Sewage Treatment Works, David Linsell
Volume 22 Issue 1 622 A Brief Review of Condition Monitoring Techniques for Gas Turbines, Yu Zhang
Volume 22 Issue 1 621 Using the fuel flexibility of Gas Turbines to decarbonise Power Generation, Michael Welch
Volume 21 Issue 4 620 Modelling And Optimisation Of The Energy Production Based On Eo-Synchro Application, Mohamad Issa, Eric Dube, Mohammadjavad Mobarra, Jean Fiset and Adrian Ilinca
Volume 21 Issue 4 619 Review of IDGTE technical papers published from 1913-
2016, David Robbins and Ronald Hunt
Volume 21 Issue 3 618 New sensor technology for exhaust gas temperature, Patricia Flot and Alain Meslati
Volume 21 Issue 2 617 Considerations when Paralleling Generating Sets, Robert Patrick, Cummins Power Generation
Additional White Paper
Medium combustion plants Directive: Emissions limits, Pedro Ponte, Cummins Power Generation
Volume 21 Issue 1 616 World’s first ethane-powered marine vessels, Grant Gassner, Paolo Cenini, Kjell OveUlstein and Carlo Contessi -Wärtsilä Marine Solutions
Volume 20 Issue 4 615 How the latest upgrades of Siemens advanced frame SGT5-4000F gas turbines can support changing market requirements, Marc Tertilt, Siemens AG Power and Gas, Large Gas Turbines, Service Frame Development
Volume 20 Issue 4 614 Gas turbine air filter system optimization, James DiCampli & Jack Pan, GE Power & Water Mark Arsenault, American Air Filter Ltd
Volume 20 Issue 3 613 Flowmaster gas turbine system modelling, Sergio Antioquia, Mentor Graphics
Volume 20 Issue 3 612 Hybrid power generation for remote communities and industrial facilities, G Cooper & M Sedighy, Hatch Canada
Volume 20 Issue 2 611 Gas turbine performance adaptation for an aeroderivative gas turbine engine power station, Dr Tomas Alvarez – ENDESA, Dr T Nikolaidis, Dr M Diakostefanis, Dr S Sampath and Prof P Pilidis -Cranfield University
Volume 20 Issue 2 610 Power augmentation of existing CCGTs and OCGTs by injection of hot compressed air, James Macnaghten CEO, Isentropic Ltd
Volume 20 Issue 1 609 British Tank Engines of World War I, Trevor Owen
Volume 20 Issue 1 608 The Life of a CCGT Power Station Engineering Design Life versus The Commercial World, Peter Tottman, Barking Power Limited
Volume 19 Issue 4 607 MAN B&W Stationary Engines – Alternative Fuels, Helle Gotfredsen, MAN Diesel & Turbo
Volume 19 Issue 3 606 Efficiency gains by bottoming reciprocating engines with an ORC, Thomas Clark, ElectraTherm Inc.
Volume 19 Issue 3 605 The diesel cycle verified for methanol operation, Helle Gotfredsen, MAN Diesel & Turbo
Volume 19 Issue 2 604 Adsorption: A simple and cost-effective solution to remove varnish, Bryan Holden, C.C. Jensen Ltd and Scott Taylor, Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Ltd
Volume 19 Issue 2 603 Optimisation of GT air intake filtration through the implementation of water-removal technologies, Gianluca de Arcangelis, TT Filtration
Volume 19 Issue 1 602 Economic evaluation of online washing for a heavy duty gas turbine operation, Uyioghosa Igie, Pericles Pilidis, DanielGiesecke and Orlando Minervino -GasTurbine Engineering Group, Cranfield University and Paul Lambart -R-MC Power Recovery Ltd
Volume 18 Issue 4 601 Fuel Flexibility Done Right. MAN B&W ME-GI-S and MAN B&W LGI-S for stationary applications, MAN Diesel & Turbo
Volume 18 Issue 3 600 Extended Fuels Capability of Siemens’ SGT-400 DLE Combustion System, Brian M Igoe, Expert Proposal Manager (FEED) and Andy Stocker, Product Manager SGT-400, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd, Lincoln
Volume 18 Issue 2 599 Energy storage in the UK and Republic of Ireland electricity grids, Dr Jim Mooney, University of the West of Scotland
Volume 18 Issue 1 598 Flexible conventional generation plant, with full flue gas abatement, Peter Grima, Enemalta Corporation, Malta
Volume 17 Issue 4 596 GE’s integrated GTCC and fulfilment of grid code requirements, Maximum Buquet -Operability Systems Integration Leader and Christian Solacolu -Controls & Electrical Consulting Engineer, GE Power & Water
Volume 17 Issue 3 595 THE SGT-300 twin-shaft -the latest addition to Siemens’ GT portfolio, Christian Engelbert and Darrell Helas,Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery
Volume 17 Issue 2 593 Ten years hard labour in Mombasa, Graham Dilliway, PowerConsultInternational, Hon Fellow IPowerE
Volume 17 Issue 1 592 Narowal 213MW diesel combined cycle -overview of project from initial concept to commercial operation, Brian Kinsella and Stephen O’Gorman, Mott MacDonald Ireland Ltd
Volume 16 Issue 4 590 Implementing improvements to gas turbine air inlet filtration – an operator’s perspective, Scott Taylor & Stuart Lax, Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Ltd
Volume 16 Issue 3 589 Gas processing, side stream alternative use, Stefan Falten, Wartsila Finland Oy
Volume 16 Issue 3 588 Addressing the cause of varnishing in gas turbine lubrication systems, John Platt, Castrol Power
Volume 16 Issue 2 587 Diesel power for UK rail traction, Trevor Owen
Additional Paper The influence of CO2 in fuel on engine parameters, Marcel Skarohlid, Czech Technical University, Prague
Volume 16 Issue 1 586 Protecting critical equipment, reducing operating costs and safeguarding against downtime through on-line oil condition monitoring, Dr Stuart Lunt, Kittiwake Developments Ltd, UK
Additional Paper Technological and economic aspects of two years operation of the biogas co-generation set at the Warta SA waste treatment plant in Czestochowa, Poland, Adam Duzynski, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Volume 15 Issue 5 584 The propulsion of merchant ships: The case for LNG – the new era? T W Page, Wartsila UK Ltd
Volumes 14 & 15 Issue 4 Operational Report (combined edition) 2009/2010 Data (Available to members only) Tom Woodford, Guernsey Electricity Ltd
Volume 15 Issue 3 583 Reducing fuel consumption on the field by continuously measuring fuel quality on electronically fuel injected engines, Mr Patrice Flot & Mr Alain Meslati, CMR France and Mr Thierry Delorme, Ecole Centrale Marseille
Volume 15 Issue 2 582 The History of the Industrial Gas Turbine (Part 1 The First Fifty Years 1940-1990), Ronald J Hunt CEng FIMechE FIPowerE Thermal Power Consultant, Power +Energy Associates
Volume 15 Issue 1 581 Efficient combustion of Glycerol and other low cetane fuels in the diesel engine, John McNeil Aquafuel Research, Kent Science Park
Volume 15 Issue 1 580 Stationary MAN B&W MC-S engines for biofuel applications, Helle Goffredsen, MAN B&W
Volume 14 Issue 5 578 Dhekelia ICE – a modern fast track low speed plant, Henrik Abildgaard, General Manager Construction and Knud Hvidffeldt Rasmussen, Manager TechnicalInvestigations, Burmester & WainScandinavian Contractor A/S
Volume 14 Issue 3 577 An analysis of micro gas turbines for UK domestic combined heat and power, A Clay and G D Tansley School of Engineer and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham
Volume 14 Issue 3 576 The evolution of gas turbine compressor cleaning, Russ Gordon, R-MC Power Recovery Ltd
Volume 14 Issue 2 575 Carbon capture and storage implications for CCGT development, Kirsten Foy, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Volume 14 Issue 1 573 Biomass -going that extra mile! Andrew McMurtie, AIM Energy Ltd
Volume 13 Issue 5 572 Product Development and test program for aggressive gas engines, Vincent Carey, Kathy Tellier, Gilles Delafargue & David Squirrell, ExxonMobil
Volume 13 Issue 4 570 Operational Report 2009 (Available to members only), Compiled by Tom Woodford, Guernsey Electricity
Volume 13 Issue 3 571 Industry-University collaboration: a case study between Manx Electricity Authority and Cranfield University, Y G Li, P Pilidis, E Tsoutsanis, School of Engineering, Cranfield University and M Newby, Manx Electricity Authority, Isle of Man
Volume 13 Issue 2 568 Barking Power Station generator core failure and repair process, Gary Smith of Thames Power Services
Volume 13 Issue 1 567 The Tri-O-Gen Organic Rankine Cycle: Development and perspectives, J P van Buijtenen, Tri-O-Gen BV
Volume 12 Issue 5 566 The power and control systems design for the UK future aircraft carrier, Lt Roy Casson, Colin English, Simon Newman and Ltd Cmdr Ian Timbrell
Volume 12 Issue 4 565 Operational Report 2008 – The demands of a new running regime for slow-speed diesel engines, Tom Woodford, Guernsey Electricity Ltd
Volume 12 Issue 3 564 The management of variability and intermittency of electrical power supply, Dave Andrews, Consultant
Volume 12 Issue 2 563 Low container ship speed facilitated by versatile ME/ME-C engines, MAN Diesel A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
Additional Paper The use of di-methyl-
ether as alternative fuel in gas turbines for power generation, Alva Shortt of Bateman Power and Energy
Volume 12 Issue 1 562 Gaseous and particulate emissions control from stationary engines and turbines, Tim J Benstead & Christoph M Heinisch of Johnson Matthey Catalysts
Volume 11 Issue 5 561 The use of biomass derived fast pyrolysis liquids in power generation: engines and turbines, Cordner Peacocke of Conversion & Resource Evaluation Ltd
Volume 11 Issue 4 560 The development of the TD2010 engine concept, R A Bickerton of Deutz UK