OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - CLARCOR Industrial Air announced that the number of gas turbines using clearcurrent PRO inlet filters has reached 300 installations worldwide. This extraordinary number shows how turbine operators have seen the benefits of a filter related to performance and switched over to the clearcurrent PRO.

Introduced to the marketplace nearly two years ago, the clearcurrent PRO was the first inlet filter to put the emphasis on reducing gas turbine degradation. With its innovative PRO technology, standing for Predictable, Reliable Output (PRO), the clearcurrent PRO filter helped operators achieve better performance for their turbines without the worrying hassles of differential pressure spikes.

The clearcurrent PRO is now helping power and utility companies in every major corner of the world with better performance from their gas turbines. It still offers all the same benefits as before, with the added advantage of thousands of hours of run-time experience on turbines in all environments. The inlet filters are now installed in North, Central and South America; Europe; the Middle East; India; China; Southeast Asia; and Australia.

The clearcurrent PRO was part of an in-depth study by the CLARCOR Industrial Air team to monitor the performance of the filter for several years at a variety of worldwide installations - both coastal and inland sites - to see the effects a filter has on actual compressor performance. Previously, filters were evaluated using only laboratory tests, which is of limited value when it comes to predicting actual turbine performance in real-world environments.

The team found that inlet systems installed with clearcurrent PRO helped maintain output and heat rates, and improved overall turbine efficiency compared with earlier technologies. Reduced degradation is vital to turbine operators that can potentially see savings on maintenance costs, or more revenue, due to increased power generation.

All of those same benefits remain in effect today, and best of all, the cost advantages of clearcurrent PRO remain unparalleled, allowing turbine operators to protect their compressor and provide better performance, all at a comparable price to a standard, average-performing filter.

Due to the success of the clearcurrent PRO, CLARCOR Industrial Air has embedded the PRO technology to other filters in the company's portfolio. Operators with static vCell inlet systems and specialized cartridge inlet systems can also now benefit from the advantages.

Source: http://www.clarcorindustrialair.com/Portals/29/documents/gas-turbine-inlet/CLARCOR%20Industrial%20Air%20clearcurrent%20Press%20Release.pdf
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