Publications

Fuentes, Karen T., Ron E. Munson, James Beverly, Richard Recor, Evaluation, Redesign and Repair Welding of a Steam Turbine – Control Stage Suffering from Repeat Failures, Presented at EPRI Fourth International Conference, Welding and Repair Technology for Power Plants, Marco Island, FL, June, 2000.

Fuentes, Karen T., and Ron E. Munson, Verification of Fitness-for-Service of Weld Repaired Steam Turbine Rotors, Presented at EPRI Second International EPRI Conference, Welding and Repair Technology for Power Plants, Daytona Beach, FL, May 21-24, 1996.

Fuentes, K.T. et al, Weld Repair of a Low Pressure Turbine Rotor Subject to Torsional Loading, presented at the 1994 EPRI Welding and Repair Technology for Fossil Power Plants International Conference, Williamsburg, VA, March 23-25, 1994.

Fuentes, K.T. and R.E. Munson, Repair Techniques for Rotating Equipment, presented at the 1990 NPRA Refinery and Petrochemical Plant Maintenance Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 23‑25, 1990.

Fuentes, K.T. and K.S. Oberle, Laboratory Study of a Steam Turbine Rotor Weld Repair, ASME 87‑JPGC‑PWR‑15, presented at the 1987 Joint Power Generation Conference, Miami, FL, October 1987. Published in the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, ASME, October, 1989

Fuentes, K.T. and R.J. Davis, FPS SEE Inspector Training: Enforcement and Field Inspectors, presented at EPA/SSCD Workshop, Washington, D.C., May 11‑16, 1989.

Fuentes, K.T., Destructive Testing of Non‑Code Paper Machine Dryer Rolls, presented at the 1985 TAPPI Engineering Conference, Atlanta, GA, September, 1985.  Published in 1985 Engineering Conference Proceedings and published in the TAPPI Journal, October 1985.

Fuentes, K.T. and L.J. Hodas, Feasibility Study of Enhanced Combustion Via Improved Wood Stove Firebox Design, presented at the Wood Heating Alliance/‑EPA Seminar, Baltimore, MD, March 1985.

Fuentes, K.T., Metallurgical Causes for Circumferential Cracking of a Last Stage Steam Turbine Disk, ASME 83‑JPGC‑PWR‑32.  Presented at ASME Joint Power Generation Conference, Indianapolis, IN, September 1983.