Operational Issues With Gas Turbines Intake Air Filters in Watson Cogeneration Facility

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Ingistov
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Petrochemical Plant ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Air Filters ◽  
Combustion Gas ◽  
Industrial Environment

Intake air filtration is crucial in performance and reliability of combustion gas turbine situated in typical industrial environment such as large petrochemical plant, refinery and industrial plant. The air-born pollutants vary in size and composition and their arrestance is of fundamental value to the life expectancy of the turbine rotating and stationary elements. In addition, the air-born pollutants which pass the intake air filter elements tend to foul the axial compressor blades both stationary and rotating. The result of the particular fouling is the creation of an additional, parasitic load on the gas turbine, driver. A as result the heat rate of a gas turbine will increase and also the production of CO2 will increase too. Watson Cogeneration Plant is located in a typical industrial environment, very close to the major freeway and to the Pacific Coast. This paper describes field experience accumulated during the last three years of continuous operation under the base load of one of the four gas turbines, GT Unit 92, furnished with advanced, HEPA Class 12 intake air filters. Intake air filters durability which plays more and more decisive role in gas turbine successful operation and maintenance is also discussed.

On Gas Turbine Performance With Pulse Jet for Air Filters Cleaning

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Brusca ◽  
R. Lanzafame
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Air Filters ◽  
Air Filter ◽  
Industrial Environment ◽  
Cleaning Procedure ◽  
Turbine Performance ◽  
Pulse Jet

The present paper deals with the performance analysis of gas turbines with online pulse jet system for air filter cleaning. In order to evaluate the engine performance before, during and after the cleaning procedure, a mathematical model of GE MS6001FA gas turbine has been implemented using GateCycle software. The model was calibrated and tested using real engine monitoring data. A comparison of the engine behavior from the model and experimental data shows that the results can be calculated with errors below 2% for the input conditions simulated in the present study. The GateCycle model was used to evaluate engine performance before, during and after engine pulse jet activation. On the basis of the results it is possible to state that air filter cleaning slightly increase engine performance in normal industrial environment.

Strength Design and Reliability Evaluation of a Hybrid Ceramic Stator Vane for Industrial Gas Turbines

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nakakado ◽  
T. Machida ◽  
H. Miyata ◽  
T. Hisamatsu ◽  
N. Mori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Metal Structure ◽  
Reliability Evaluation ◽  
Combustion Gas ◽  
Strength Design ◽  
Stator Vane ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines ◽  
Hybrid Ceramic

Employing ceramic materials for the critical components of industrial gas turbines is anticipated to improve the thermal efficiency of power plants. We developed a first-stage stator vane for a 1300°C class, 20-MW industrial gas turbine. This stator vane has a hybrid ceramic/metal structure, to increase the strength reliability of brittle ceramic parts, and to reduce the amount of cooling air needed for metal parts as well. The strength design results of a ceramic main part are described. Strength reliability evaluation results are also provided based on a cascade test using combustion gas under actual gas turbine running conditions.

Gas Turbine Fouling Offshore: Effective Online Water Wash Through High Water-to-Air Ratio

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stian Madsen ◽  
Lars E. Bakken
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
High Water ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Water Rate ◽  
Offshore Field ◽  
Key Parameter

Optimized operation of gas turbines is discussed for a fleet of 11 GE LM2500PE engines at a Statoil North Sea offshore field in Norway. Three engines are generator drivers, and eight engines are compressor drivers. Several of the compressor drive engines are running at peak load (T5.4 control), hence, the production rate is limited by the available power from these engines. The majority of the engines discussed run continuously without redundancy, hence, the gas turbine uptime is critical for the field's production and economy. The performance and operational experience with online water wash at high water-to-air ratio (w.a.r.), as well as successful operation at longer maintenance intervals and higher average engine performance are described. The water-to-air ratio is significantly increased compared to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) limit (OEM limit is 17 l/min which yields approximately 0.5% water-to-air ratio). Today the engines are operated at a water rate of 50 l/min (three times the OEM limit) which yields a 1.4% water-to-air ratio. Such a high water-to-air ratio has been proven to be the key parameter for obtaining good online water wash effectiveness. Possible downsides of high water-to-air ratio have been thoroughly studied.

Gas Turbine Fogging Technology — A State-of-the-Art Review: Part II — Overspray Fogging, Analytical and Experimental Aspects

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Bhargava ◽  
C. B. Meher-Homji ◽  
M. A. Chaker ◽  
M. Bianchi ◽  
F. Melino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Comprehensive Review

The strong influence of ambient temperature on the output and heat rate on a gas turbine has popularized the application of inlet fogging and overspray for power augmentation. One of the main advantages of overspray fogging is that it enhances power output as a result of decrease in compression work associated with the continuous evaporation of water within the compressor due to fog intercooling. A comprehensive review on the current understanding of the analytical and experimental aspects of overspray fogging technology as applied to gas turbines is presented in this paper.

HRSG Duct Firing Revisited

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Can Gülen
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Combined Cycle Power Plant

Duct firing in the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) of a gas turbine combined cycle power plant is a commonly used method to increase output on hot summer days when gas turbine airflow and power output lapse significantly. The aim is to generate maximum possible power output when it is most needed (and, thus, more profitable) at the expense of power plant heat rate. In this paper, using fundamental thermodynamic arguments and detailed heat and mass balance simulations, it will be shown that, under certain boundary conditions, duct firing in the HRSG can be a facilitator of efficiency improvement as well. When combined with highly-efficient aeroderivative gas turbines with high cycle pressure ratios and concomitantly low exhaust temperatures, duct firing can be utilized for small but efficient combined cycle power plant designs as well as more efficient hot-day power augmentation. This opens the door to efficient and agile fossil fuel-fired power generation opportunities to support variable renewable generation.

Performance Evaluation of Selected Combustion Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems Based on First and Second-Law Analysis

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. F. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Pinch Point ◽  
Combustion Gas ◽  
Second Law Analysis ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

The thermodynamic performance of selected combustion gas turbine cogeneration systems has been studied based on first-law as well as second-law analysis. The effects of the pinch point used in the design of the heat recovery steam generator, and pressure of process steam on fuel-utilization efficiency (first-law efficiency), power-to-heat ratio, and second-law efficiency, are examined. Results for three systems using state-of-the-art industrial gas turbines show clearly that performance evaluation based on first-law efficiency alone is inadequate. Decision makers should find the methodology contained in this paper useful in the comparison and selection of cogeneration systems.

Comparison of Externally Fired and Internal Combustion Gas Turbines Using Biomass Fuel

2001 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro B. Ferreira ◽  
Pericles Pilidis
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Combustion Gas ◽  
Exhaust Temperature ◽  
Exergetic Analysis ◽  
Main Components

There is a difference of opinion regarding the relative merits of gas turbines using biomass fuels. Some engineers believe that the internal combustion gas turbine coupled to a gasifier will give a higher efficiency than the externally fired gas turbine using pretreated biomass that is not gasified. Others believe the opposite. In this paper, a comparison between these schemes is made, within the framework of the Brazilian perspective. The exergetic analysis of four cycles is described. The first cycle is externally fired (EFGT), the second uses gasified biomass as fuel (BIG/GT), each of them with a combined cycle as a variant (EFGT/CC and BIG/GTCC). These four are then compared to the natural gas turbine cycles (NGT and NGT/CC) in order to evaluate the thermodynamic cost of using biomass. The comparison is carried out in terms of thermal efficiency and in terms of exergetic efficiency and exergy destruction in the main components. The present analysis shows that the EFGT is quite promising. When compared to the NGT cycle, the EFGT gas turbine shows poor efficiency, though this parameter practically equals that of the BIG/GT cycle. The use of a bottoming steam cycle changes the figures, and the EFGT/CC—due to its higher exhaust temperature—results in high efficiency compared to the BIG/GTCC. Its lower initial and maintenance cost may be an important attraction.

scholarly journals High Efficiency-Coal and Gas (HE-C&G): An Advanced Hybrid Power Plant Concept With Sequential Combustion Gas Turbines GT24/GT26

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mircea Fetescu
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Combustion Gas ◽  
Hybrid Power ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hybrid Power Plant ◽  
Very High

The High Efficiency-Coal and Gas (HE-C&G) is a hybrid power plant concept integrating Conventional Steam Power Plants (CSPP) and gas turbine / combined cycle plants. The gas turbine exhaust gas energy is recovered in the HRSG providing partial condensate and feedwater preheating and generating steam corresponding to the main boiler live steam conditions (second steam source for the ST). The concept, exhibiting very high design flexibility, integrates the high performance Sequential Combustion gas turbines GT24/GT26 technology into a wide range of existing or new CSPP. Although HE-C&G refers to coal as the most abundant fossil fuel resource, oil or natural gas fired steam plants could be also designed or converted following the same principle. The HE-C&G provides very high marginal efficiencies on natural gas, up to and above 60%, very high operating and dispatching flexibility and on-line optimization of fuel and O&M costs at low capital investment. This paper emphasizes the operating flexibility and resulting benefits, recommending the HE-C&G as one of the most profitable options for generating power especially for conversion of existing CSPP with gas turbines.

scholarly journals Alternate Ways of Using Bottoming Cycle Power in Pipeline Gas Compressor Stations

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Rossbach
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
General Electric ◽  
General Electric Company ◽  
Target Value ◽  
Electric Company ◽  
Cycle Systems ◽  
Prime Movers

The General Electric Company is carrying out a design study and evaluation of bottoming cycles for gas pipeline compressor prime movers. Three sites were chosen for the study of demonstration organic bottoming cycles of about 5000 hp applied to three aircraft derivative gas turbines of approximately the same size. The purpose of the study is to design and evaluate all important aspects of installing organic bottoming cycle systems on a selected group of gas turbine prime movers driving gas compressors. As a result of the study, it was found that pipeline bottoming cycles applied to gas turbine prime movers could reduce the heat rate 35 percent more than the Department of Energy target value of 20 percent. Installation designs for three sites are described.

Industrial AFB-Fired Gas Turbine Systems With Topping Combustors

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Marksberry ◽  
B. C. Lindahl
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Anthracite Culm ◽  
Near Term ◽  
Plant Process

An Atmospheric Fluidized Bed (AFB) combustor providing thermal input to gas turbines is a promising near-term means of decreasing national premium fuel consumption, in an AFB many solid fuels, including marginal fuels such as anthracite culm, bituminous gob, high sulfur coals, lignite, and petroleum coke, can be used effectively providing both very low emission levels and acceptable return-on-investment. This paper discusses the state of AFB/gas turbine cogeneration technology with reference to typical industrial plant applications. Design considerations and design limits for both the AFB heat exchangers and the topping combustor are discussed and compared. An example based on plant process data and commercially available components is also presented. Both the heat exchangers and the combustors are viewed with reference to state-of-the-art technology.

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