How to Increase Reliable Starts in Combustion Turbines

Combined Cycle units and peaking CTS are under tremendous stress from frequent cycling…stress is only getting worse. More stress leads to more failed starts, more trips, more forced outages and more costs. Maintenance Costs are increasing and generation revenue is decreasing. When CTs do not run, plants can fall short of their goals.

Up to 50 percent of forced outages in combined cycle plants are due to CT issues. Even with OEM support, CTs experience three trips/year, on average, with at least one at full load. In addition, failed starts cause delays in getting online up to five times/year. The results are devastating. According to NERC Generating Data Availability System (GADS) data, combined cycle forced outage costs attributed to the CT average $500K/unit year in lost generation revenue—and failed starts and trips cost over $200K in accelerated maintenance allocations.

In this webinar two representatives from SRP discussed how they addressed these problems, and how SRP came to embrace equipment monitoring solutions and their benefits.

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