Cane Run, a 640-MW natural gas combined cycle unit owned and operated by Louisville Gas & Electric, was completed in June 2015 and features two SGT6-5000Fee gas turbines from Siemens, a Siemens SST6 ...
Combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) play a critical role in providing power grids with additional electricity, supporting reliability and resilience during periods of high demand. Combined cycle power ...
Cycling a combined cycle plant places additional stresses on all equipment, but the impacts extend beyond the gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator. Plant owners and managers are beginning to ...
To address speed control, load control, and overspeed protection. Specifically excluded from consideration are extraction turbines, automated start up/shutdown systems, turbine supervisory ...
Steam gets scary in many ways at very high temperatures, and a Rankine cycle isn't all that efficient (although can be (and generally is) improved with "reheat" cycles ... which are needed in the ...