• DocumentCode
    3046259
  • Title

    Utility experience with gas turbine testing and modeling

  • Author

    Hajagos, L.M. ; Bérubé, G.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Kestrel Power Eng., Toronto, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    671
  • Abstract
    This paper presents experience with testing of gas turbine plants for NERC and WSCC compliance. Testing has been performed on older analog-electronic and new digital-electronic units. The level of detail used in modeling and model availability in simulation programs are ongoing issues. Temperature limits and outer-loop controls such as PF/VAr controls and load sharing have been seen to dominate plant performance
  • Keywords
    gas turbines; load (electric); power factor correction; power generation control; reactive power control; temperature control; testing; NERC compliance; PF/VAr controls; WSCC compliance; analog-electronic units; digital-electronic units; gas turbine modeling; gas turbine testing; load sharing; outer-loop controls; plant performance; simulation programs; temperature limits; utility experience; Control systems; Delay effects; Electronic equipment testing; Fuels; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Temperature control; Turbines; Valves; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2001. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Columbus, OH
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6672-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESW.2001.916934
  • Filename
    916934