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1. Introduction
The proposed gas turbine plant that is ready for immediate relocation is located in Asia.
The gas turbine has been mainly on standby and hence has accumulated very low
operation hours.
The gas turbine has a nominal generation capacity of 105 MW at site condition (average
temperature of about 30 degree C) and has been operated in open-cycle mode with
distillate-oil as the only fuel. It generates at 10.5 kV, and transmits electrical power at 66
kV via a generator step-up transformer (a new or re-used step up transformer will be
installed to suit the local transmission voltage and vector group requirement).
The station’s auxiliary voltage is 6 kV and it can receive its incoming power either
through back-feed from the grid or a separate station transformer depending on the
requirement and grid connection. It is also equipped with black-start diesel engine
generator to allow for total black-start conditions (as an option).
The main equipment is listed in Figure 1.
4. Overview of Performance
An overview of the performance of PPGT 2 is described in this section.
The GT unit has been operated primarily as peaking unit to meet the peak electrical
load demands
from local electricity pool.
Even though the plant was commissioned in 1983, its total service hours and equivalent
operating hours (‘EOH’) to date are considered low for plant of its age.
Figure 4 summarizes the total service hours, EOH and number of starts performed by
the GT unit during the period from Financial Year 1997/1998 to Financial Year
2005/2006. There is no differentiation between hot, warm or cold starts from the stand
point of equivalent operating hours.
Figure 5 and 6 highlight the historic availability and forced outage rate achieved by the
GT unit.