Increased Availability for GE Frame Gas Turbines

Turbine Controls Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical

SPPA-R3000 Turbine Controls is the perfect modernization solution with comprehensive automation functions for gas and steam turbines from any vendor. The Task In addition to expensive spare parts warehousing, an increasing failure probability affecting the mechanical and electrical components utilized to control and protect GE Frame gas turbines results in decreasing availability and deteriorating operational reliability. The main turbine and generator components still retain a high residual lifetime. The old control and protection systems are no longer up to the task of meeting today's requirements for cost-effective operation of the turbosets. Our Solution SPPA-R3000 offers concepts that are adapted to the specific requirements of GE gas turbines of types Frame 5, Frame 6, Frame 7, and Frame 9 and have proven their worth over and over in operation. In addition to the control system, the modernization solution can also include vibration monitoring and analysis, electrical engineering, modernization of the hydraulic system, and field instrumentation. The basis is the globally leading SPPA-T3000 control system that forms the platform for automation, control and protection. It is employed for turbines, auxiliary systems and the main control system, and permits seamless integration of all functional areas of the plant. Thanks to its scalability, it can be used not only as a stand-alone turbine solution but also for modernization of the entire plant with a uniform operating and engineering environment. Our service portfolio comprises everything from feasibility studies to the mapping of

Your Benefits

Increased availability and

lifetime

Increased operational
reliability

Increased flexibility Reduced maintenance costs

basic functionalities for GE gas turbines, fail-safe protection with SIL3 certification, installation/commissioning, and complete documentation. Modernization can help to eliminate systembased failures of the legacy system as well as performance losses that were previously caused by aging effects on the field and control devices. Moreover, the start-up process is optimized as requested by the customer, which can reduce the start-up time (from standstill to full-load operation) down to one third. The incorporation of turboset auxiliary systems such as the air/oil cooler or the H2 system and integration into the unit-level control system for operation and monitoring permit more efficient operational management. The replacement of failure-prone capillary actuators with advanced electrical servo actuators and software-based closed-loop control algorithms result in improved control quality and availability. The entire modernization, which includes replacement of the GE systems with Siemens technology, is completed in the shortest possible time, for example during a planned turbine overhaul.
SPPA-R3000 increases the availability of GE gas turbines e. g. in Gresik Power Station, Indonesia.

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The solution can include:

Control system (open-loop control, closed-loop control, protection) Vibration monitoring and analysis Electrical engineering (excitation system, synchronization, unit protection facilities) Hydraulic modernization Field instrumentation

Our service portfolio:

Execution of a feasibility study Conceptual design technological outlining of the task definition Mapping of the basic functionalities for GE gas turbines

Functional extension to increase cost-efficiency, e.g. test functions to reduce maintenance effort Fail-safe protection with SIL3 certification

Customized adaptations of the solution, e.g. modification of the operating mode Installation/commissioning with optimized timing Before/after tests (fingerprints) Complete documentation

Studies and Consulting

Offer

Test Run before Mod., Engineering, Tests , Planning, Realization Manufacturing

Installation

Commissioning

Test Run after Mod.

Training

After-Sales Service

Quality Management
Our comprehensive service portfolio ranges from studies and consulting to after-sales service and is notable for its first-rate quality management.

Published by and copyright 2012: Siemens AG, Energy Sector Freyeslebenstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen, Germany For more information contact sppa-r3000.energy@siemens.com www.siemens.com/energy/sppar3000 Siemens Energy, Inc. Instrumentation, Controls, & Electrical 1345 Ridgeland Parkway, Suite 116 Alpharetta, GA 30004, USA

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