GE Power

POWERING EVERYONE

Plant Reliability
Jeremee Wetherby, North America Engineering Leader

6B USERS CONFERENCE JUNE 13-16, 2016

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA
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Agenda

Alstom Addition

Compressor Protection

Gas Skid Diff. Pressure

Reliability Software

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GE + Alstom = Electricity for the
World
Reliable Affordable Sustainable

ELECTRIFICATION OF EVERYTHING
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Compressor
Protection

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Compressor protection Accessories impact

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Inlet bleed heat

The inlet bleed heat system is

used to bleed off compressor air
to increase the compressor surge
margin. The compressor bleed air
is re-ingested into the inlet to
heat the inlet air which increases
surge margin.
Additional benefits:
Anti-icing function when IGVs are
closed down
Emissions control for DLN for part
load operation

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Inlet bleed heat

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Compressor bleed valves

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Gas skid exhaust fan differential pressure

Issue:
Unit trip due to low/loss of
differential pressure signal across
gas skid exhaust fan
Root cause:
During low temperature (below
freezing) the sensor or sensing
lines can freeze causing a loss of
pressure signal
Recommendation :
GE recommends upgrade to 3
pressure transmitters per
ventilation fan wired in the TMR
logic vs. the pressure switches

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ActivePoint HMI

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GEs ActivePoint HMI solution

SIMPLICITY
Improves situational
awareness and decreases
costly errors/lost production

INTUITIVENESS
One-button plant
startup/shutdown decreases
$1MM+ misses1

RESPONSIVENESS
Improves due to an 80%
actionable alarms reduction

Total solution enabling system monitoring and controlling

from any device, anytime, anywhere
1 Customer estimates of lost revenue from missed remote startups and shutdowns per occurrence.
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Power plant operator user experience
(UX) matters
2010
Technology outpaced human
factors adding complexity to
1990
user experience
Poor situational awareness
contributes to 88% of accidents1
Operators have noted that GE
and non-GE HMIs need usability
improvement

Operators have coped with overly complex HMIs

1ASM Joint R&D Consortium, ASM Overview, MKO Symposium, 2007.
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GT overview BEFORE

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GT overview AFTER

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ActivePoint alarm rationalization process

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Alarm presentation

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OpFlex*
For Reliability

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Customer collaboration
Learn from users
Segment: LNG
KPI: Process reliability
Goal: Improve process uptime thru trip reduction

Customer focus
Customer XYZ example

Collaborative trip data analysis

revised protection philosophy
Gas turbine control algorithm technology

Customer outcome

XYZ 50 hours process uptime (unit/2 year)

Improved process reliability
2.5 fewer trips (unit/2 year)
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OpFlex* Reliability improvement software
Gas turbine controls

Trip prevention
Improved logic to avoid trips
Alternative protective actions
Sensor health confirmation
System level confirmation

Examples
Exhaust spread and over-temperature logic
Secondary flame detector sensing logic
Transfer purge protection
Valve position faults
Null bias compensation for gas control valve
Enhanced vibration sensing and logic
DC Lube oil test

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OpFlex* Reliability improvement software
Gas turbine controls

Starting reliability
Start permissive rationalization
Pre start system checks
Start sequence display showing start
process status
Operator approved starting mode

Example

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OpFlex* Reliability improvement software
Operator focused tools

System diagnostics
Alarm Help with corrective action data
Online P&ID to view devices and signals
First out logic with sequence of events
Timers, counters, trends
Combustion swirl chart

Operator productivity
Automated tests
Over-speed trip test
DC lube oil pump test
Lead-lag motor enhancement
Shift data report
Alarm reduction

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