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SGT5-8000H--on its way to breaking the 60% barrier: the prototype of the Siemens' H, the world's largest fully air cooled gas turbine--and arguably the largest gas turbine ever built, of any type--is now at E.On's Irsching site and in the process of being installed.
Publication: Modern Power Systems
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07 Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: SGT5-8000H--on its way to breaking the 60% barrier: the prototype of the Siemens' H, the world's largest fully air cooled gas turbine--and arguably the largest gas turbine ever built, of any type--is now at E.On's Irsching site and in the process of being installed.(GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY)(Siemens Power Generation)
Article Excerpt
First firing of the 340 MW SGT5-8000H is scheduled for this winter, the culmination of a development effort that started about seven years ago.
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Customer demand and market requirements were the essential drivers for the development of the new machine, says Siemens, which aims to fulfil the following requirements:
* combined cycle net efficiency of over 60%;
* fast start capability and high operational flexibility;
* lowest life cycle costs;
* high reliability and availability;
* low emissions; and
* good turn down capability while still maintaining high efficiency and low emissions.
Siemens Power Generation started its internal product development process in 2000 with strategic product planning activities. In 2005 the company announced it was developing the world's most powerful gas turbine. Two years later, and on schedule, the prototype of the SGT5-8000H was shipped to its destination, the Irsching 4 gas turbine power plant.
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With the acquisition of the Alstom industrial turbine business the Siemens range goes down to 5 MWe, while the new H raises the upper limit from 287 MW (the SGT5-4000F) to the aforementioned 340 MW.
The H is the result of an intensive research & development programme aimed at developing a competitive, efficient and flexible fully-aircooled engine.
It is the first new frame developed since the merger of Siemens and Westinghouse, and aims to combine the best features of both companies' existing product lines with advanced technology. Proven design features have been applied wherever possible and use has also been made of Six Sigma processes.
The new machine has been developed by a 250 strong team located in a number of locations, in particular Erlangen, Berlin and Mulheim in Germany and Orlando and Jupiter in Florida, USA.
An additional 500 Siemens employees were involved in the manufacturing and preparation of the prototype engine for testing and at present about 800 people are working on the prototype design and erection at Irsching.
Basic data for the new turbine can be summarised as follows:
Fuel Natural. gas, fuel oil Grid frequency 50 Hz GT output 340 MW GT efficiency > 39% GT heat rate
Efficiency leap
Back in 1992, Siemens' Killingholme combined cycle plant achieved an efficiency of 52%. Didcot, with one of the first V94.3A machines (predecessor of the SGT5-4000F), achieved 56% in 1996 and the Mainz-Wiesbaden combined cycle plant, with the latest version of the SGT5-4000F, reached an efficiency world record of more than 58% in 2001. Irsching will break the 60% barrier.
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The SGT5-8000H gas turbine will be the prime mover of the new Siemens combined cycle offering for the 50 Hz market, the SCC5-8000H, which will have an output of over 530 MW.
Key features of the new turbine are:
* axial 13 stage compressor with high mass flow, high component efficiency, CDA front stages and HPA rear stages, variable guide vanes, cantilevered stator vanes;
* high temperature can annular combustion system, air-cooled;
* four stage turbine with stage 1 single crystal blades and vanes, stage 1 to 3 TBC coated blades and vanes, air-cooled;
* advanced, variable secondary air system (SAS);
* single tie bolt rotor with compressor and turbine disks and hydraulic clearance optimisation (HCO); and
* direct scaling for further frames, eg for a 60 Hz machine.
Features contributing to higher efficiency include:
* advanced sealing system for low leakage of cooling air;
* advanced materials to increase the firing and exhaust gas temperatures;
* new compressor with advanced blade design;
* advanced, highly efficient, high pressure and high temperature combined cycle process employing the Benson boiler; and
* proven single shaft concept with SSS clutch operating with an advanced, high temperature steam turbine.
Features expected to contribute to low life cycle costs include:
* the high, ie over 60%, efficiency in combined cycle mode;
* low maintenance and operation costs due to less complexity in engine and parts; and
* simple operational concept;
Features that aim to increase operating flexibility include:
* 100 per cent air-cooling, which means that the cooling system is always operational, whatever the speed and load (even in open cycle operation); and
* flexibility in operation, reduced start-up times and high ramp rates due to reduced complexity in the engine and plant.
Siemens has not yet disclosed the firing temperature of the new turbine, but Phil Ratliff of Siemens said recently: "I'll describe it as a 1600 degree C machine, only slightly hotter than the 501G."
Minimising risks
The product development process consists of several review steps and five release gates taken up by senior management and in some cases even up to the board level. In total, about 550 design reviews have been performed on components, systems and the total cycle, and more than 60 man years in total invested in additional quality steps and activities such as QFD (quality function deployment and Six Sigma.
To minimise risks during the introduction of the new machine, complete component prototype tests have been carried out, with all key gas turbine components pre-validated in subsystem... |
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