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Peaking Power, Chapter Eighteen: Conversions, Modifications & Upgrades

Published on August 19, 2012 By dlucier

Offering improvements to existing models of GE gas turbines has been an ongoing practice since the package power plant (PPP) was first introduced in the early 1960s.  The general reference for these improvements is called “Conversions, Modifications & Upgrades.”   The abbreviation CMU will be used herein for this cumbersome term.  Also, Field Modification Instruction (FMI) [...]

Peaking Power, Chapter Sixteen: Computerized Control Systems

Published on May 21, 2012 By dlucier

In the early 1980s, General Electric introduced the Integrated Temperature System (ITS) version as an option for Speedtronic™ Mark II.  It was GE’s inaugural venture into the use of computers to control gas turbines, abandoning some of the standard integrated circuitry of Mark II from the previous decade.  ITS dealt primarily with exhaust temperature signal [...]

Peaking Power, Chapter Thirteen: Speedtronic™ Control and Protection Systems

Published on January 30, 2012 By dlucier

General Electric unveiled its first electronic control and protection system in 1970.  It was called Speedtronic™.   Other manufacturers similarly introduced electrical and electronic controls on gas turbines at the about same time.  The name for GE’s system came from the combination of Speed control by elecTronic.  I’ve had difficulty confirming who came up with the [...]