During periods of low ambient temperature, a 250 MW power station experienced recurring premature lifting and failure to reseat of the Pressure Safety Relief Valve (PSRV) downstream of the Light…
Category: Operator Tips
How to avoid failure to fire on gas turbine during freezing days
How to avoid failure to fire on gas turbine during freezing days: Have you ever faced a frustrating “failure to fire” when trying to restart a gas turbine in cold…
Generation Transformer tap changer manual operation – Testing
Generation Step-Up (GSU) transformer On-Load Tap Changers (OLTCs) are critical mechanical devices that dynamically adjust a power plant’s output voltage to match fluctuating grid demands without interrupting power flow. Utilizing…
Tips – Gas Turbine Failure to Fire in cold weather
As I have most of my experience on Gas Turbines, and operators of my team had have faced this issue of failures especially during cold weather during restart of machine…
Tips – GT fuel forwarding Relief Valve Does Not Closes
When I was working as operation Manager in 250 MW Karbala Power station, there was one issue that during cold weather, the PSRV pressure safety relief valve located at the…