Description: This customised course is designed to enable New Trainees/Graduates and on-site operators to understand the basics of GE Heavy Duty Gas Turbine features and how the Speedtronic Mark V control System governs the critical parameters.

The program will cover Gas Turbine Construction, support systems and the basics of GT controls and maintenance.

The course is designed to provide a solid background in turbine governing systems and Generator.

Participants increase their skills in relating machine operating requirements to the SPEEDTRONIC control.

Course Duration: 5.0 Days

Course Outline:

Gas Turbine Control Fundamentals

• Gas turbine principles of operation
• Governing System requirements
• Elementary Diagrams and Control

Introduction to Heavy Duty Gas Turbines

• GT Components
• Operating Systems
• Auxiliary Systems
• Video (Major Components of the Gas Turbine)
• Description of Piping Schematics
• 1. On-Base Fuel Gas System
• 2. On-Base Fuel Oil System
• 3. Lube Oil and Hydraulic Oil Systems
• 4. Cooling Water System
• 5. Cooling and Sealing Air
• 6. Diesel Starting Engine
• 7. Accessory Equipment
• 8. Air Inlet Filters
• Introduction to the Speedtronic Control System
• Instrument Field Devices and Device summary
• Introduction to Major Control Loops

Mark V Panel Hardware

• 1. Panel Layout
• 2. Cores, I/O Cards, Terminal Boards
• 3. Basic Troubleshooting tools

Gas Turbine Control

• 1. Startup/Speed/Temperature/Acceleration Control loops
• 2. Protection Controls

Control Displays

• User Defined Display and Display programs

Software Tools

• 1. Difference between and HMI software
• 2. Data acquisition on Mark V interface
• 3. Animation displays (creating simple display)
• 4. How to interprete Sequencing using Dynamic Rung Display

Troubleshooting

• 1. Gas turbine process and Diagnostic Alarms
• 2. Easy approach to Mark V panel Systems Alarms
• 3. Using Rung Display for fault finding

Generator Control and Excitation
Synchronising and Loading