Gas Turbine based power plants have a come a long way from being operated as peak stations in open cycle to base load power stations. This has been made possible mainly due to the inherent advantage of low emissions, high efficiency, and high flexibility and less space requirement combined with suitable fuel availability. Presently the generating capacity in India dependent on gas turbine is 16.8 % of the total generating capacity. The indigenous gas finding has further opened lot of avenues for expansion of gas stations in India.
All most all such utilities have gathered considerable experience of operating gas turbines as well as WHRB and steam turbines in a combined cycle mode. Many utilities have modified the original configuration by way of altering system parameters, addition/deletion of components and use of indigenous spare parts sourced locally. The present programme aims at providing a platform for sharing and discussion of achievements and difficulties being faced in various domains by the users.At the end of the programme, as a result of experience sharing of workshop attendees, the participants shall be able to describe the following practices
- Upgradation of existing gas turbines and extension of maintenance cycle
- Trouble shooting and remedial measures for outages of machines e.g. gas turbine, WHRB, Steam turbine components etc
- Technology for improvement of machine availability and performance enhancement
- Special maintenance requirement
- O&M cost reduction
- Experience on advance class gas turbines
