The thermal efficiency of gas turbine combined cycle power generation plants increase significantly in accordance with turbine inlet temperature. Gas turbine combined cycle power plants operating at high turbine inlet temperature are popular as a main thermal power station among our electric power companies in Japan. Thus, gas turbine hot gas parts are working under extreme conditions which will strongly affect their lifetime as well as maintenance costs for repaired and replaced parts. To reduce the latter is of major importance to enhance cost effectiveness of the plant. This report describes a gas turbine maintenance management program of main hot gas parts (combustor chambers, transition pieces, turbine first stage nozzles and first stage buckets) for management persons of gas turbine combined cycle power stations in order to obtain an optimal gas turbine maintenance schedule considering rotation, repair and replacement, or exchange of those parts.

Issue Section:
Gas Turbines: Electric Power
Keywords:
gas turbine power stations, combined cycle power stations, maintenance engineering, costing
Topics:
Gas turbines, Maintenance, Combustion chambers, Rotation
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