OpFlex System Reliability
The OpFlex System Reliability suite is a package of robust controls system advancements to help deliver better turbine availability and system reliability.
Enhancements for reliable, cost-effective operation
System Reliability benefits
Tapping into decades of controls enhancement experience, and utilizing state-of-the-art practices from new turbine controls engineering, these solutions can be installed on a flexible schedule to accommodate your needs.
- Extend availability of assets
- Reduce alarms and system trips
- Reduce downtime for trip recovery
A total solutions suite
Explore other OpFlex System Reliability offerings
Gas turbine outage odometer
Provides automated calculation and Human Machine Interface (HMI) display of factored fired hours (FFH) and starts (FFS) per GER-3620 to simplify maintenance planning.
Diagnostics and productivity
Software enhancements that improve your capability to quickly diagnose and resolve system issues and efficiently execute system tests and procedures.
Non-optical flame detector
Uses combustion dynamics and other turbine instrumentation signals to reliably detect the presence of flame, avoiding the need for dedicated optical flame sensors. Requires Combustion Dynamics Monitoring (CDM) system.
Liquid fuel (LF) reliability
Multiple options including LF check valve relocation and manual or automatic LF water flush system, plus enhanced control logic to avoid trips during fuel transfers, and relax load restrictions on fuel transfers.
Heavy fuel oil (HFO) package
Model-Based Control of gas turbine operation to better compensate for hot gas path fouling due to HFO operation, plus a smart cooldown process and optional automated wash system to shorten offline water wash cycles to recover performance.
Sliding fuel pressure control
Reduce your gas fuel supply pressure (P2) requirements during start-up and operation to better accommodate low or fluctuating pressure, and possibly enable reduced gas compressor usage. Additionally, Sliding Fuel Pressure Control can reduce likelihood of trips or runbacks.
Steam turbine fast turndown
Automated fast cooldown process using temperature matching logic in reverse, to safely reduce ST cooldown times by 50% or more, enabling critical path maintenance activities to begin 24 to 36 hours sooner.
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