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  1. hayaku

    Gas Turbine Generator suddenly drops load and switches mode

    Hey ScottyUK, Thanks for the info...makes alot of sense to me and follows from what I have done in UG and PG. I came into a new environment and they do things a bit differently to other places i have worked.. but i am pretty inexperienced so i dont like to rule any options out. I'll definitely...
  2. hayaku

    Gas Turbine Generator suddenly drops load and switches mode

    Thanks ScottyUK, I have seen that situation where one of our TG's grabs all the load, overloads and trips out while the others just sit idly by and let him run off over the edge without trying to help the poor fellow. Then they all start going down one after the other.. like sheep following...
  3. hayaku

    Gas Turbine Generator suddenly drops load and switches mode

    Hi ScottyUK, mc5w, If I understand correctly, you are saying that droop mode is used for load sharing. We have 5 10MW units that all run in Isoch as standard operating procedure and they all share the facility load. Other plants where i have worked we had OMIB system so our little dinky...
  4. hayaku

    Gas Turbine Generator suddenly drops load and switches mode

    Thanks Alex68, I have been going through the GT control system manuals to see what parameters affect load control and what are all the possible output actions.. so far haven't seen any case for GT to switch modes like that.. :( Hmmm.. i suppose in order for the machine to switch to droop..the...
  5. hayaku

    Gas Turbine Generator suddenly drops load and switches mode

    Hello there, We have a 10 MW GTG operating in parallel with several more identical units. At the time of a thermocouple alarm (which was just acknowledged and reset) the unit dropped a few MW of load and switched operating modes from ISOCH to DROOP. Any ideas if these two things are indeed...

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