GE provides four new OpFlex™ software enhancement module packages to add significant value to Mark VIe turbine control retrofits or migrations including improved start-up reliability, system diagnostics, trip prevention and operational productivity.
Features and Benefits
Benefits of packages include:
Start-Up Reliability:
- Ensures system availability, operability and startup reliability to avoid unnecessary trips
- Increased operator understanding of turbine operation, awareness of pending faults and helps to promote regular maintenance checks of key accessory systems
- Increased operator awareness of turbine state and progress to full speed no load
- Enhanced troubleshooting ability of failed starts
- Helps improve the overall start-up process, to ensure on-time, reliable plant start-up capability
System Diagnostics:
- Improved troubleshooting time to identify issues
- Improved availability and system reliability
- Improved operator understanding of gas turbine operation
- Enhanced troubleshooting ability for trips
- Ability to reset system that may trip offline
Trip Prevention:
- Improved availability and system reliability
- Improved operator understanding of gas turbine operation
- Improved fault detection and trip avoidance
- Reduced false and spurious trips and alarms
Operational Productivity:
- Improved availability and system reliability
- Improved operator understanding of gas turbine operation
- Enhanced operational features to improve operator performance
- Equipment and energy savings functionality
*Applicability must be evaluated on a unit-specific basis as not all features are applicable to all GT models/configurations
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