Interactive Control Podcast
If you work with controls as an Operator, Engineer, Maintenance Person, or Plant Manager, this podcast is for you. Our focus is on answering real questions and solving real problems with real controls experts. We will cover topics such as unit startup issues, alarm rationalization, loop tuning, instrumentation calibration, various system overviews, component breakdowns, and more.
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Advanced Turbine Controls Part 2 – Combustion Versatility
Summary: This episode is part 2 of a 4-part series on Advanced Turbine Controls. In this episode I talk about Combustion Versatility with my guest Bob Bellis. Other topics covered in this series are Startup Agility, Load Flexibility, and System Reliability.
Topics Covered:
- Limitations of the combustion process
- Balance between stable flame, low emissions, higher firing temps, higher outputs
- Role of fuel composition, ambient temperatures, and changes in grid load
- Schedule based vs corrected parameter vs model based control
- Enhanced Transient Stability and Autotune solutions
Guest Bio:
Bob is a Principal Customer Application Engineer at GE Gas Power. He has over 23 years of experience with combined cycle power plant controls, digital product management, engineering management, and energy ISO/RTO . Prior to joining GE Bob was an officer in the U.S. Navy serving at the headquarters of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program. Bob received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT and a Master of Engineering Administration from Virginia Tech.
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Questions or Topic Ideas?
The title of this podcast is Interactive Control for a reason. If you have a topic you’d like us to cover that we haven’t yet, please send me a message over LinkedIn or email me at Michelle.Rosinski@BakerHughes.com and we’ll do our best to cover it in a future episode.