Open AccessStarting System Upgrade for General Electric Frame 5 Gas Turbine Generators
Author(s) -
Robert M. Skladony,
Morgan Hendry
Publication year - 1993
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1115/93-gt-181
Subject(s) - upgrade , turbine , gas turbines , automotive engineering , generator (circuit theory) , torque , electric generator , ignition system , computer science , steam turbine , engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , marine engineering , power (physics) , aerospace engineering , physics , operating system , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Most gas turbine generators rely on a mechanical starting system to accelerate the gas turbine generator from zero to some intermediate speed to enable gas turbine ignition and then provide torque assistance to a higher speed until the gas turbine is self-sustaining. In the past, both automatic and non-automatic methods of disconnecting the starting system from the turbine have been used. This paper presents the reasons for and details of the retrofit of automatic synchronous self-shifting clutches into existing starting systems of General Electric MS-5001 gas turbine generator sets at Consolidated Edison Company, Brooklyn, New York.Copyright © 1993 by ASME
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