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INTRODUCTION
The General Electric Company offers both heavy duty cycle, two-shaft unit and is designated the LM2500. It is
and aircraft-derivative gas turbines for industrial applica available for both mechanical- and generator-drive applica
tions. The heavy duty gas turbines are available as both tions.
simple-cycle, and regenerative-cycle machines and consist of
six different model series: the MS1002, MS3002, MS5000, The available horsepower ratings provided by these
MS6001, MS7000 and the MS9001. They are designed in a units, for mechanical-drive applications, cover a range from
combination of single- and two-shaft configurations for 5,050 hp to 65,400 hp at ISO conditions burning gas fuel.
both mechanical- and generator-drive applications. The A complete listing of available ratings and heat rates for
aircraft-derivative gas turbine is a high-efficiency, simple- various specific units is summarized in Table 1.
TABLE 1
In generator-drive applications, these units cover a range 1961 version, coupled with a 20 percent improvement in
from 10,400 kW to 87,400 kW. A complete listing of the thermal efficiency.
TABLE II
GENERAL ELECTRIC GENERATOR DRIVE GAS TURBINE
available ratings and heat rates for various specific units is Figure 2 is a cross section of the current MS5001. Its
summarized in Table II. 17-stage axial flow compressor is the basis for the entire
The MS7001 and MS9001 units were designed specific product line; the compressors of the other three machines
ally for 60 and 50 Hz respectively, whereas the MS5001 are all scaled from this basic design. Cross sections of the
and MS6001 have the ability to produce power at either MS6001, MS7001, and MS9001 are shown in Figures 3, 4,
frequency by making a gear change. A geared version of and 5. In the turbine area, the MS7001 provides the design
the MS7001 resulted from the need to provide an inter basis for the MS6001 and MS9001: a three-stage impulse
mediate power range at 50 Hz. turbine with one or two stages of air-cooled nozzles and
buckets.
DESIGN EVOLUTION
HEAVY-DUTY GAS TURBINES
The evolution of the four generator-drive gas turbine
models is shown in Figure 1. Model MS5001, with over 700 6001 ~=:"'- -.(
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Within the MS7001 series, there are two models, the "B" * MS5001
and "E". The "E" version operates at both higher firing
temperatures and compressor pressure ratios for improved * MS7001
efficiency. It is especially suited for combined·cycles since
it has higher airflow and exhaust temperature plus a hydro * MS9001
.gen·cooled generator. The turbine's compressor design is
basically that of the MS5001 and MS7001B, with modified The characteristics of STAG combined·cycle plants
front .end stages for higher flow. make them suitable for midrange generation, as well as base
load. The dominant factors that place the STAG plant in
The MS6001 turbomachinery is scaled from the this role are moderate installation and fuel costs. These
MS7001E, while its basic dimensions and accessories are moderate fuel costs result from efficient utilization of both
essentially those of the MS5001. gas and liquid fuels, which are normally more expensive
than coal or nuclear fuel. In addition, STAG plants incor·
In both Tables I and il, the complete model number porate a balance of other characteristics including daily
designation is used for the various product line machines. start and stop capability, load following ability, low oper
An explanation of a typical heavy duty model number, i.e., ating labor cost, low standby cost, and minimum startup
the M5332R(B) is given in Figure 6. For the aircraft·deriva· and shutdown time and cost. Other factors such as envi·
tive, LM designates Land and Marine while 2500 represents ronmental acceptability, high reliability and availability are
the 25,OOO·hp class gas turbine. as necessary for mid-range generation as they are for base
load service.
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A single-shaft STAG plant shown in Figure 7 is com
prised of a gas turbine exhausting into an HRSG, and a
steam turbine, both driving a double-ended generator all
APPLICATION SERIES POWER NUMBER
Of
CYCLf MODEL
lined up on single-shaft. For this case, the steam turbine
SHAFTS
does not have speed or load control but simply follows the
M MECH
DRIVE
FRAME
3,5.7 ETC
APPROX
OUTPUT
lOR 2 R REGEN
BLANK S C
gas turbine.
G GEN POWER IN
PG PKGD HUNDREDS
GEN THOUSANDS OR
10 THOUSANDS
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Multi-shaft STAG plants on the other hand, have multi THERMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES
ple gas turbine/HRSG units providing steam to an indepen. SIMPLE-CYCLE
dently controlled steam turbine/generator set. Two differ
ent arrangements are shown in Figures 8 and 9. A schematic diagram for a two-shaft, simple-cycle gas
turbine is shown in Figure 11. Air enters the- compressor at
Figure 10 depicts the makeup of a plant designation of point 1 of the schematic at ambient conditions. Since these
8·309B, where: vary from day-ta-day and from location-to-location, it is
convenient to consider some standard conditions. The
8 - Stag Plant standard conditions the industry uses are ISO conditions of
59 F, 14.7 psia and 60 percent relative humidity.
3 - Number of Gas Turbines
0- Not Significant The air is compressed to some higher pressure in the
compressor. No heat is added; however, the temperature
9 - Gas Turbine Frame Size
B - Gas Turbine Model
INlET
TURB. ,
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VARIABLE-AREA
200
FT CONTROL SECOND-STAGE
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NOZZLES
STEAM
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point 3, it is at some mixed average temperature.
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In the turbine sections of the gas turbine, the energy of
the hot gases is converted into work. This conversion actu
Figure 9. Stag 400 Plant Arrangement "B" ally takes place in two steps. In the nozzle section of the
turbine the hot gases are expanded and, thus, a portion of
the thermal energy is converted into kinetic energy. In the
EXAMPLE: subsequent bucket section of the turbine, a portion of the
kinetic energy is transferred to the rotating buckets and is
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converted to work.
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STAG NUMBER
OF
GAS
FRAME
SIZE
GAS
MODEL
GAS
TURBINE
All of the work developed by the high pressure turbine is
used to drive the compressor; however, the gases leaving the
high pressure turbine at point 4 still contain a significant
amount of energy, which is available for useful work. This
TURBINES TURBINE conversion, of course, takes place in the low pressure, or
power turbine. See Table III for typical pressure and tem
perature values.
Figure 10. Plant Designation
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As shown in Figure 11, the low pressure turbine rotor is one-pass heat exchanger. Its location in the cycle is shown
completely mechanically separated from the high pressure in Figure 13.
turbine and compressor rotor. It is this special feature that
allows the low pressure turbine to be operated over a wide
range of speed, and hence makes two-shaft gas turbines
ideally suited to variable-speed applications. All of the
work developed by the low pressure turbine is available to
drive the load equipment since, as previously stated, the
work developed by the high pressure turbine supplies all
the necessary energy to drive the compressor.
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