GEK106881

April 1998
Replaces SEDDEC00

GE Power Systems
Gas Turbine

Starting Equipment - MS6001 Detroit Diesel Engine

I. GENERAL

The diesel starting equipment includes several components which are described below. Figure 1 shows a typ-
ical MS6001B Detroit Diesel Engine. Information regarding other components may be found in the applica-
ble section(s) of this Service Manual.

II. DIESEL ENGINE

The diesel rating is listed in the Device Summary. The engine draws air from the turbine accessory compart-
ment through a filter to the engine intake.

The diesel fuel tank is built into the turbine base. A high lift pump, provided with the diesel, pumps fuel from
the base tank to vented float tank. The fuel supply line contains a filter and check valve in the turbine base
fuel tank. The float tank contains a return line to the fuel tank, which returns excess fuel. Injector header
overflow is ported to the float tank.

A main fuel pump delivers fuel from the float tank to the fuel injectors.

The diesel engine contains its own lube oil system. A lube oil pump delivers the oil from its lube oil tank
through a filter to the diesel lube oil system, an oil to water heat exchanger.

The Detroit Diesel Engine Controller (DDEC) monitors the fuel injector supply pressure and controls the
fuel supplied to the diesel engine. The DDEC also monitors the lube oil supplypressure to the diesel and con-
trols the speed of the diesel.

Cooling Water is supplied to a diesel water pump and exhaust manifold water jacket from the gas turbine
cooling system.

III. TORQUE CONVERTOR

The torque converter transmits diesel output torque to the gas turbine accessory gear through a reversing
gear. A charge pump, driven by the torque converter input shaft, supplies turbine lube oil to the torque con-
verter. It is then returned to the turbine lube oil tank through a pressure relief valve and parallel orifice. Oil
to prime the charge pump is supplied from the turbine accessory gear. It is pumped from the turbine lube oil
tank by a charge pump through a strainer. Check valves in both supplies lines are provided to keep the charge
pump primed. When the gas turbine is shutdown, oil drains from the torque converter. When the diesel engine
is first started, its output torque starts from zero and increases as the torque converter is filled with oil by the

These instructions do not purport to cover all details or variations in equipment nor to provide for every possible
contingency to be met in connection with installation, operation or maintenance. Should further information be desired or
should particular problems arise which are not covered sufficiently for the purchaser’s purposes the matter should be
referred to the GE Company.
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charge pump. Torque converter output is directly proportional to the difference between input and output
speeds (maximum slip). The torque converter and reversing gear speed ratio are chosen to crank the gas tur-
bine at firing speed (20%). It also accelerates the gas turbine to self–sustaining speed after the turbine is fired
and the diesel is running at rated speed.

IV. ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND COMPONENTS

Electrical components include:

1. Diesel engine starting motor 88DS–1

2. DDEC 3 Diesel Controller 34DC–1

DDEC 3 Diesel Controller device interfaces (interface with SPEEDTRONIC circuits):

1. Starting controller master relay 4DDEC

2. Diesel speed control setpoint 90DE (4–20 mA)

3. Alarm relay 30DE

4. Trip relay 94DE

The diesel engine can be started once the 4DDEC solenoid has been energized; then 88DS–1 is energized.
Motor 88DS–1 cannot be energized until it has been allowed to cool down for 30 seconds after a start attempt.
If the diesel does not start in eight attempts, a starting trouble alarm will be energized and restart prevented.

V. OPERATION OF DIESEL CONTROLLER

Figure 2 shows a DDEC 3 Diesel Controller interconnection diagram. Described below is the start sequenc-
ing of the DDEC 3.

A. Start Sequencing

When the diesel is to be started, the DDEC must first be enabled for approximately 5 seconds before the
diesel engine starter is energized and the diesel can be started. Once running, the DDEC outputs a diesel
speed signal (pulse rate) to the SpeedTronic which is scaled at 12 pulses per revolution, which translates
to 5 RPM per Hz. The diesel speed feedback is used for display purposes only by the SpeedTronic; the
DDEC performs the diesel speed control. The SpeedTronic only outputs one of three diesel speed refer-
ence setpoints to the DDEC—757 RPM, 1600 RPM, or 2200 RPM. Diesel warm–up and cooldown oc-
cur at 757 RPM; the cranking speed reference for the diesel is 1600 RPM; and the break–away and accel-
eration speed reference is 2200 RPM. When the diesel is not running, the output reference is always 757
RPM.

Prior to initiating a diesel engine start, 30DE and 94DE are both de–energized––the normal, non–alarm/
non–shutdown condition for these outputs. When L4DDEC is picked up in the SpeedTronic software
a normally open contact output from the turbine control panel closes. This is the signal to the DDEC to
enable itself. At the instant it receives the 4DDEC contact closure the DDEC picks up its 30DE and 94DE
outputs and holds them in the energized condition for 5.0 seconds, and then drops them out. They remain
in the de–energized state while the diesel is running––unless an alarm condition is detected by the DDEC
or the diesel is shutdown by the DDEC.

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During the 5–second period that the DDEC is holding its 30DE and 94DE outputs in the energized condi-
tion, one of the checks it is performing is to see that there is continuity in the diesel speed reference input
circuit. The DDEC MUST see a minimum of 0.25 VDC on the diesel speed reference input or it will not
permit the diesel to be started.

Seven seconds after L4DDEC is energized, the diesel starter motor is energized for five seconds and the
diesel will start and run at its idle speed of approximately 757 RPM. During a normal start, the diesel
will idle for a 2 minute warm–up period.

At the end of the warm–up period, the Hydraulic Ratchet is energized and the diesel speed increases to
2200 RPM to break the unit shaft away from zero speed. As soon as the shaft begins to turn, the Hydraulic
Ratchet is shut down and the diesel speed is reduced to 1600 RPM as the unit accelerates to crank speed
during the duration of the purge timer and during firing.

Shortly after flame has been established and detected diesel speed is increased to 2200 RPM to assist
with acceleration to Full Speed No Load (FSNL). Frame 6 units with a Synchro–Self–Shifting (SSS)
Clutch will see the diesel running at 2200 RPM during acceleration up to approximately 70% TNH be-
fore turbine shaft speed overruns the starting means and the clutch disengages.

When the clutch disengages, diesel speed is reduced to 757 RPM for a 5 minute cooldown period before
the diesel is shutdown by the SpeedTronic by dropping out L4DDEC.

The DDEC requires the voltage input for the diesel speed reference to be in the range of approximately
0.6 VDC to 4.5 VDC for proper operation. Since the SpeedTronic does not have a voltage output, a 4–20
mA output is used and a precision 250 ohm resistor is placed across the output to develop a 1–5 VDC
signal for the DDEC. If the diesel speed reference voltage input to the DDEC ever exceeds approximate-
ly 4.5 VDC the DDEC will immediately shut down the diesel and pick up its 94DE output. For this rea-
son, it is necessary to set the 20 mA value of the milliamp output being used to 2421 RPM––not the diesel
maximum speed of 2200 RPM.

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