Conventional GADS FAQ

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002-PD 04/29/20 04/30/20 ERT Performance Data

Question / Issue
How should a duct burner used in a combined cycle unit be documented?

Background
A typical combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit consists of one or more gas turbines (GT) that feed waste heat to one or more Heat
Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) that produce steam for one or more Steam Turbines (ST). The GT and ST all have separate
generators attached to them to produce electrical energy. A typical CCGT unit with four GT, four HRSG, and one ST would be
designated as a 4x4x1 CCGT unit with five separate generators producing electrical power. Steam production by the HRSGs is often
augmented by using duct burners. Duct burners are mounted in the duct work that carries the waste heat from a GT to an HRSG. Duct
burners are used to increase the heat flow to an HRSG which is then used to either maintain steamflow when one or more GT is offline
or to increase steam flow above that produced by using waste heat from the GT alone. Duct burners can burn a variety of fuels but
typically natural gas or waste gas is used.

Answer
An HRSG is not a unit, it is just a piece of equipment, and is not reported on in GADS. If a duct burner is installed on a CCGT unit, it is a
part of the HRSG, not the ST. However, the waste heat from the GTs and the heat produced by the duct burners are used to make
steam for the ST which then turns it into electrical energy. Therefore the “Waste Heat” from the GTs is considered as the "Primary
Fuel" on the ST and the duct burner fuel to the HRSG is considered as the “Secondary Fuel” on the ST.

Comments
Typically duct burner fuel is measured separately from GT fuel but not always. If they are common metered take care to separate it out
if possible and report it on the ST else it will be counted as being burned by the GT which will increase their theoretical heat rate which,
besides being inaccurate, could cause a search for equipment problems with the GT that don't really exist. Whenever reporting fuel
strive to be as accurate as possible,

Reference
1) 2019 Conventional GADS Data Reporting Instructions (DRI), Section IV: Performance Reporting, page IV-10, Section E.Primary Fuel
and Section F.Secondary Fuel; 2) 2019 Conventional GADS Training Module #09, Performance Data Reporting, slides 38-42.

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