Up to
32,000 /1,200
inspection intervals-factored fired hours (FFH/FS)
Up to 96,000 /3,600
replace intervals-factored fired hours (FFH/FS)
Up to
75% reduction
in planned maintenance outages when using advanced extendor combustion technology
Benefits
What can upgrading do for you?
GE’s hot gas path interval extension upgrade was developed to extend the duration between planned maintenance inspections, which can increase the availability of your gas turbine and reduce maintenance costs.
How we get you there
Advanced sealing options
- Reduce air leakage
- Tolerant of misalignments
- More durable than labyrinth seals
- +500 applied as retrofits since 1999
Hardware improvements
- Stage 1
- Perimeter-cooled stage 1 bucket
- Improved stage 1 shroud
- Stage 1 shroud abradable coating
- Stage 2
- GTD-222* alloy stage 2 nozzle
- Interstage brush seal
- Creep-resistant Stage 2 bucket
- Honeycomb shroud blocks
- Stage 3
- Honeycomb shroud blocks
- Advanced aero stage 3 nozzle
- Advanced aero stage 3 bucket
Advanced gas path
- More power output, improved efficiency and higher exhaust energy
- Redesigned hardware for longer intervals at higher firing temperature
Other Options
- High-pressure packing sealing improvement
- High-speed load gear
- Increased firing temperature
- Increased IGV angle
Contact us
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