Gas turbine powered generation systems are usually a ground power version of a large passenger jet engine. The most common use is for several of the systems to be located around a nuke plant, or a large coal plant [both of those systems have long lead times to bring them on line and produce output. The Gas turbine engine can be started in minutes and be driving large generators in minutes to catch peak load requirements.. As peak load increases, more Gas Turbine "generator sets" are brought on line, as peak load requirement becomes less, the total output can be managed by taking them off line. Gas Turbine fuel systems are designed and built for a specific fuel type and flow rate, so reconfiguring to handle several different types of fuel is not practical.. Europe is in a hurt box because its supply of natural gas is from Russia, and Russia has shut them off because EU embargoed Russia over Ukraine invasion, etc etc.... Gas Turbines will run on natural gas if the fuel system is configured for it... or kerosene, if the fuel system is configured for it... or diesel, or even ship bunker fuel.. if the fuel system is configured for it... But such configuration changes are very expensive. A set of fuel nozzles for large gas turbines would run approximately $1,000,000, and Injection Control Pumps another $1,000,000, for each engine. Russia is in a hurt box, because the turbine pump they need to pump natural gas can't be delivered because of the war embargo, and parts to complete it's build are setting in Kansas [last I heard] Supply chain issues.. it's broken down... due to covid, war, etc etc etc...
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 10:40 AM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Don't they use the fuel to boil water, turning the turbines with steam? > Change the burners and plumbing, and you're set to go. > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 12:29 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Europe is in a natural gas supply crisis, and have started running gas > > turbine generating stations on kerosene, increasing demand for this > refined > > product. > > > > Anyone else heard this? I know that turbine engines can theoretically run > > on pretty much any flammable liquid or gas, but it seems to me that large > > industrial gas turbines would be designed and optimized for a particular > > fuel. Would it be easy to just switch them to a different fuel type? > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
