General Electric LM6000
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LM6000 GTG in an electrical power plant application
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Type | Aeroderivative gas turbine
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National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | General Electric
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Developed from | General Electric CF6 |
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Design and development
The LM6000 provides 54,610
GE has several option packages for industrial LM6000s, including SPRINT (Spray Inter-Cooled Turbine), water injection (widely known as "NOx water"), STIG (Steam Injected Gas Turbine) technology and DLE (Dry Low Emissions) which utilizes a combustor with premixers to maximize combustion efficiency. The SPRINT option is designed to increase efficiency and power of the turbine, while the water injection, STIG and DLE are for reducing emissions. An alternative form of power augmentation is Evaporative Cooling, which is a water fogging system that sprays a fine mist of water into the inlet air before the air filters. This system is high maintenance and may be replaced by chillers in newer units. The SPRINT system injects demineralized water into the engine either upstream of the low pressure compressor or between the low pressure and high pressure compressors. The water injection system injects water into the primary or secondary fuel nozzle inputs, usually on natural gas fired engines.
The GE LM6000 PC is rated to provide more than 43 MW with a thermal efficiency of around 42% LHV[1] at ISO conditions. With options, this can be increased to around 50 MW rated power.[2]
Applications
Over 1000 LM6000 gas turbines shipped and over 21 million hours of operation. Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power.[citation needed] Other applications include combined heat and power for industrial and independent power producers.
See also
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References
- ^ GE LM6000 product brochure Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ GE LM6000 page