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Sensors improve gas turbine efficiency
Monitoring gas turbines with pressure sensors is helping to improve the energy efficiency of modern energy production
Dr Bernard Ćosić, manager, Gas Turbine Combustion, oversees the operations of the high pressure combustion test facility at MAN Energy Solutions
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uel-flexible gas turbines from MAN En- ergy Solutions combine high efficiency with low emissions. According to MAN,
these ultra-modern energy supply devices are ideal for municipal utilities and industrial ap- plications. During the development phase and also in the end product, high-temperature pressure sensors from Kistler have been used to deliver valuable real-time data that has been used to optimise the combustion pro- cess. The changeover to energy supply systems that deliver maximum efficiency while pro- tecting the environment is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st cen- tury. Resources have to be developed and emissions must be reduced against a back- ground of continuously rising demand for en- ergy. Gas turbines play a key part in tackling
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this challenge as they offer an ideal approach, especially in situations where both power and heat are required – as is often the case in mu- nicipal utilities or industrial settings. In the fu- ture, it will become increasingly possible to operate gas turbines with hydrogen instead of natural gas, giving them a better environ- mental footprint and more compatibility with the desired energy mix. More sustainable gas turbines of this sort
with very low emission values are being de- veloped and manufactured at MAN Energy So- lutions (MAN ES) in Oberhausen, Germany. The company’s Turbomachinery Division traces its origins to the Gute Hoffnungshütte (GHH), which at one time was Europe’s largest ma- chinery and plant construction enterprise. GHH began its iron smelting activities as long ago as 1758. Nowadays, some 1,800 employ-
ees at Oberhausen work in the competence centres for gas turbine development and pro- duction as well as in the firm’s extensive test- ing and service operations. On-site facilities include testing of complete gas turbine-com- pressor trains. The use of gas turbines to drive compressors (on gas pipelines, for example) is another key application area for this tech- nology.
Integrated sensor monitoring \\\ Dr Bernhard Ćosić, who has been working at
MAN Energy Solutions since 2015 and leads the company’s Gas Turbine Combustion Group, is a key player in the development of the MGT6000 series as well as the new MGT8000 series. Commenting on market trends, he believes that the company’s gas turbines, which deliver electrical power of be-
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