Oil and Gas Markets

Turbomachinery Control Solutions, LLC has experience with control retrofits on numerous gas turbines and reciprocating engines in oil and gas production, including onshore and offshore applications.

Below is a list of typical gas turbine applications and control modes. The list is not meant to be all-inclusive, but rather an overview of applications, which TurboControls can provide expertise and proven product solutions.

Gas Turbines

  • Aeroderivative
  • Industrial
  • Single or Multishaft

Driven Equipment Loads

  • Centrifugal Compressors (single or multiple stages, series or parallel operation)
  • Axial Compressors
  • Blowers
  • Pumps
  • Synchronous or Induction Generators

Control Strategies

  • Extensive diagnostics and fallback strategies to assure uninterrupted operation in the event of a transducer or transmitter failure
  • Start permissives
  • Startup and shutdown sequencing
  • IGV and VBV control
  • Acceleration control
  • Speed/Load control PID’s
  • Process control PID’s
  • Warm / cold turbine start-up settings
  • Temperature limiting
  • Overspeed protection
  • Overspeed test features
  • Exhaust heat recovery
  • Alarms and Monitoring

Mechanical Drive Control Features

  • Speed or Droop control
  • Cascade PID control loops
  • Remote setpoints
  • Compressor Surge avoidance
  • Compressor loading
  • Compressor loading sharing
  • Suction or Discharge Pressure Control
  • Flow control

Generator Drive Control Features

  • Automatic / manual synchronization
  • Isochronous / Droop control 
  • Parallel Isochronous control
  • Loadsharing and loadshedding system
  • Import / Export control systems

 

 

 

 

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