Recherche pétrolière et gazière

Abstrait

The influence of reschedule-overhaul and degradation of gas turbine in determining the number of gas turbine usage in natural gas pipeline transportation network.

Gas turbine plant plays a significant role for compression of gas through the pipeline especially remote areas that is destitute of electricity. How long the Gas turbine (GT) engines can be kept in service safely during the project life in the midst of harsh ambient temperature and degradation, without removing them from operation has become a growing concern to engine life-cycle managers. Also, the need to balance risk and cost of replacing completely deteriorated engines explains the growing interest in the application of life extension technologies for safely extracting maximum usage of the procured engines on natural gas pipeline. This is because the engines are allowed to run for a long period of time due to the economic benefits of natural gas business.