Real Time Performance Analysis and Condition Monitoring of a Gas Turbine Based 300 MW Base Load Cogeneration Plant

This paper describes the performance monitoring and analysis system that is in use at a base loaded 300 MW cogeneration facility, which supplies 1.903 million lb/hr (0.863 million kg/hr) of wet steam for thermally enhanced oil recovery operations. The current state of the development of the performance monitoring system (in use since late 1985), the hardware used throughout the system, the theory of performance analysis, software development, and the reporting capabilities will be described. Several real cases will be examined where results have shown justification for the use of a performance monitoring system.© 1989 ASME