How Can You Boost The Reliability Of Your Boiler Feed Water Pump?

By Sherry Heinly, KSB North American Marketing Manager

With modern combined cycle power/steam generation plants, the Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) is the major connection from the Combustion Turbine Generator (CTG) to the Steam Turbine Generator (STG).

The plant duty cycles that most affect the CTG exhaust gas temperature are start-up (sometimes multiple starts daily), STG trips, and simple cycle operations along with supplementary firing, such as duct-burners which can lower plant efficiency but increase unit power.