Combined Cycle Plant Achieves a 143% Return on Investment with a Fisher Diagnostic Solution
Combined Cycle Plant Achieves a 143% Return on Investment with a Fisher Diagnostic Solution
2 PagesPOWER Combined Cycle Plant Achieves a 143% Return on Investment with a Fisher TM Diagnostic Solution RESULTS • Saved $33,500, year to year, by eliminating the need for outside control valve repair services • Saved one hour of labor per valve by using ValveLink TM software’s Batch Runner for calibration • Saved $25,000 by using FIELDVUE TM diagnostics to avoid unnecessary repairs to turbine bypass control valves • Saved a total of $68,000 on one outage alone APPLICATION Turbine bypass control CUSTOMER A gas-fired, combined cycle plant CHALLENGE A leading power producer purchased a partially-completed, generating facility and continued its revamp. When the plant began operating, it was fired by clean-burning natural gas and producing 740 megawatts of electricity. To
