Advanced Operational Flexibility

Start Readiness & Cool Down

Advanced preservation concepts and the ability to maintain a plant in a status which allows fast re-start even after multiple days of shutdown may greatly enhance flexibility and support better dispatch success.

Reduced cool-down times may support faster access to components for inspections and repairs, thus supporting shorter outages.

Advanced inspection and interval concepts can help to safeguard and enhance availability.

Energy Management

Energy markets are becoming increasingly complex due to the influx of new generation assets like renewables, microgrids and the hybridization of traditional CCPPs with storage and other energy assets. All of which makes it more difficult for asset operators to quickly respond and optimize their generation.

Solutions that manage the distribution of generation are needed to economically optimize plant operations:

• Dispatch optimization improving the energy management of your fleet through an optimized generation schedule
• Hybrid controller integration responds rapidly and automated to generation adjustments

For more information on these Omnivise Performance solutions, please visit the ↗Omnivise Performance webpage.

Emissions and Efficiency

In energy markets with a volatile infeed from various generation sources, combined cycle power plants may find themselves in situations where they need to improve and monitor efficiency and emissions for minimum, part and base load. 

Upgrades and Performance Monitoring are intended for:

- Improvement of efficiency especially in part load operation

- Monitoring efficiency and emissions at minimum, part and base load