-
Products
-
Services
Equipment services and upgrades
Services overviewLifecycle services
-
Resources
Search Gas Power
What are you looking for?
Or start with a popular search:
Recommended resources
Primary frequency control upgrade
GE Vernova’s algorithm upgrade to your primary frequency control (PFC) is customized to meet specific grid requirements, enabling operation of plant equipment continuously between 47 – 52 Hz.
Benefits
What can upgrading do for you?
Primary frequency control (PFC) enables a frequency response to maintain grid stability. This PFC frequency response algorithm replaces the tuning of regular droop speed controls, which are standard on any turbine:
- Maintains correct frequency for turbine/generator by adjusting the total MW output
- Capability for the equipment to react immediately when system frequency is beyond dead band limits
- More accurate grid frequency measurements
- Continuously maintain required reserves in line with grid fluctuations
- Allows customer control on their reserve in line with the resultant deviations in the system frequency
Incorporation of latest fuel core includes 25 software improvements focused on:
- SPRINT* and NOx water schedule optimization (reduced chance of water in the turbine lube oil)
- Expanded operating ranges on PS3, T2, and T3
- Improved trip reduction
- Integrated SPRINT* and NOx water schedule benefits:
- NOx water active during fuel transfers
- SPRINT* water flow dependent from fuel flow
- Variable SPRINT* modulates water flow to better accommodate load following and lower water consumption in base load operations
How we get you there
- Immediately activates when the grid frequency is not within the set dead band limits and responds within 30 seconds
- Turbine power will increase or decrease in response to any sudden changes
- Allows dispatch operations to set a reserve power setting (from 65% power to base load) to allow automatic increase or decrease in power during grid frequency shifts
- Enables operation of the plant and equipment continuously between 47.5 – 52.0 Hz and for at least 20 seconds between 47.0 – 47.5 Hz
- Engineered to be enabled/disabled from a local HMI or via remote operations
- An optional high-speed data log is available with sensitivity to 10 mHz
Gas Power
Gas Power engineers cleaner, more accessible energy that communities depend on to power growth and prosperity.
Contact usEmpowering the data-driven world with reliable, cleaner energy
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business helps provide scalable efficient, infrastructure that supports the world’s energy demands, including those of hyperscale and colocation data centers. Explore our products, from fuel-flexible turbines to services that keep reliable power flowing worldwide.
Explore our Gas Power data centers solutions