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IGV Exhaust Temperature Control

1) IGV Exhaust Temperature Control can only be used when the unit is operating below base load to maximize exhaust temperature and steam production. 2) As load decreases, the IGV will close to maintain exhaust temperature near the reference temperature until the minimum IGV angle is reached. 3) During loading, the IGV will open to maintain exhaust temperature near the reference temperature until base load is reached and the IGV reaches its maximum angle.

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IGV Exhaust Temperature Control

1) IGV Exhaust Temperature Control can only be used when the unit is operating below base load to maximize exhaust temperature and steam production. 2) As load decreases, the IGV will close to maintain exhaust temperature near the reference temperature until the minimum IGV angle is reached. 3) During loading, the IGV will open to maintain exhaust temperature near the reference temperature until base load is reached and the IGV reaches its maximum angle.

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IGV Exhaust Temperature Control

IGV Exhaust Temperature Control can only be used when the unit is NOT operating at Base Load. (One of
the definitions--the main one, actually--of Base Load is that the IGVs are at maximum operating angle.)

If you select IGV Exhaust Temperature Control ON when the unit is at Base Load, nothing will happen--
until you start to lower load. As load begins to drop and exhaust temperature begins to drop (barely
begins to drop, that is), the IGVs will start closing--which will keep the exhaust temperature, TTXM, close
to the exhaust temperature reference, TTRX.

As load is reduced, the IGVs will continue to close to try to maximize the exhaust temperature--meaning
to try to maintain it as close as possible to TTRX, until such time as the IGVs are at minimum operating
angle (57 DGA), and they can't be closed any further. At this point, as load is reduced the exhaust
temperature will also begin to drop faster.

Recall the exhaust temperature reference curve has a negative slope, up to the Isothermal
temperature--which is a flat line (usually at approximately 1100 deg F for most B/E class machines). So,
exhaust temperature will rise slowly as the unit is unloaded from Base Load with IGV Exhaust
Temperature Control ON, until it reaches the Isothermal temperature and it will level off at that
temperature for a while, and will eventually start to drop from that value, too, until such time as the
IGVs are at the minimum operating angle, and then as load is reduced further the exhaust temperature
will fall "faster."

If you start the unit with IGV Exhaust Temperature Control ON, the IGVs will remain closed as the unit is
loaded, until the exhaust temperature, TTXM, reaches TTRX. At this point if fuel were increased (to
increase load) the exhaust temperature would tend to increase--but the IGVs will open to maintain
exhaust temperature as close as possible to TTRX as the unit is loaded, until finally, when the IGVs are at
maximum operating angle the unit will be at Base Load.

There is probably a Manual IGV control button on some HMI display--but it can ONLY be used to open
the IGVs above the reference angle. It CANNOT be used to close the IGVs below the reference angle.
Ever.

IGV Exhaust Temperature Control is intended to maximize exhaust temperature to maximize steam
production/temperature when the unit is below Base Load (that is, when the IGVs are NOT at maximum
operating angle and the unit is on CPD-biased exhaust temperature control). Again, IGV Exhaust
Temperature Control will only modulate IGV angle when the unit is NOT operating at Base Load. And it
will do so by closing the IGVs to maximize exhaust temperature (during unloading), and by keeping the
IGVs closed longer (during loading).
You should know that when IGV Exhaust Temperature Control is ON and modulating the IGVs that the
gas turbine heat rate increases--which means the amount of fuel required to produce the same load as
when IGV Exhaust Temperature Control is OFF is higher. HOWEVER, the overall thermal efficiency of the
unit (the gas turbine and HRSG) is higher. So, there is a little trade-off, and that trade-off is what helps to
maximize steam production/temperature at the expense of GT heat rate. But, again, the overall thermal
efficiency of the unit (gas turbine and HRSG) is higher, so it's a net win for the plant.

There is nothing else you need to be concerned with. The Mark VIe will take care of everything--that's
it's job. As long as all the inputs are calibrated and scaled correctly it will protect the unit and help to
maximize exhaust temperature and steam temperature/production at part load.

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