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Why is DLN tuning done in GE gas turbines? What is

the purpose to do so?
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To adjust the fuel ow to the various nozzles and combustion zones is to vary the fuel 3 Public Followers
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Hopefully, the various orices on the combustion liners have been properly sized; Edits
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have the orices re-sized and then begin the tuning process of adjusting fuel ow- What are the types of blades used in gas turbine?
rates to the combustion zones or nozzles to try to achieve the desired balance of
emissions, ame stability, and dynamic pressure pulsations.

Some turbines require special sensors to monitor the dynamic pressures in each of
the combustors during tuning; this used to be done for all DLN combustor-equipped
gas turbines, but GE has since determined that with current combustion hardware
designs it's not so critical for DLN-I combustor-equipped machines. However, GE has
also determined that running DLN-I machines at the lowest possible NOx levels also
results in the highest combustor dynamics, so while it's possible to get some fairly low
NOx levels out of the machine by adjusting the fuel splits within acceptable limits, it's
also possible to cause premature combustion hardware failure. So, they also say that
it's not advisable to adjust fuel splits on DLN-I machines to the lowest levels possible
without also doing some combustion dynamic monitoring. But, adjusting them to
operate at or just slightly below guaranteed emissions levels without combustion
dynamic monitoring is usually very safe for the combustion hardware.

During tuning, the combustor pressures and emissions levels are monitored while the
fuel ow-rate splits are adjusted. There are proprietary matrices that are consulted
and used in the tuning process to help with achieving the desired operation.

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