Technology Updates

Power Services
6B Users Conference
California, USA
June 2019
Michael A. Cocca
New Technology Discussion
GE Power
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Agenda – New Technology #6BUC2019
• New Tech for Hot gas Path

– AGP
• New Tech for Compressor
– R1 Compressor Blade new engineering
– Blade Health Monitoring
– Stainless Steel Forward Compressor Stator rings
– GECC- Compressor Blade Coating update
– Super Polish on Compressor blades
– Solutions for units supplying peak power
• New Idea for Peaking units
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6B Fleet: 40+ years of Rugged Reliability
Improve performances by: 6B Fleet Evolution
• Improving cooling flows
• Changing materials on hot gas path
• Increasing firing temperature
Increase maintenance
intervals with:
• Extendors*, new architecture, new
materials
Combustion upgrades to:
• Adapt to new fuels
• Reduce NOx/CO emissions
• Reduce water usage
Rotor life solutions:
• Hours base rotor life extension
• Flange-to-flange replacement
Control upgrades:
• Gain operating flexibility
• Manage controller obsolescence
Investing in technology to improve your investment

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#6BUC2019
New Technology
for Hot Gas Path

6B Advanced Gas Path – More power, longer intervals
Stage Part Improvement Benefit Performance improvement**

Newly Engineered cooling Performance Output +2% to 15%
Nozzle
Improved sealing Durability/Perf
Cooling Improvement Durability/Perf
Heat Rate Up to 4%
1st Bucket
Dovetail Sealing Clearances HGPI 32k FFH
Gen 3+ Coating Durability and
Shroud
Sealing Newly Engineered Performance
Tfire +30F
Nozzle Sealing Newly Engineered Clearances Exh. Energy +2% to 7%
Cooling Improvement Performance *atISO conditions, Natural Gas, DLN
Bucket **Results depend on current hardware configuration
Dovetail sealing Clearances
2nd
Newly engineered
Shroud geometry Clearances
Improved sealing
Nozzle Improved sealing Clearances
3rd Bucket Improved sealing Clearances
Shroud Improved sealing Clearances
Reduced leakage and improved cooling

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Intervals Extension #6BUC2019
200,000 hour maintenance plan comparison
4 MI outage profile
6B
MI MI MI MI 4 MIs over 200,000
HGPI HGPI HGPI HGPI
hours
CI CI CI CI
MI CI CI CI CI CI CI CI CI CI CI CI CI • 16 comb inspections
• 4 HGP inspections
• 4 major inspections
8k 24k 32k 48k 64K 96K 128K 144k 160k 200K
3 MIs over 200,000

hours
• 3 HGP
HGPI
inspections
HGPI HGPI
• 3 major
MI MI MI inspections
Post Upgrade
~75% reduction in planned maintenance outages and lower capital spare investment
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Stage 1 Architecture Changes #6BUC2019
• Stage 1 nozzle
− Reduced leakage with laminate seals
− Seal geometry re-configuration
− Newly engineered cooling passages for extended life
• Stage 1 bucket Stage 1
− Improved cooling hole technology nozzle
− Enhanced dovetail sealing
− Slot seal & pin modifications
Stage 1
− Squealer tip optimization bucket
− Wheelspace purge flow swirler
• Stage 1 shroud
− Laminate sealing Stage 1
− Extra thick GE proprietary Gen3+ coating shroud
− Seal slot modification
− Seal geometry redesign
Improved sealing and component life

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• Stage 2 nozzle
– Laminate Seals
– Sealing Geometry modification
Stage 2
• Stage 2 bucket nozzle
– Enhanced Dovetail sealing
– Sealing pin modification
• Stage 2 shroud
– Newly Engineered geometry for
performance Stage 2
– Seal slot modification bucket
– Laminate seals
– Aluminized coating
Stage 2
shroud
Improved cooling and sealing

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• Stage 3 nozzle
– Maintain Advanced Aero pedigree
– Seals geometry modification Advanced Aero stage 3
nozzle - dovetail sealing
– Laminate seals
• Stage 3 bucket
– Maintain Advanced Aero pedigree
– Sealing pin modification
• Stage 3 shroud Advanced Aero
– Newly engineered geometry stage 3 bucket
– Seal slot modifications
– Laminate seals
– Aluminized coating
Stage 3 shroud
Focus on airflow optimization

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6541B Uprate to AGP – Case Study #6BUC2019
Situation:
Customer has an original 6541B coming up on HGP inspection and needs new
replacement-in-kind parts. Unit has Mk VI controls with DLN1 Advanced Extendor,
operating 8000 baseloaded hours per year on Natural Gas.
Economic assumptions:
• current price for power is $50/MWhr
• Fuel cost is $5/mmbtu for fuel
• Sells steam at $5/m-lb with no steam production hardware limitations
6541B upgraded Annual

to AGP* Benefit
**
OUTPUT +15% $782,500
**
HEAT RATE -5.1% $833,887
***
EXHAUST ENERGY +7.6% $688,847
HGP OUTAGE EXTENSION 24k to 32k FFH
* Based on ISO site conditions and original as-built estimates. Values are for illustrative purposed and not guarantees
** includes extra fuel used for higher output
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6B Advanced Gas Path Benefits & Results
Improvement1, 2 6541 6551 6561 6581/PIP
Output +16% +14% +11% +3.6%
Heat Rate -5% -5% -4% -0.7%
1 at ISO conditions, Natural Gas, DLN
2 Improvements are approximate (up to/down to) for illustrative purpose
FLEET LEADER UPDATE

1st unit installed on pre-PIP 6581
✓ Operational @ +30F Tfire

June ‘18
✓ Output & Heat Rate improvement exceeded estimate @ 95F test point
Oct ‘18 ✓ Reached ~2500 fired hours. Enhanced Borescope completed; no findings.
Dec ‘18 2nd unit install. Restart early January. Met output & heat rate estimates.
3rd unit install, finish March ’19. Met output & heat rate estimates.
Mar ‘19
1st unit has reached 8000 fired hours
Apr ‘19 4th unit install. North America region
AGP configured for performance, maximum intervals…. Exhaust energy +2% to +7%
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6B AGP Fleet Leader: 8000 FFH Borescope
S1 Nozzle S1 Bucket
Operating Hours to date
>8000 FFH Fleet leader
~ 11,000 FFH Total Fleet
Performance to date
Met or exceeded all
performance metrics
5 AGP sets delivered
New Unit will be standard
with AGP in 2020
4x6B AGP in operation by
April 2019
3x in Middle East
1x in North America
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New Technology
for Compressors

61B Compressor Upgrade Summary
A full suite of options to monitor & improve reliability &
achive better performance
Dimensional changes
• R1 compressor blade with undercut
Blade Health Monitoring
• IGV with undercut
Aft stub shaft impeller modification
Material change and coatings
• Stainless steel stator vane rings
(stages 1 to 4)
• Compressor “Ultrafinish”(a): All
blades and vanes with improved
surface roughness
• GECC-1 coating(a) applied to stages
1 to 5 or 17
GECC-1 coating Monitoring and diagnostics
• Blade Health Monitoring for
compressor blades 1 to 3
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6B/9E Compressor R1 Blade New #6BUC2019
Engineering
Background
• Increasing number of 61B sites performing wet
operations (foggers, evaporative coolers, wet
compression, water washes) Squealer tip
• Material debit on R1 blade due to corrosion & erosion will
reduce the expected margin of the blade
Solution
• New blade with machined undercut feature & squealer tip
• Improved root fillet radius with increased blade thickness
near the base of the blade & minor thickness changes
along the span of the airfoil
Benefits
• Blade with better tolerance to corrosion & erosion
• The undercut feature eliminating the risk of fretting- Root fillet
induced cracking through the platform
• Compressor performance (efficiency/flow) maintained Undercut
• Engineered for in-field replacement & does not require
unstacking the rotor or wheel tipping in the factory
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6B Compressor Superfinish #6BUC2019
All rotor blades & stator vanes, including IGVs with

improved surface finish from 25Ra to 16Ra
Benefits
- Output & Heat Rate Improvement
- Better compressor Efficiency
- Lower degradation
- Low dust accumulation
- Consider for application during RLE,
rotor repairs, major inspections
without affecting outage duration
Blades Only Stators and Blades Left: Blade without

Output Heat rate Output Heat rate Superfinish
(MW) (kJ/kWh) (MW) (kJ/kWh) Right: Blade with
+0.19% * -0.12% * 0.34% * -0.22% * Superfinish
* 6B.03 Baseline: AGP, 86° IGV, ISO conditions , DLN, Natural Gas
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Compressor blades and vanes with GECC-1
Compressor coated with Background
GECC-1 • GECC-1, a slurry coating with ceramic top layer,
provides improved erosion and corrosion resistance,
with minimal impact to compressor performance
• Moisture may be present in the compressor during
operation up to stage 5, where it usually becomes
warm enough to prevent condensation
Test Site
• Extremely corrosive environment, with previous
associated airfoil events
• No inlet air treatment used on site
• Hydrophobic HEPA inlet filtration system
• Minimal to no wet operations
Findings
GECC-1 coating • Unit operated for >25,000 hours
applied to a 6B
• No visible corrosion pitting was seen
Blade
• Minor coating erosion noted on forward
compressor airfoil leading edges
• Significant corrosion resistance improvement over
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Stainless steel rings for Stator Vane 1 -4
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ATQi now, available now #6BUC2019
• GE has introduced new SS stator vane ring segments for the Stage 1 stator
• Ring material changed from carbon steel to stainless steel
• SS rings have better resistance to corrosion and oxidation between the vane/ring
and the ring/casing interface
• Increased the number of ring segments from 6 to 12 → Easier to remove during
maintenance
• Direct replacement to the existing ring segments
• Shimless configuration
Hardware replacement can be done during planned maintenance activity
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9E/6B Blade Health Monitoring (BHM)
Solution
Data Acquisition System
• Non-contacting blade monitoring system (DAQ) - Site
• Sensors installed over airfoils A/D converter
• Real-time monitoring of R1-R3 Blade tip timing calculation

condition Blade vibration analysis
• Early identification of shift in
Deflections of
blade response
Amplitude, Volts
blades measured
R R R
1 2 3
Benefits Expected
Measured Blade
Passing Signal
• Protects the Gas Turbine
against costly Time, Milliseconds
failures through early

detection of cracks
• Reduces downtime & helps
managing risks:
→ Forced outage becomes
M&D
planned outage Center Data transferred from site
DAQ to remote monitoring
Bringing F/H BHM to the 6B

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9E BHM installation and probe locations
R2 probe
R1 probe
aligned with
aligned with
leading edge
leading edge R3 probe aligned with
leading edge
Probe locations
Drilling of probe
locations at site
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Hybrid units &
Capacity Ideas

GE SOLUTION: Enhanced Gas Turbine
GE’s solution is a flexible and compact system that combines GE’s advanced technologies and
expertise in plant controls, power electronics, storage management systems and electrical
balance of plant to deliver total plant outcomes & performance guarantees.
POWER STORAGE PURPOSE BUILT RESERVOIR MV MV CONSULTING SOFTWARE
CONVERSION MANAGEMENT ENCLOSURES CONTROL UNIT TRANSFORMER SWITCHGEAR & SERVICES SUITE
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Applications of GE’s Enhanced Gas Turbine
Technical Flexibility Improvements
Baseload Cycling Peakers

• Fast frequency response • Fast frequency response • Very fast start
(250ms) (250ms) • Non-spinning reserve
• Fast ramp • Extra peak capacity w/o • Fast frequency response
• Extra peak capacity w/o maintenance (250ms)
maintenace • S/U unbalancing & import • Fast ramp
• Black start capability cost reduction • Turndown improvements.
• Turndown improvements. • Black start capability
• Fast ramp
• Black start capability
Former Gas Turbine

Enhanced Gas Turbine Upgrade
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Value Proposition: Battery + Compressor
GT Hybrid
Can charge also from renewables
New hybrid idea!
Advantages of Hybrid with compressor

• Multiplies battery power ~2x through Gas
Turbine!
• Maximizes revenue from power arbitrage
• Specific cost ~20% less than conventional GT
Battery Hybrids Twice the
power out!
Drive greater value from hybrid
powerplants
• Enhances power plant flexibility and peaking
revenue potential
• Fully integrated with GT controls and System
Optimizer to maximize revenues.
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Capacity play: Unlocking Inherent Value of a
site Start
Calendar Hours
Based? Maintenanc Based?
e Intervals?
61B – Potential solutions
No Known
Sunset Date? Scope Description Value
Why?
Yes • Increase Max Increase
Legal/ #1
output - Peak Tfire Capacity
Able to BOP
Yes Excess Custom
• Find other value
reposition
Spares? streams – Hybrid? New
unit? YES #2
Increase Peak Revenue
Tfire
NO NO
• Maintenance Reduce
#3
Scope Scope Scope Scope Scope Scope Optimization O&M
#2 #1 #3 #1 #4 #3 • Extendor Reduce
#4
• Life Odometer O&M
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• New Tech for Hot gas Path

Investing in technology to improve your investment

© 2019 General Electric Company. Confidential information. All rights reserved.

Stage Part Improvement Benefit Performance improvement**

Reduced leakage and improved cooling

8k 24k 32k 48k 64K 96K 128K 144k 160k 200K

3 MIs over 200,000

Improved sealing and component life

Improved cooling and sealing

Focus on airflow optimization

6541B upgraded Annual

FLEET LEADER UPDATE

✓ Operational @ +30F Tfire

© 2019 General Electric Company. Confidential information. All rights reserved.

All rotor blades & stator vanes, including IGVs with

Blades Only Stators and Blades Left: Blade without

Hardware replacement can be done during planned maintenance activity

• Real-time monitoring of R1-R3 Blade tip timing calculation

failures through early

Bringing F/H BHM to the 6B

© 2019 General Electric Company. Confidential information. All rights reserved.

Baseload Cycling Peakers

Former Gas Turbine

Can charge also from renewables

New hybrid idea!

Advantages of Hybrid with compressor

Other Summer Vs How to use

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