Gas turbine GE Frame 6FA at a CHP successfully retrofitted with a Franke-Filter Oil Mist Separator
The combined heat and power station (CHP) Hannover Linden is a natural-gas-fuelled power station with a maximum electric capacity of 255 MW and cogeneration of 185MW. The combined-cycle plant has two gas turbines and one steam turbine and is Hannover’s most efficient generation station.
The gas and steam turbines, supplied by Siemens, were already equipped with a Franke-Filter Oil Mist Separator as part of the standardisation between both companies, whereas the in 2010 commissioned GE gas turbine frame 6FA was equipped with a competitor’s unit. After expiration of the guarantee period the turbine operator of the company Enercity Hannover contacted Franke-Filter for a new Oil Mist Separator to replace the one at the GE Frame 6FA.
The vital factor at such a project is the exact dimensioning and suitable design of a separator. Being a specialized manufacture, Franke-Filter could provide a customized solution which could fit into the available space exactly.
Advantages of Oil Mist Separator
- Oil Mist is exhausted directly at bearings and filter in the filter vessel with an efficiency of >99,9%
- Filtered air can be directly exhausted into the turbine hall or atmosphere
- Lube oil can be led back into the lube oil tank without loss of additives
- Constant, minimum vacuum in the lube oil tank and bearings, which is easy to regulate
- Oil Mist Separator due to its individual design can be directly installed to the already available connections
- Less maintenance work needed thanks to long maintenance intervals of 2-5 years
(Competing products on the market have intervals of just ½ - 1 year) - Personal contact person for potential consultations and for further maintenance
Oil Mist is exhausted directly at bearings and filter in the filter vessel with an efficiency of >99,9%
Filtered air can be directly exhausted into the turbine hall or atmosphere
Lube oil can be led back into the lube oil tank without loss of additives
Constant, minimum vacuum in the lube oil tank and bearings, which is easy to regulate
Oil Mist Separator due to its individual design can be directly mounted to the already available connections
Less maintenance work needed thanks to long maintenance intervals of 2-5 years
(Competing products on the Market have intervals of just ½ - 1 year)
Personal contact person for possible consultations and for further maintenanc
