FUELING LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE
In a typical industrial gas turbine used to provide electric power as peaking units, and sometimes even as baseload units, the actual burning of the fuel takes place in a combustion liner or combustion basket. These components are constantly exposed to a severe service environment and must stand up to:
- Repeated thermal cycling
- Extremely high temperatures
- Corrosion from elements in the fuel
- Erosion from material introduced by either the fuel or air used in combustion