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Fuel Valve Solutions for Turbines

• Increase reliability
• Eliminate downtime
• Improve operational flexibility

CCC is a fuel valve engineering and manufacturing company based in the U.S. that offers a unique blend of talent in mechanical design, electronic and software design, along with application knowledge across reciprocating natural gas engines and natural gas turbines.

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HPI received a call from Fiat-Chrysler regarding an FT-4 engine problem during a regional power alert. Fiat-Chrysler needed help to get their in-house powerplant online to support the local power grid in Michigan. Unfortunately when the request came through, one of their two FT-4`s would not start and they were looking at a stiff penalty under a local power agreement.

HPI quickly sent in a Field Support Team, headed by Martin Marsh, and diagnosed that the starting problem was due to t

Gas Fired reciprocating engines have been used for oil and gas compression for more than half a century. Until a few years ago, these engines all used mechanical governors for running at rated speed only. The methods used to start the engines were improvised using shut off valves and orifices. The engines often were hard to start and when they were running, they were very unstable and difficult to load. Now, thanks to advances in electronics, mechanical design and computer control, these old

Years ago, before exhaust emissions were a concern, the natural gas engines used mainly by the natural gas industry were designed to run with excess air. The air-fuel ratio controllers were mechanical devices that were not very accurate and sometimes not even used. These engines ran very well with 5% to 20% excess air. The air-fuel ratio would often vary with load and as long as the engines would carry the load and didn’t detonate or misfire, people were happy.

Later when exhaus

The new ALV10 liquid fuel metering valve from Continental Controls Corp. is designed for use on gas turbines with outputs of 250 kW to 35 MW. The valve design is capable of metering kerosene, Jet A, Diesel Fuel #2 and other similar liquid fuels (including various bio-fuels) with a closed-loop servo valve.

In a move that allows the company to provide a more complete family of liquid and gaseous fuel valves for gas turbine applications, Continental Controls Corp. has up