General Electric Case Studies E.ON Gets Faster, Lower Cost Cycles with OpFlex Solutions

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E.ON Gets Faster, Lower Cost Cycles with OpFlex Solutions

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Technology Category	Automation & Control - Automation & Process Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Asset Lifecycle Management
Challenge	E.ON's plants ran 4000+ hours per year, now see fewer than 1000+ hours of profitable operation. E.ON needed a fast, reliable and low-cost cycle plants. Read More
About Customer	E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating electricity, and retailing power and gas - and they are part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. They employ around 12,000 people in the Read More
Customer Name	E.ON Read More
Solution	GE developed an OpFlex advanced controls technology retrofit package that enables agile and robust combined cycle starts. This package consists of OpFlex Variable Load Path (VLP) which enables GT load and exhaust conditions to be customized to best match bottoming cycle needs, and OpFlex AutoTune MX, which provides fully automated combustor tuning to ensure robust GT operation across the full load range and whole VLP operating space. Software Components - OpFlex Variable Load Path (VLP) - OpFlex AutoTune MX Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Automation & Control - Automation & Process Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Asset Lifecycle Management

Challenge

E.ON's plants ran 4000+ hours per year, now see fewer than 1000+ hours of profitable operation. E.ON needed a fast, reliable and low-cost cycle plants.

About Customer

E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating electricity, and retailing power and gas - and they are part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. They employ around 12,000 people in the

Customer Name

E.ON

Solution

GE developed an OpFlex advanced controls technology retrofit package that enables agile and robust combined cycle starts. This package consists of OpFlex Variable Load Path (VLP) which enables GT load and exhaust conditions to be customized to best match bottoming cycle needs, and OpFlex AutoTune MX, which provides fully automated combustor tuning to ensure robust GT operation across the full load range and whole VLP operating space.

Software Components
- OpFlex Variable Load Path (VLP)
- OpFlex AutoTune MX

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Time To Market] Programming time, production time, and installation time are shortened during the introduction of new products.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Energy] The amount of energy used in production processes can be lowered and made more efficient.
Impact #3	[Cost Reduction - IT] Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in IT cost and project time.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Time To Market]
Programming time, production time, and installation time are shortened during the introduction of new products.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Energy]
The amount of energy used in production processes can be lowered and made more efficient.

Impact #3

[Cost Reduction - IT]
Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in IT cost and project time.

Benefit #1	E.ON demonstrated 40% faster and 50% less costly combined cycle plant starts.
Benefit #2	The solution helped E.ON result in 60% more operating hours and starts to cmpared to non-graded plants.
Benefit #3	The solution has been proven in operation more than on 10 unitsat 5 different sites with more than 20,000 cumulative hours and 1,000 starts.

Benefit #1

E.ON demonstrated 40% faster and 50% less costly combined cycle plant starts.

Benefit #2

The solution helped E.ON result in 60% more operating hours and starts to cmpared to non-graded plants.

Benefit #3

The solution has been proven in operation more than on 10 unitsat 5 different sites with more than 20,000 cumulative hours and 1,000 starts.

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E.ON Gets Faster, Lower Cost Cycles with OpFlex Solutions

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