Power Generation Conversion From Coal To Gas - Impact on Valves

Gas Turbine

The combination of historically low gas prices and pressure from more stringent emission requirements for combustion operations has led to a wave of plant conversions from coal to gas as the fuel for power generating equipment. Conversions, as opposed to completely new facilities, pose a challenge regarding how much of the existing system can be used as part of the converted system. One aspect of that challenge is the valves on the existing system.

Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a globally recognized manufacturer of industrial valves for a wide range of applications, authored a white paper covering the subject of valve usage and replacement in power generation facilities converting from coal to gas. The paper provides a useful overview of the current state of power generating facilities with respect to regulation and the anticipated supply and cost of gas in the future.

The application and suitability of existing and new valves at various function points throughout the power generation system is outlined and explained. The paper does a good job of reducing the complicated issue into a few pages of direct understandable explanation.

The paper from Crane ChemPharma & Energy is included below. Share your industrial valve challenges with product application specialists, combining your own process expertise with their product knowledge to develop effective solutions.

Valve usage and replacement when converting power generation from coal to gas from Mountain States Engineering and Controls