Guatemala switch to crude saves over $1 million a month

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Gas Turbine World; (United States)

OSTI ID:5379939

de Biasi, V

In a two-step program designed to reduce fuel costs and improve operating efficiency, Empresa Electrica de Guatemala has modified two General Electric PG 5341 gas turbines at Laguna to run on crude oil and installed heat recovery equipment for repowering two existing steam turbines. The gas turbines, nominally rated at around 19,000 kW for base load operation at 70/sup 0/F average ambient temperature and 4000 feet altitude, were installed in 1977-78 as a base load backup to hydro power during the dry season. Original plan was to put them into immediate service as simple cycle units and then convert to combined cycle operation. Priorities were shifted to switch over from distillate to crude oil firing before going ahead with the combined cycle istallation. Their economic evaluation showed the initial investment would be paid off in a few months by the savings in fuel costs.

• OSTI ID: 5379939
• Journal Information: Gas Turbine World; (United States), Vol. 10:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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