Proceedings: 1990 EPRI gas turbine procurement seminar

Conference · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5522305

McDonald, B L; Miller, M N ^[1]

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1. Carnot, Tustin, CA (USA)

This seminar presents information that enables utilities to implement more cost-effective procurements for gas turbine and combined-cycle power generation equipment. A systematic approach to specification and permitting procedures can lower unit life-cycle cost. APPROACH. Thirty-two staff members from 25 utilities met in Danvers, Massachusetts, October 9--11, 1990. Speakers representing utilities, vendors, and EPRI contractors presented material on recent procurement and startup experiences, permitting considerations, specification strategy, bid evaluation techniques, and a vendor's perspective of utility procurements. KEY POINTS. The seminar focused on specification features, procurement procedures, and bid evaluation techniques designed to implement life-cycle cost-effective procurement consistent with the plant mission. Speakers highlighted the following issues: Experiential case histories of recent procurements and startups, emphasizing how to design procurement procedures that improve plant operating economics; Current trends in permitting for NO{sub x} compliance and recent permitting experience; Quantifiable evaluations of vendors' bids for RAM-related characteristics; The means to obtain specifically desired but nonstandard equipment features.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Carnot, Tustin, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5522305
• Report Number(s): EPRI-GS-7358; CONF-9010388--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200104 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Components
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
42 ENGINEERING
421000 -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990100 -- Management
AVAILABILITY
BIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
COMBINED CYCLES
EQUIPMENT
GAS TURBINES
MACHINERY
MANAGEMENT
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER GENERATION
PROCUREMENT
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
RELIABILITY
SPECIFICATIONS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY