Stainless steel compressor bleed valves
Improve the reliability and availability of your 7F or 9F gas turbines' critical cooling and sealing air system with GE's stainless steel compressor bleed valves.
Stainless steel compressor bleed valves
Compressor bleed valves are essential components in the startup of a gas turbine. They are also some of the common components to cause trips. It’s a problem that has plagued F-class plant operators (and GE) for many years. To mitigate corrosion in the valve body, we are pleased to offer an alternative to carbon steel valves: our latest and greatest stainless steel compressor bleed valve.
Benefits
Improving reliability, reducing maintenance
Upgrading to our latest stainless steel compressor bleed valve will improve your gas turbine’s reliability and could help reduce your annual operating costs. Its 4-way solenoid makes it unnecessary to take in ambient air, which prevents moisture and environmental contamination from entering the valve and helps elimiate clogging. If there is an issue with one of the inlets, the unit will continue to run on the other three inlets, avoiding a gas turbine trip. Each valve’s solenoid and limit switches are pre-wired before arrival at your site, which reduces installation time. The valve assembly incorporates all operational parts required, which means that it will not trigger a fault that can trip the unit.
Improved reliability
Avoid corrosion and trips, and improve valve position
Reduced installation time
Up to 20% reduction in installation time
Increased availability
In the last 5 years, our compressor bleed valve could have avoided more than 115 unplanned outages
Proven experience
Installed in more than 50 units globally
We have the solution
Key features of the new and improved stainless steel compressor bleed valve
- Valve bodies and discs are made from stainless steel
- Each valve has one "valve open" and one "valve closed" tamper-proof limit switch
- Actuation air source changed to instrument air, providing constant pressure and a clean, dry air source
- Dedicated solenoid for each valve
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