Paul Browning, President and CEO of MHPS Americas pointed out the company’s dedicated team of engineers, procurement and construction personnel has managed to commission and start up T-Point 2’s on schedule, on budget, and exceeding output and efficiency expectations.
Turbine validation at 8,000 operating hours
T-Point 2, built as a demonstration plant at Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, has been designed to replace MHPS’ original T-Point plant. Here, MHPS can validate its new gas turbines for a minimum of 8,000 operating hours. This is equivalent to nearly one year of normal operation and a key insurance industry criterion for fleet reliability.
“Unlike other manufacturers, MHPS demonstrates new gas turbine capabilities at our own combined cycle power plant before shipping to our customers. This enables us to provide unmatched performance, such as the 99.5% reliability of our J-Series gas turbines,” Browning said, adding: “This project positions us years ahead of any manufacturer in putting the latest generation of 1650°C gas turbine technology into commercial operation.”
Aim for 100% hydrogen firing
The JAC turbine can be converted from natural gas to a blend natural gas with 30% renewable hydrogen. MHPS aims to eventually run the turbine on 100% renewable hydrogen to completely eliminate carbon emissions.
The digital building blocks being validated at T-Point 2 also include an advanced Automatic Plant Startup package that is closely linked to the MHPS’ advanced analytics and diagnostics. Operations will hereby transferred from the local control room to the Takasago Remote Monitoring Center to MHPS’ central and remote control center.
At T-Point 2, MHPS is also evaluating the first ever Netmation 4S Digital Control System to be used on an advanced class gas turbine combined cycle plant. Netmation 4S is said to add further reliability, redundancy, and enhanced operator experience to MHPS’ family of control systems.