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GasTech designs and manufactures a full range of fuel gas conditioners and fuel gas conditioning
equipment. Components such as filter separators, coalescers, cyclone scrubbers, dewpoint
heaters, performance heaters and start-up heaters are available separately or packaged as
complete modules. Fuel forwarding skids with multiple pumps, viscosity improvement heaters
and oil transfer skids are available for fuel oil applications.

Equipment for simple cycle or combined cycle applications can be packaged complete on one or
more skids with all interconnecting piping, valves and instrumentation. Interface can be direct to
the DCS via a local PLC or the end devices can be terminated in a junction box located on the
skid.

 



i Dual Element Filter-Separator/Coalescing Filter(s)

i Performance Heater-2 pass (IP Water Feed)
i Electric Start-Up Heater With SCR Control
i Cyclone Outlet Scrubber
i Drain Tank
i ºertical Inlet Coalescing Filters
i Gas Fired Pre-heaters
i CT Pressure Regulation
i Duct Burner Pressure Regulation Skid
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Fuel Gas Conditioning System for treatment of turbine or combustion turbine fuel gas are also
known as Fuel Gas Skid, Fuel Gas System and Fuel Gas Filtration and Heating. The treatment
of fuel gas is crucial to the performance and longevity of gas turbine. In certain cases, gas turbine
fuel gas treatment is required to meet the fuel requirement and warranty of the gas turbine.
A well design fuel treatment system for combustion turbine should remove the offending
contamination and provide the necessary superheating of the fuel gas. Contamination in fuel can
be categorized into gas, solids, liquid form. A few common contaminations are

Contamination Example Effect

Solid Rust, Mill Scale, Sand Erosion and deposit in the hot section

Hot Spot in combustor.

Water, Condensed gas, Heavy Hydrocarbon, Lube Oil
Liquid Missed Emission
from upstream reciprocating compressor.
Deposit on injector.

Gas Siloxane, Hydrogen Sulfide Deposit and corrosion of hot section

A basic fuel gas conditioning system will remove solid and liquid contamination utilizing ultra
efficient coalescing filter element. After solid and liquid removal, the gas is superheated utilizing
electric heater or other means of heating. Following is a typical block diagram of a basic fuel gas
conditioning system.
Untreated fuel gas enters pre-heater H-100. This heater may be required to prevent the formation
of hydrate due to pressure and temperature drop across pressure regulator PCº-110. The
formation of hydrate depends on the presence of free water, gas composition and amount of
pressure drop across PCº-110. When required, H-110 will raise the temperature of the gas above
its hydrate formation temperature as the gas is regulated through PCº-110.

Pressure regulator PCº-110 is employed to regulate the pressure of the gas when the supply
pressure exceeds the requirement of the gas turbine fuel system.

Once the gas is at the correct pressure, it goes though one of the two high efficiency filter
coalescer F-200A/B. These are 2 x 100% rated filter coalescer that would enable the changing of
the filter without disrupting the fuel supply to the gas turbine.

A high efficiency coalescing element with an 99.99% efficiency of 0.3 micron may be required
whenever there are reciprocating compressor located upstream of the gas supply chain . We have
seen many instance where the lube oil from these compressor making it way to the fuel system of
gas turbine and causing problem. Thus, it is imperative that the fuel gas conditioning system is
design with them in mind.

At this point the gas is saturated since all free liquid have been removed by the filter coalescer
(worst case scenario). By providing the necessary differential temperature rise across super
heater H-300, we are assured that the gas has met the minimum superheat requirement of the gas
turbine specification.
Super heater H-300 is employed to provide the required superheating. Our approach is to
provide all the super heating across this heater. For instance, if the gas turbine required 50
degrees superheat, the heater will be sized to provide 50 degrees temperature rise across it. We
also recommend EML Manufacturing electric heaters due to their instant on capability, no
emission , and reliability compared other types heating method.
EML Manufacturing has extensive knowledge and experience in the design of fuel gas
conditioning system for major gas turbine manufacturer's.