Reliability and Availability Study of a Gas Turbine based on usual Approaches with a Failure Mode Analysis

Abstract

The rotating machines like gas turbine types are highly valuable in the gas transportation industry. They are often strategic and have a major impact on the proper operation of gas transport and compression facilities. In this context, the aim of this work is to increase efficiency and production by developing an approach for this kind of installations using real data collected from the operation of the gas turbine. The objective is to provide a database relating to the reliability, availability, and maintenance of gas turbines while using standard reliability approaches. In addition, ensuring maximum availability of this type of rotating machine by preventing its failures and reducing emissions, and by minimizing start-up sequences, which reduces emissions when starting this machine. Also, the proper operation of these gas turbine installations with the reliability approaches developed in this work makes it possible to model the effects of failures in order to predict optimal operating performance and increase the life of their components. This, therefore, ensures a reliable and safe operation of the gas turbine in a compression station for economically profitable gas recovery.