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50 Gas Turbine Handbook: Principles and Practices<br />

Turbine Efficiency<br />

Tracking or trending turbine efficiency would be an excellent<br />

method to monitor the health of a unit. However, as turbine inlet temperatures<br />

(TIT) have climbed higher and higher, they have become<br />

virtually impossible to measure on a long term basis. In fact, many<br />

manufacturers measure an intermediate turbine temperature for gas<br />

turbine control. Where this is the case the turbine inlet temperatures<br />

are calculated.<br />

η t = 1–T EXH<br />

TIT<br />

s<br />

1–R t<br />

(4-14)<br />

where<br />

T EXH<br />

= Turbine total exhaust temperature, °R<br />

TIT = Turbine total inlet temperature, °R<br />

R t<br />

= Turbine total inlet pressure/Turbine total<br />

exhaust pressure<br />

Turbine efficiency can be closely approximated by substituting<br />

1<br />

R c<br />

= R t<br />

η t =<br />

1– T EXH<br />

TIT<br />

1– 1 R c<br />

σ<br />

(4-15)<br />

Turbine Horsepower (Produced)<br />

This is the total horsepower produced by the turbine. It includes<br />

the horsepower to drive the compressor and, for single shaft machines,<br />

the power used by the driven load. For units with separate<br />

power turbines, this horsepower should equal the power absorbed by<br />

the compressor plus losses.

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