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Gas Turbine Handbook : Principles and Practices

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Boroscope Inspection 217<br />

Figure 13-10. Can-annular combustor failure (burning <strong>and</strong> cracking)<br />

due to liquid mist in the fuel gas. 55,000 horsepower gas turbine-generator<br />

unit with less than 10,000 operating hours.<br />

second- or third-stage turbine nozzle area depending on the total<br />

number of turbine stages. Through this port, the trailing edge of the<br />

upstream turbine blades <strong>and</strong> the leading edge of the downstream<br />

turbine blades can readily be viewed. Figure 13-29 shows a buildup<br />

of a foreign residue on the leading edges of the third stage turbine<br />

blades that would have been visible on a boroscope inspection.<br />

<strong>Gas</strong> turbine performance <strong>and</strong> vibration trend analyses are important<br />

tools to be used in keeping gas turbine down-time <strong>and</strong> overhaul<br />

expenses to a minimum. Periodic boroscope inspections should<br />

also be used.

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