Comprehensive gas turbine control system for high reliability

Valmet DNA Gas Turbine Automation

Valmet’s solution for gas turbine automation is an integrated application for turbine performance and condition monitoring, protection, as well as unit and plant management. It combines the convenience and simplicity of a standalone gas turbine control with the thoroughness of a fully integrated system for any type of gas turbine.

Easy-to-us open platform, no black boxes

Turbine control and protection in one system

Maximized turbine availability

Easy and cost-effective maintenance

Improved availability with deep insight into your turbine

By integrating gas turbine control, protection and scalable information management, Valmet offers new ways for an easily deployable turbine retrofit package. Turbine uptime, reliability and availability improve by being able to proactively respond to failures before they cause issues. This open-platform solution provides deeper insight into a turbine and its long-lasting performance.

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All turbine controls close at hand

Speed control
Load control
Emission control
Exhaust temperature control
Turbine inlet temperature control
Combustion control
Fuel control, including dual-fuel control
Automatic startup, shutdown and cooldown by sequences
Remote monitoring and control

Integrated system performance

Redundant control system
Overspeed protection
Machine protection
Machine condition monitoring, including analysis and diagnostics tools
Exhaust temperature monitoring
Performance monitoring
Extensive simulator for testing and training
Remote support for combustion and vibration monitoring

Gas turbine performance monitoring

System monitoring and reporting for turbines

Condition monitoring

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