How to Optimize and Upgrade the Mark VIe Control System
May 28, 2026
Summary To address issues currently plaguing gas turbine control systems in combined-cycle power units—specifically, suboptimal equipment configurations, high failure rates, and a lack of spare parts—an upgrade and retrofit of the gas turbine's Mark VIe control system was undertaken. Concurrently, the coal compressor control system was replaced and upgraded, thereby enabling unified control of bot...