Siemens Energy to upgrade and expand services at Jebel Ali L2

• 3 years ago (2020-11-24)
• David Flin

Gas 379 Middle East 317

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Siemens Energy has announced that it has won a contract to upgrade and expand services at Jebel Ali power and water station in Dubai. Under the terms of the new long-term agreement, Siemens Energy will supply an intelligent controller for each of the four SGT5-4000F gas turbines, an SPPA-T3000 control system, services for generators, as well as added upgrades for outage reduction and operational flexibility.

The intelligent controller was co-developed by DEWA and Siemens Energy in 2019, and was the world’s first thermodynamic Digital Twin Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller. The controller uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to systematically give power plant operators a complete and continuous overview and scenario-based assessment of power plant operations.

The upgrades for the SGT5-4000F gas turbines will enable an increase of the interval between outages, provide greater operational flexibility, allow for a higher number of starts, and reduces the number of outages by around 25 per cent.