This course will provide academic and practical hands-on instruction on selected maintenance procedures required to return a gas turbine to a serviceable condition by removal, replacement or adjustment of external parts.

Course Content
At the completion of this course, students will be familiar with utilization of the following power system tools:

• Short circuit calculations
• Power factor improvement
• Recommended motor / generator / transformer protection
• Switchgear and system voltage selection
• Voltage drop / flicker reduction
• Equipment / system grounding practices
• Load estimating techniques
• Plant modernization recommendations
• Protective device coordination
  • Fuses and thermal overload devices
  • Electro-mechanical and solid state relays
  • Transformers, cables and bus bars
  • Circuit breakers

This course offers training in the skills needed to do basic operation, maintenance and troubleshooting on an EX2000 excitation system. Learn how to operate the EX2000 exciter. Learn how to use the diagnostic Keypad and GE Control System Toolbox to troubleshoot problems. The course consists of a mix of classroom instruction and practical lab exercises using EX2000 simulators and actual EX2000 exciters.

Instruction is designed so technical personnel responsible for the hands- on maintenance of the LM6000 will benefit most from this training. Scope of training focuses on selected Level 2 procedures identified in the applicable Operation and Maintenance manual.