The 501G 60-Hz combustion turbine has been developed jointly by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and FiatAvio. It continues a long line of large heavy-duty single-shaft combustion turbines by combining the proven efficient and reliable concepts of the 501F with the latest advances in aero technology via the Westinghouse Alliance with Rolls-Royce. The output of the 501G is over 230 MW with a combined cycle net efficiency of 58 percent. This makes the 501G the largest 60-Hz combustion turbine in the world and also the most efficient.

Issue Section:
Gas Turbines: Electric Utilities
Topics:
Combustion, Turbines, Combined cycles
1.
Scalzo
A. J.
,
McLaurin
L. D.
,
Howard
G. S.
,
Mori
Y.
,
Hiura
H.
, and
Sato
T.
,
1989
, “
A New 150-MW High-Efficiency Heavy-Duty Combustion Turbine
,”
ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER
, Vol.
111
, pp.
211
–
217
.
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