Register now or log in to join your professional community.
There are a lot of control system integrators that will configure a PLC (Programmable Logic Control) system for use as a turbine control system. While PLCs are excellent for the majority of gas turbine control functions (turning on pumps and fans and energizing solenoids and annunciating alarms), they generally have to have special components to be able to interface with some of the more important, and critical, gas turbine I/O.
Examples include:
--LVDT excitation and feedback--bipolar servo-valve current drivers--flame detection
and, most importantly.--speed detection.
