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    Bleed Valve Function

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    Compressor bleed valves are used in gas turbines to protect the axial compressor during startup and shutdown by preventing stalling and surging. They are open during acceleration to rated speed and deceleration from rated speed. Newer gas turbines also use bleed valves during light loading to limit air entering the combustor. Bleed valves discharge air into the exhaust, which reduces efficiency but is necessary for compressor protection. Inlet bleed heat valves recirculate some compressor discharge air back to the inlet for anti-icing and to protect the compressor at low operating conditions.

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    Compressor bleed valves are used in gas turbines to protect the axial compressor during startup and shutdown by preventing stalling and surging. They are open during acceleration to rated speed and deceleration from rated speed. Newer gas turbines also use bleed valves during light loading to limit air entering the combustor. Bleed valves discharge air into the exhaust, which reduces efficiency but is necessary for compressor protection. Inlet bleed heat valves recirculate some compressor discharge air back to the inlet for anti-icing and to protect the compressor at low operating conditions.

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    Compressor bleed valves are used in gas turbines to protect the axial compressor during startup and shutdown by preventing stalling and surging. They are open during acceleration to rated speed and deceleration from rated speed. Newer gas turbines also use bleed valves during light loading to limit air entering the combustor. Bleed valves discharge air into the exhaust, which reduces efficiency but is necessary for compressor protection. Inlet bleed heat valves recirculate some compressor discharge air back to the inlet for anti-icing and to protect the compressor at low operating conditions.

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    Compressor bleed valves are used in gas turbines to protect the axial compressor during startup and shutdown by preventing stalling and surging. They are open during acceleration to rated speed and deceleration from rated speed. Newer gas turbines also use bleed valves during light loading to limit air entering the combustor. Bleed valves discharge air into the exhaust, which reduces efficiency but is necessary for compressor protection. Inlet bleed heat valves recirculate some compressor discharge air back to the inlet for anti-icing and to protect the compressor at low operating conditions.

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    Bleed valve function

    Posted by Anonymous on 11 January, 2007 - 12:54 am


    What is the significance of Bleed Valve operation from start up to full loading a Gas Turbine?
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    Posted by markvguy on 12 January, 2007 - 12:38 am
    "Bleed valve" is another one of those poor American English terms for a valve which is meant to
    siphon off a portion of the flow from another system.

    A GE-design heavy-duty gas turbine employs compressor bleed valves to protect the axial
    compressor during start-up and shutdown against stalling and surging conditions. These valves
    are typically only open during acceleration to rated speed and deceleration from rated speed.
    Newer heavy-duty gas turbine with complex combustion system arrangements designed to limit
    emission of harmful gases also employ the compressor bleed valves during very light loading to
    limit the amount of air entering the combustor.

    Compressor bleed valves discharge into the gas turbine exhaust duct. Compressor bleed valves
    are generally closed during normal operation (with the previous exception) since "dumping"
    axial compressor discharge into the exhaust reduces efficiency (but it's MANDATORY during
    start-up and acceleration to protect the compressor!). Compressor bleed valves are generally
    either fully open or fully closed; they are not modulated.

    GE-design heavy-duty gas turbines also employ inlet bleed heat valves to recirculate a portion of
    the axial compressor discharge back to the inlet of the axial compressor for a variety of
    functions. One application uses them to heat the inlet air to prevent icing on the compressor inlet
    (appropriately called anti-icing protection); another application uses inlet bleed heat to protect
    the axial compressor when the IGVs (axial compressor Inlet Guide Vanes) are closed below the
    "normal" operating conditions ("normal" being before complicated combustion systems designed
    to limit exhaust emissions were invented).

    Inlet bleed heat control valves are modulated to control the amount of air recirculated back to the
    axial compressor inlet. Recirculating axial compressor discharge back to the inlet is also
    inefficient, but is generally limited to approximately 5% of rated air flow through the
    compressor--and necessary to protect the compressor at low IGV angles. Inlet bleed heat valves
    are generally closed before the unit reaches rated load (except for anti-icing protection) and
    should be closed during rated power output (Base Load) operation (except for anti-icing
    protection).

    If you require more information, your question isn't exactly clear--are you asking about
    compressor bleed valves or inlet bleed heat valves or?.?.? Or just bleed valves in general?

    markvguy
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    Posted by neepco_agt on 13 January, 2007 - 5:12 pm
    I was asking about compressor bleed valve. In our case, its a 21 MW mark v controlled GE gas
    turbine.
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    Posted by J.Das on 17 August, 2007 - 11:02 am
    Compressor bleed valve is a preventive measure of compressor soaking and compressor surging.
    For further details, please search for compressor soaking on google.com.
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    Posted by John Blackburn on 1 November, 2010 - 2:52 pm
    With respect to aircraft gas turbines, during take-off & landing up to an altitude where bird
    ingestion is possible - are the bleed valves open or closed?

    Regards,
    JohnB
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