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Single Valve Fuel Gas System Retrofits


Many existing Frame 5 turbine fuel gas systems use two modulating valves to supply the correct amount of fuel to the gas turbine. The upstream valve (Speed Ratio Valve or SRV) controls the inlet pressure to the downstream valve (Fuel Control Valve or FCV). The FCV then acts to regulate fuel flow in response to a position demand signal generated by the turbine fuel regulator (TFR). In 2-valve fuel control systems, the FCV inlet pressure setpoint is a function of turbine speed. Thus, at low turbine speeds, the SRV adjusts the FCV inlet pressure to some lower value. Conversely at high turbine speeds, the SRV adjusts the FCV inlet pressure to some higher value. When retrofitting 2-valve fuel gas systems, it is possible to use a single fuel control valve solution. Single valve systems are less complex and more compact than 2-valve systems. They also eliminate the need for hydraulic systems. And single valve fuel gas systems do not require a fuel valve inlet pressure transmitter to operate.

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Welcome to Innova Technologies

To our customers and partners,

For more than 50 years, our team has helped customers keep critical operations running. We built our reputation as Petrotech by taking responsibility for control systems on important rotating machinery.

As more industries came to us with similar challenges across power generation, compression, and hydro applications, our engineering team kept finding ways to solve them. Eventually, the business outgrew the Petrotech name.

We are entering our next chapter as Innova Technologies. The new name reflects the full scope of our work as a rotating machinery control systems specialist. We engineer controls around the machine, deliver complete projects from design through commissioning, and provide support that stays with the problem until it is solved.

Our name is changing, but the people, engineering experience, and commitment behind the work continue. Our responsibility to active projects and installed systems carries forward under the Innova Technologies name. Your current contacts remain the right place to start, and we will communicate directly if an administrative record requires an update.

We appreciate the trust you have placed in us over the decades, and we look forward to continuing that work as Innova Technologies.

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CEO, Innova Technologies