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Combined Cycle Power Plant Long Term Preservation Program: The Araucária
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Conference Paper · January 2008

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 POWER-GEN International 2009 Conference Proceedings
December 8-10, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV - USA

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT LONG TERM PRESERVATION PROGRAM:

THE ARAUCARIA POWER STATION CASE STUDY

Jean Carlos Nunes Ferreira Marcos de Freitas

Operations Shift Leader Operations Supervisor
E-mail: [Link]@[Link] E-mail: [Link]@[Link]

Fernando Cavalcanti de Albuquerque

O&M Senior Mechanical Engineer
E-mail: [Link]@[Link]

COPEL – Unidade de Producao Araucaria

Address: Rua Duque de Caxias 700, Araucaria, PR - Brazil, 83708-795
WEB: [Link]

ABSTRACT
Araucaria Power Station, a 484 MW CCGT, is powered by two NG-fired Siemens
501FD2 Combustion Turbines and one Alstom DKZ2-2N34 Steam Turbine. Located
in Southern Brazil, near Curitiba, the capital of the State of Parana, Araucaria Power
Station was tested and accepted in September 2002. Due to commercial issues, the
plant remained shut down since its COD until 2006.
Along four years, the O&M team developed and implemented a comprehensive plant
preservation program aiming to keep the equipment safe from degradation. The
purpose of this paper is to describe the program and the activities performed during
that period.
The OEM recommendations were strictly followed. All the operations, tests and
inspections were performed according to the Long Term Standby Procedure. The
preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance was performed in conformity with
the Plant Maintenance Manual. Such activities, always in compliance of the ES&H
regulations, were controlled by means of a corporative Computer-based Operations
Management System and a CMMS.
The wooden structured cooling tower was maintained wet, the circulating water
system was kept in operation, the demineralised water treatment system was run
monthly and water microbiology/chemistry control (including chemicals dosing and
weekly water analysis schedule) was kept in accordance with the program designed
by GE Water & Process Technologies.
In a totally outdoor plant, corrosion prevention is fundamental. For this reason, a
surface protection program recommended by LACTEC, a local institute of

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technology, was implemented. By the Plant Valves Lubrication and Tests schedules,
each manual and automatic valve was lubricated and tested.
The two Aalborg HRSGs (including condensate and steam piping) were maintained
at minimum 0.5 barg dry nitrogen atmosphere. Dehumidifiers and heaters were
installed in both HRSGs gas side, so the ambient conditions between the CTGs air
inlet and the HRSGs stack inlet were maintained with relative humidity below 40%.
Similar system was provided for the Steam Turbine. Both systems were
automatically controlled and supervised from the Plant Control Room.
When Araucaria Power Station was re-commissioned in mid-2006, this strict program
proved its effectiveness once no major problems were found and the plant start-up
succeeded in a very short time. The plant has been commercially operated since
June, 2007 with an average availability in excess of 98%.
The long-term preservation program was recently reviewed and improvements were
implemented in order to achieve faster installation/removal of high performance
preservation systems, so they are in use for short-term shutdown periods as well.

Figure 1 – View of the Araucaria Power Station

NOMENCLATURE
ABNT Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas
AVR Automatic Voltage Regulator
BFP Boiler Feedwater Pump
BOP Balance of Plant
CCPP Combined Cycle Power Plant

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CCW Closed Cooling Water
CMMS Computerised Maintenance Management System
COD Commercial Operation Date
COPEL Companhia Paranaense de Energia
CT Combustion Turbine
CTG Combustion Turbine Generator
DC Direct Current
DCS Distributed Control System
FUPAI Fundacao de Pesquisa e Assessoramento a Industria
GE General Electric
HP High Pressure
HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator
IGV Inlet Guide Vanes
LACTEC Instituto de Tecnologia para o Desenvolvimento
LP Low Pressure
MCC Motor Control Centre
MG State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
NAES North American Energy Services Corp.
NG Natural Gas
NR-13 Norma Regulamentadora 13
O&M Operations & Maintenance
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PR State of Parana, Brazil
SJAE Steam Jet Air Ejector
ST Steam Turbine
STG Steam Turbine Generator
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply

1 INTRODUCTION
The goal of the present work is to describe the program and the activities performed
to keep Araucaria Power Station (see Figure 1 above) equipment well preserved and
in ready-to-start conditions during an almost four-year outage period.
Plant preservation could be described as a combination of protecting the equipment
surfaces against degradation (corrosion, erosion, sunlight effects etc) while keeping
the equipment in sound operational conditions by periodically running or testing
them. The preservation program to be adopted depends upon the expected outage
term, the plant characteristics and of course on a technical–economical analysis.
In general, short-term outages are those in which the plant is out-of-service due to
dispatching convenience or for a brief maintenance intervention. In those cases, as a
rule, no special preservation schemes are needed. In case of mid- and long-term
outages, there is an additional distinction to be made between when necessary to
keep the plant in stand-by condition ready for emergency dispatching, and when
starting can be previously planned.
For the purpose of the present work:
• Short-term outage is considered when up to one month;
• Mid-term outage between one and three months;
• Long-term outage is considered when longer than three months.

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In Araucaria Power Station, the outage after the Commercial Operation Date (COD,
in late September 2002) was expected to last no longer than a couple of weeks. As
time passed, contractual issues related to gas supply and the Power Purchase
Agreement (PPA) became more and more complicated, and eventually the plant staff
realised that starting a long-term preservation program have became urgent.
The preservation program goal was to maintain the plant in similar conditions as
those met just after the plant Acceptance Tests, taking in account of course some
normal and expected degradation. To achieve this, long-term preservation schemes
were developed for the Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs), Gas Turbine
Generators (CTGs), Steam Turbine Generator (STG) and the Balance-of-Plant
(BOP) systems in general.
Araucaria Power Station preservation program was originally based on similar
experiences in plants run by the Plant O&M Engineering Support, NAES Corp., and
enriched with the best practices recommended [1]. This home-tailored program
however was being developed at the same time that it was being implemented,
based as well on the recommendations of the OEM and GE Water & Process
Technologies, the plant chemicals supplier and water treatment technical support.

Along the first weeks, only the systems in service were operated, the HRSGs were
maintained in wet lay-up and no action was taken to preserve their gas side. Later on
the Motors and Valves Test Schedule was started and the HRSGs were put in dry
lay-up. Finally the test schedule was expanded to cover all the equipment and the
various preservation schemes were put together in a program format [2].

2 PROGRAM KEY FEATURES

An atmosphere with relative humidity below 40% was maintained in the HRSGs gas
side and ST exhaust. This scheme was based on the relationship between corrosion
rate and the moisture content of the air as demonstrated by W.H.J. Vernon [3]. See
Figure 2 below.

Figure 2 – Corrosion rates as function of relative humidity

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Every daily activities of the Operations Team, such as tests or routine inspections,
were previously listed in the Operations Routine Schedule and controlled by means
of the COPEL corporative Computer-based Operations Management System, all in
accordance with Plant Operations Procedures (written by COPEL Plant Operations
staff).
Water chemistry control and analysis schedule for the various systems followed the
Chemistry Program based on the OEM and GE Water & Process Technologies
recommendations.
All ambient, electric motors and generators space heaters were kept in automatic
mode while the equipment was not running. Heaters performance was checked on a
quarterly basis as part of the preventive maintenance schedule. Instruments,
automatic control and protection system were frequently checked and received
routine maintenance as scheduled in the CMMS.
Predictive and preventive maintenance were performed according to the Plant
Maintenance Manual. Their schedule and database were controlled by means of the
Computer-based Maintenance Management System (CMMS - DataStream MP2™
software).
In order to prevent equipment surface degradation, it was implemented a painting
program based on the technical recommendations made by LACTEC, a local
technology institute.

3 HRSG AND STEAM SYSTEM

Araucaria is provided with two horizontal, dual pressure level Aalborg HRSGs what
supply 476 tons/hour of steam at 528oC/102 barg (HP) and 79 tons/hour at
247oC/4.0 barg (LP) when at base load. There is a kettle boiler lined up to each
HRSG LP system that generates steam by cooling hot air from the combustion
turbine (CT) compressor. Cooled air is then directed back to the CT turbine for rotor
cooling.
HRSGs water side, superheaters, all HP and LP steam piping, as well as the kettle
boilers and fuel gas heaters water side were completely drained and kept in dry lay-
up at 0.5 to 1.0 barg N2 atmosphere, as recommended by HRSGs OEM, Aalborg
Industries [4], and GE Water and Process Technologies [5]. Oxygen concentration
was checked on a quarterly basis.
Plastic curtains were used to close off the gas turbine compressor air inlet and
HRSGs stack inlet, so gas side was maintained separated from external ambient.
Electrical heaters and dehumidifiers were installed internally and operated
automatically in order to maintain the ambient relative humidity below 40%. Moisture
extracted was continuously drained to outside. The internal temperature and relative
humidity were monitored via the Distributed Control System (DCS) from the Plant
Control Room and alarms were set to inform if the ambient conditioning was out of
limits.
The sketch below (Figure 3) shows schematically the system installed to control
relative humidity in the CTGs and HRSGs gas side by a combined action of heaters
and low capacity dehumidifiers.

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 Figure 3 – Preservation Scheme of the CTGs and HRSGs gas side

Assembling, installing and removing each CTG-HRSG gas side preservation system
demanded manpower and time as follows:
• 2 persons and 6 hours for plastic curtain installation at CTG inlet;
• 4 persons and 8 hours for scaffolds assembly at HRSG outlet;
• 4 persons and 8 hours for plastic curtain installation at HRSG outlet;
• 4 persons and 8 hours for electric heaters and dehumidifiers installation inside
HRSG;
• 2 persons and 4 hours for plastic curtain removal from CTG inlet;
• 4 persons and 4 hours for plastic curtain removal from HRSG outlet;
• 4 persons and 8 hours for scaffolds disassembly and removal from HRSG outlet;
• 3 persons and 8 hours for electric heaters and dehumidifiers removal from
HRSG.
HRSGs and Steam System valves listed below were operated or tested, according to
the Plant Valves Test Schedule:
• Drums water level control valves;
• Superheated steam desuperheating valves;
• Blowdown system valves;
• HP and LP superheated steam drain valves;
• Fuel gas heaters valves;
• All HP and LP Steam System valves.
Blowdown System sump pumps were weekly operated or tested, according to the
Plant Equipment Test Schedule.

4 COMBUSTION TURBINE GENERATORS

Araucaria Power Station is fired by two Siemens Combustion Turbine Generators
(CTGs) model W501FD2 with 160 MW net power output each. Being the most
expensive equipment in a combined cycle plant, gas turbines preservation is
fundamental in any program of such type.

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The best strategy for CTGs preservation can be defined by taking in account the
OEM recommendations for a particular gas turbine model, the plant functional
characteristics and the project concept. The basic premise for an adequate CTG
preservation scheme consists in the proactive prevention against corrosion and its
efficiency depends essentially on the relative humidity control. Siemens Power
Generation recommends that unless there is a dehumidifier, a heat source or
desiccant bags to reduce the relative humidity inside the CT, the natural airflow
passing through the unit is preferable than simply confining the space.
Based on what is above stated, the CTs compressor air inlet and the HRSGs stack
exhaust turbine were closed off to prevent airflow passing through. Compressor
bleed valves, manholes, inspection doors and any openings were kept closed in
order to prevent atmospheric air to enter the dehumidified equipment. Any leaks
through seals, walls, roof etc. were repaired to prevent contamination of the air inside
the CTG enclosures. Inside air was heated and dehumidified in order to keep the
relative humidity lower than 40%.
The equipment listed below was weekly operated or tested according to the Plant
Equipment Test Schedule:
• Lube oil main pumps;
• Emergency DC lube oil pump;
• Lube oil vapour extractors;
• Turning gear motor;
• Control oil pumps;
• Evaporative cooler pumps (each 2 days);
• Compressor washing system test (monthly);
• Igniters command test.
The valves listed below were operated or tested according to the Plant Valves Test
Schedule:
• Lube oil cooler temperature control valve
• Main gas line vent valve;
• Stages A, B and C gas control valves command;
• Pilot gas control valve command;
• Rotor air cooler (kettle boiler) air bypass valve;
• Disc cavities 2 and 3 coolant flow control valve;
• IGV command;
• Low-pressure compressor bleed valve command;
• High-pressure compressor bleed valve command;
• Instrument air valve command.

5 STEAM TURBINE GENERATOR

An Alstom Steam Turbine Generator (STG) model DKZ2-2N34 adds rated 164 MW
to Araucaria total net power output. ST is composed of two turbines arranged in a
single shaft: HP turbine is fed with superheated steam at 528oC/102 barg and
exhausts to a LP turbine, which also receives supplemental superheated steam from
the HRSGs at 247oC/4.0 barg. LP turbine exhausts directly to the condenser.
Following Alstom Power recommendation [3], the condenser hotwell was drained.
Since the Circulating Water System was in service, the ST exhaust was separated
from the condenser by means of a plastic curtain. A system of dehumidifiers and

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heaters was installed at the ST exhaust to keep the relative humidity level below
40% and moisture extracted was continuously drained to outside. Internal air
temperature and relative humidity were continuously monitored.
Assembling, installing and removing the ST exhaust preservation system demanded
manpower and time as follows:
• 4 persons and 8 hours for scaffolds assembly at the condenser neck;
• 3 persons and 12 hours for plastic curtain installation at the condenser neck;
• 4 persons and 4 hours for electric heaters and dehumidifiers installation inside
the ST exhaust;
• 4 persons and 8 hours for scaffolds disassembly and removal from the
condenser neck;
• 3 persons and 6 hours for plastic curtain removal from the condenser neck;
• 3 persons and 4 hours for electric heaters and dehumidifiers removal from the
ST exhaust.
STG equipment listed below were operated or tested weekly, according to the Plant
Equipment Test Schedule:
• Lube oil auxiliary pump;
• Lube oil emergency pump;
• Oil vapours extractor;
• Turning gear motor;
• Control oil pumps;
• Oil purifier pump;
• Gland seal steam condenser exhausters;
• Jacking pump.

6 CONDENSATE SYSTEM
The ST turbine exhausts to a two passes, single shell, divided water box type steam
surface condenser. Condenser is designed to operate at 42oC and 60.45 mmHgA by
the circulation of 23,417 m3/hr of water from/to the cooling tower.
Condenser hotwell was drained and since the Circulating Water System was in
service, the condenser was separated from the ST exhaust (conditioned ambient) by
means of a plastic curtain.
Condensate pumps (2 x 100%) preservation scheme was performed as follows:
• Pumps pit was kept drained;
• Pumps and motors were kept coupled;
• Pumps shafts were manually turned twice a month;
• Bearings lube oil was replaced twice a year;
• Pumps and piping connected to the HRSGs were kept with N2 at 0.5 to 1.0 barg
pressure;
• Suction and discharge piping was monthly drained.
The condensate system valves listed below were operated or tested according to the
Plant Valves Test Schedule:
• Condenser make-up control valve;
• Condenser reject control valve;
• Condensate minimum flow control valve;
• HP and LP steam bypass desuperheating stations spray water control valves;

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• HP steam seals steam supply spray water control valve;
• Condenser hogging Steam Jet Air Ejector (SJAE) steam supply spray water
valve;
• Condenser hogging SJAE valves;
• Condenser holding SJAE valves;
• Condenser neck spray water valve;
• Fuel gas heater temperature control valves;
• STG vacuum breaker valve seal water backpressure control valve.

7 BOILER FEEDWATER SYSTEM

Boiler Feedwater System consists basically of Boiler Feedwater Pumps (BFPs, 2 x
100% per HRSG) to transfer rated 238 tons/hour of water from the LP section to the
HP section. Each pump is provided with an auxiliary lube oil pump.
BFPs were kept dry and preserved as follows:
• Pumps were completely drained;
• Pumps shafts were manually rotated on a quarterly basis, as recommend by the
pumps OEM, Sulzer;
• Suction, discharge and recirculation valves were kept open to the HRSGs
system;
• Pumps and piping were kept with N2 at 0.5 to 1.0 barg pressure;
• BFPs lube oil auxiliary pumps were operated on a quarterly basis, according to
the Plant Equipment Test Schedule.

8 AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
Fuel Gas System piping was drained, vented and pressurised with nitrogen. Valves
were periodically tested according to the Plant Valves Test Schedule.
The Plant Instrument Air System and Plant Service Air System were in service.
Redundant compressors and driers were alternatively put in operation or standby
according to the Plant Equipment Test Schedule.
The Closed Cooling Water (CCW) System was in continuous operation. CCW
pumps and heat exchangers were operated on alternate basis according to the
Plant Equipment Test Schedule.
The Condensate and Feedwater Chemical Control System (amine and oxygen
scavenger dosing systems for condensate and phosphate dosing system for
feedwater) was out of service. The equipment was inspected and maintained
according to the Plant Maintenance Program.
The Steam and Water Analysis System was kept in service with continuous flow of
demineralised water.
The Potable Water System (including the plant service supply and emergency eye
shower/wash stations) was in service with water supplied by the State water
company.
The Demineralised Water System was operated monthly to produce water and
keeping the normal level of the demineralised water tank. Redundant trains 1 and 2
are composed of multimedia filters, active carbon filters, strong acid cation units, a
common decarbonator, strong base anion units and mixed bed units. All functions of
both trains were tested: demin water production, quality rinse, regeneration,

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backwash etc., as well as the system instrumentation and controls. PumPs were
operated and tested according to the Plant Equipment Test Schedule. The system
valves were operated or tested according to the Plant Valves Test Schedule.
The Circulating Water System circulates water in close loop to provide cooling
water to the steam surface condenser and the CCW plate heat exchangers, as well
as quench water to the HRSGs Blowdown Systems. The cooling tower is a six-cell,
mechanical draft, counter flow, evaporative type. Circulating pumPs (3 x 50%) were
operated in continuous regime to keep wet the cooling tower wooden structure and
to provide blowdown for the Waste Water System clearwell. A wetting pump was put
in operation when the Circulating Water pumps were off. Cooling tower fans 1
through 6 were operated alternately on a weekly basis, according to the Plant
Equipment Test Schedule.
The Raw Water System was in service. Raw water transfer pumps were operated to
supply water for the CTGs evaporative cooling systems. Filter feed pumps and filter
backwash pump were operated on a quarterly basis when the Demineralised Water
System was put in service, according to the Plant Equipment Test Schedule.
The Waste Water System was in service. The sewage treatment plant was in
continuous service. The waste neutralisation tank was operated on a quarterly basis
together with the Demineralised Water System. The various plant sump pumps and
the oil/water separator was operated whenever it rained.
The Miscellaneous Chemical Feed System was in service and chemistry control
was performed daily. Chemicals used in Araucaria Power Station are: sodium
hypochlorite for the Circulating Water, Waste Water, Potable Water and Raw Water
systems; sodium bisulphite for Waste Water System; inhibitor and dispersant for the
Circulating Water System.
The Fire Protection System was in service. The electrical motor driven fire pump
and the diesel engine driven fire pump were weekly tested according to the Plant
Equipment Test Schedule. All deluge systems, water spray systems, sprinkler
systems and hydrants were monthly operated or tested by Safety and Maintenance
teams in a joint program. Low-pressure CO2 systems, dry-chemical system and all
portable fire extinguishers were monthly checked and recharged according to the
Plant Safety Procedures. The fire detection system, local stations and fire alarm
system were monthly inspected and tested by the Maintenance Team.
The Control Systems were kept in service. All plant equipment operations and tests
were supervised and controlled through Bailey INFI90 Symphony Plant Distributed
Control System (DCS), Siemens TXP CTGs control system, ABB Advant 160 ST
control system and the Demineralised Water System control system.
The Plant Electrical Auxiliary System is back fed by the Brazilian electric grid
through CTG-1 and CTG-2 main transformers (230kV-18kV). Two unit auxiliary
transformers (18kV-4.16kV), a medium-voltage switchgear (4.16kV), low voltage unit
substations (4.16kV-480V), 4.16kV Motor Control Centres (MCCs), 480V MCCs and
Distribution Panels, 125VDC and 120VAC Uninterruptible Power System (UPS) were
in service. The standby diesel emergency generator was in service, ready to supply
power for the essential loads to support safe shutdown of the plant and its
emergency generator was operated weekly, according to the Plant Equipment Test
Schedule.

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9 PLANT RECOMMISSIONING
In May 2006, after an almost four-year shutdown period, the pendent contractual
issues were cleared and Araucaria Power Station was requested to generate as soon
as possible to supply power due to a power shortage.
Since the shutdown period was much longer than initially expected, plant
recommissioning was schedule in order to have the station ready-to-start again.
Recommissioning started on June 18, 2006 and finished on August 6, 2006 with
COPEL O&M Team and sub-contractors working together with Siemens and Alstom
Commissioning & Start-up teams [6].
In summary, the activities below listed were performed:
• Removal of equipment and materials used in the preservation systems of CTGs,
HRSGs, STG and condenser;
• Substitution of the CTGs air inlet pre-filters;
• Condenser neck internal hydro jet cleaning;
• Fuel gas piping gas blow cleaning;
• Cooling tower water make-up piping internal cleaning by flushing;
• Control and supervision instrumentation calibration;
• Rotating equipment vibrations test;
• Electrical equipment thermovision inspection;
• Fire protection pumps performance tests;
• HRSGs and pressure vessels inspection according to Brazilian Boiler & Pressure
Vessels Code ABNT NR-13 requirements;
• Generators (CTGs and STG) inspection and electrical tests;
• Electrical protection devices checking of transformers and high voltage bus bars;
• Generators protection relays and synchronisation circuits checking;
• Bailey INFI90 Symphony (Plant DCS) loop checking.
Activities performed together with Siemens team:
• CTGs Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVRs) checking and testing;
• CTGs compressor, combustors and turbine borescope inspection;
• Exhaust bearing static seal borescope inspection in both CTGs, crack detection
in CTG-2 and its welding repair;
• CTGs Siemens TXP control system loop checking.
Activities performed together with Alstom team:
• CTGs AVR checking and testing;
• STG HP and LP turbines borescope inspection;
• Inspection of bearings, turning gear, drain, lube & control oil and gland sealing
systems;
• STG ABB Advant 160 control system loop checking.
In parallel to the recommissioning activities the Operation staff went through a
refreshment training program prepared by FUPAI, a research and consulting
institution. Part of the course consisted of lectures (40 hours) presented in Curitiba-
PR and the other part of practicing with a CCPP simulator in Itajubá-MG, Brazil.

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10 CONCLUSIONS
The plant recommissioning performed in only seven weeks is as a clear evidence of
the high quality of the preservation program carried on in Araucaria Power Station.
Only minor problems were found, mainly clogged instruments tubing. Light corrosion
was detected inside the equipment by means of borescope inspections of the CTGs
and the STG [6]. The HRSGs inspection, as well, revealed only incipient corrosion on
gas side, water side and drums [7].
Some bolts were found loosened in the HRSGs drums steam purifiers, still resulting
of the Acceptance Tests period. CTGs exhaust bearing static seals were inspected
with borescope, a crack was detected in CTG-2 and repaired by welding.
Because of the periodic tests and preventive maintenance routine, the plant systems
were maintained ready-to-start. Regardless the long period shutdown, only a few
attempts were necessary to successfully start the power block. The plant was
started up and raised to base load in no longer than ten days.
In 2006, Araucaria Power Station was operated commercially since August thorough
late-October and in December for ten days in a test conduct by the ONS, the
Brazilian electric grid authority, to assess the actual availability of the NG supply.
In 2007, the plant remained in standby during the first half of the year. Operated
since June 14, the plant went into a forced outage in January 14, 2008 due to a short
circuit at the ST generator stator. Up to that unfortunate event, its average availability
was in excess of 98%, even facing the incidence of minor troubles normally expected
in the first year of operation (the bath tub curve).

11 IMPROVEMENTS
The preservation schemes were recently improved towards a faster installation and
removal of the preservation equipment and so making possible to apply the
preservation program also for short-term outages.
For the CTGs internals and HRSGs gas side preservation, Munters dehumidifiers
model HCD-4500-EA (9,264 m3/hour) are installed outdoors to perform relative
humidity control instead of heaters and dehumidifiers installed inside the HRSGs. A
stack balloon is used in place of the plastic curtain at the stack inlet. See the sketch
below, Figure 4.

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 Figure 4 – Current preservation scheme of the CTGs and HRSGs gas side

The same concept applies to the chamber consisted by the ST exhaust and
condenser. A Munters dehumidifier model HCD-1125-EA (2,316 m3/hour) installed
outdoors controls the internal relative humidity. The installation consists basically in
opening two manholes and putting the system in service. See Figure 5 below.

Figure 5 – Current preservation scheme of the ST exhaust and condenser

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 Manpower and time necessary for assembling, installing and removing the new
preservation systems is reduced into 10 to 20% of the original scheme.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors acknowledge their colleagues, COPEL O&M staff and contractors, for
their unconditional commitment to the Araucaria Project what have made possible
such an achievement.

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[5] 2000, “IPP Start-up Guide,” Instruction Manual BMI182 0009, BetzDearborn
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