Intelligent Data Monitoring for Gas Turbine Operations

PSM’s Intelligent Data Services provide 24/7 monitoring, analysis, and optimization for gas turbine operations. Our advanced Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) capabilities combine real-time data, cloud-based tools, and expert insights to improve your fleet's operational reliability, efficiency, and emissions compliance.

Digital Technology Solutions that Deliver

The PSM Intelligent Data Technology Portfolio helps plant operators get the most out of their assets. Leveraging our decades of experience in combustion system design, controls engineering, and turbine operations, we provide a powerful digital layer that enhances performance and lowers lifecycle costs. Our patented logic blocks and proprietary tools are fully customizable, designed to fit diverse plant architectures and performance objectives.

Comprehensive Monitoring and Diagnostics (M&D)

Our global M&D Centers, located in Jupiter, FL and internationally, monitor critical gas turbine systems in real time using advanced analytics. Data is collected continuously and securely via cloud-based systems, allowing our team to identify trends, detect anomalies, and provide fast, informed recommendations. This proactive approach reduces downtime, avoids costly failures, and supports smarter operational decisions.

Key features include:

• 24/7 monitoring of combustion, turbine, and plant systems
• Real-time emissions and performance analytics
• Cloud infrastructure with remote access
• AI-assisted diagnostics and trend reporting

Monitoring Tracks and Trends:

• Combustor dynamics
• Blade path spread
• Exhaust gas temperature spreads
• Fuel gas/oil temperature
• Bearing temperature & vibration
• Compressor discharge temperature & pressure
• Inlet guide vane position
• Turbine speed
• Compressor inlet temperature
• Alarm displays in the DCS
• R0 vibration monitoring

FlexSuite: Digital Optimization Toolkit  

FlexSuite is PSM’s flexible digital platform for boosting power plant responsiveness and lifecycle value. Designed for multi-controller environments, FlexSuite apps can be deployed across various GT configurations to improve emissions, fuel flexibility, and start-up reliability.

Included modules:

• Virtual FlameScanner – Flame detection using thermocouples to avoid optical sensor failures
• FlexStart DLN2.6 Mode 3E – Logic block reduces stack NOx during turbine start-up
• FlexRamp – Enables faster, smoother ramping under normal and cold start conditions
• Building blocks for combustion tuning, grid support, startup optimization, and more

AutoTune

Real-Time Combustion Control

AutoTune uses sensor data and advanced algorithms to automatically adjust combustion tuning in real time. This system ensures emissions and performance remain within limits, even as ambient conditions, fuel composition, or hardware changes.

Benefits of AutoTune:

• Expands load range
• Reduces the need for manual seasonal tuning
• Maintains emissions compliance
• Supports a range of fuel types

AutoTune Operational Modes:

• Power+:  Maximize output at current firing temps
• Peak+: Raise firing temps to increase peak power
• Turndown: Reduce minimum load while staying above transfer limits

Fuel Flexibility Options:

• FGT: Lowers fuel gas temp for better combustion stability
• FPP: Enhances fuel adaptability with smart detection
• FTO: Optimizes fuel temperature across varying Wobbe index fuels