An SSS Clutch is being retrofitted into this Siemens Energy Hybrid RGS installation so it can operate as a synchronous condenser and improve system strength without the need to move the gas turbine or the generator.
A 299MW Open Cycle Gas Turbine plant that incorporates an SSS Clutch allowing it to operate as both a Peaking Power Plant and Synchronous Condenser to support the Energy Transition
500 MW of flexible generation capacity added by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) using GE LM6000 Aeroderivative Gas Turbines with SSS Clutches integrated into the gearbox.
Joetsu Thermal Power Station Unit 1 is a singleshaft combined cycle unit manufactured by Mitsubishi Power (MHI) with the world’s highest thermal efficiency at 63.62% in 2022.
The addition of an SSS Clutch helped repurpose this plant to a synchronous condenser by adding a clutch to the free end of the generator.
The NetApp Bangalore data centre uses 4 Piller Diesel Rotary Uninterrupted Power Supply (DRUPS) systems with a total capacity of 8000kVA to support their critical application.
SSS Clutches were selected for 3 acceleration packages, because they allowed the synchronous condenser to disconnect from the pony starter motor and have lower friction losses.
SSS Clutch consulted with Comisión Federal de Electricidad in Mexico to retrofit a clutch into the existing installation to support the need for reactive power.
7 heavy duty peaking gas turbines each rated at 176MW fitted with SSS Clutches to allow synchronous condensing operation, supplied to Eskom the National Utility in South Africa.
140MW peaking gas turbine plant and synchronous compensator that has been reliably supporting the grid in Cornwall, UK for over 25 years.
170 MW gas turbine that can act as a synchronous condenser after 25 years, proving that SSS Clutches last for the lifetime of the power plant they are fitted to.
Large scale Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) site reliably running since the 1970s using SSS Clutches to store and release energy and provide grid support.
After more that 50 years trouble free operation, this clutch was recently refurbished and returned into service demonstrating how SSS Clutches are “Fit and Forget”.