Analysis of Experience of Actual Operation of Gas Turbine Units Capstone C1000. Issues of Concern and Methods for Problem-Solving

Application of the Theory of Constraints to Unveil the Root Causes of the Limited Market Penetration of Micro Gas Turbine Systems

“…Generally speaking, service costs depend on the number of services and on their unitary costs; for MGTs, given that the planned maintenance intervals are considerably longer than for competing technologies, the low number of services drives service costs. Unfortunately, despite this inherent advantage, it is also true that some products suffered from low reliability and low availability of spare parts [72][73][74], which eventually resulted in more frequent maintenance of the engines. Moreover, the unitary service costs for MGTs tend to be higher than for reciprocating engines, a wellknown technology, inasmuch as MGTs need to be serviced by a highly specialised workforce directly, often belonging to the OEMs; this last entity is, in addition, negatively reinforced by the low sales volume.…”