
Jan 2019
Matthew Rickert, Business Development, Gas Turbines, Siemens
We're seeing a lot more interest in DLE (dry low emissions) technology for combustors. We haven't had a lot of projects that have gone forward with DLE, but we're getting a lot more questions in the early phase of projects that, I think point to customers moving towards DLE. What DLE – dry low emissions – does is allows you to reduce you NOx and your CO emission levels without using water. So you can basically swap out the existing turbines today, reduce your emissions by 90% with that DLE technology and still get good, reliable performance.
In the past, DLE has not been as popular offshore because the reliability figures for DLE were not as stong as for the non-DLE engines, but we're getting to the tipping point now, where our DLE engines are just as reliable as the non-DLE engines. In addition, the fuel flexibility of DLE engines is rapidly approaching the capacity of standard combustion turbines. I think we're going to see that as a growing trend for offshore and FPSO applications.
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