West Burton B CCGT is a combined cycle gas turbine power station near Nottingham in the UK. It has three open-cycle gas turbines capable of generating enough electricity for approximately 1.5 million UK homes. In common with all combustion-based power stations, the CCGT has a requirement to monitor silica levels in the plants water and steam processes. Sean Todd, the plants Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Team Leader, said: "Boiler chemistry is one of the major challenges facing power plant managers, and the monitoring systems that were originally installed at this plant met the required specification but failed to deliver the accuracy and reliability that we need.
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