Use Of Microprocessors To Control And Monitor Operations Of Gas Turbine Generators

As a result of protracted delays encountered to obtain approval for the construction of nuclear and fossil units, and the long lead time to construct these, (approximately 10 years) the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York was compelled to purchase some 100 gas turbine generators with a total capacity of about 2700MW to meet our load demands for the early 1970 period. Within a 3-year period, we were thus able to add approximately 30% additional generation capacity to our system. While these gas turbines were designed primarily to meet peak demands, our system load requirements from 1971 to 1974 were at a level which necessitated continuous operation of these during the major portion of the day.