7 Del. Admin. Code § 1148-3.0
The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meanings:
"Annual capacity factor" means the ratio of the megawatt-hours produced in a calendar year by a stationary combustion turbine electric generating unit to the maximum possible annual electric generation determined on the base-load nameplate capacity of the stationary combustion turbine electric generating unit.
"Base-load nameplate capacity" means, starting from the initial installation of a combustion turbine electric generating unit, the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the combustion turbine electric generating unit is capable of producing on a steady basis during continuous operation at rated ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure as specified by the manufacturer of the combustion turbine electric generating unit or, starting from the completion of a physical change in the combustion turbine electric generating unit resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the combustion turbine electric generating unit is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation, such increased maximum output as specified by the person conducting the physical change.
"Combustion turbine" means a combustion engine consisting of a compressor, combustor or combustors and power turbine used to provide rotary motion to an output shaft. The combustion turbine may be fueled by gaseous or liquid fuels.
"Combustion turbine electric generating unit" means a combustion turbine used to drive an electric generator.
"Department" means the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as defined in 29 Del.C., Ch 80, as amended.
"Electric generator" means a device that utilizes rotary motion from an input shaft to create electrical energy.
"Existing" means the unit has been synchronized to the grid before July 11, 2007.
"Gaseous fuel" means any non-solid or non-liquid fuel, including natural gas, digester gas, landfill gas, process gas, or any gas stored as a liquid at high pressure such as liquefied petroleum gas.
"Liquid fuel" means any non-solid or non-gaseous fuel, including kerosene, jet fuel, distillate fuel oil, bio-fuels, and methanol.
"Ozone season" means the months of May through September.
"Ozone season capacity factor" means the ratio of the megawatt-hours produced during the ozone season, as defined within this regulation, by a stationary combustion turbine electric generating unit to the maximum possible ozone season electric generation determined on the base-load nameplate capacity of the stationary combustion turbine electric generating unit.
"Peak-load nameplate capacity" means, starting from the initial installation of a combustion turbine electric generating unit, the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the combustion turbine electric generating unit is capable of producing for limited durations at rated ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure as specified by the manufacturer of the combustion turbine electric generating unit or, starting from the completion of a physical change in the combustion turbine electric generating unit resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the combustion turbine electric generating unit is capable of producing for limited durations, such increased maximum output as specified by the person conducting the physical change.
"PPMV" means gaseous concentration in parts per million by volume, corrected to 15% O2 dry basis.
"Shutdown" means the period of time between a combustion turbine generating unit being brought from an operating condition to fuel shut off. This period of time may be begun at either opening the generator breaker or disconnecting the combustion turbine from the electric generator, and is concluded when the fuel is completely shut off to the combustion turbine.
"Simple cycle" means a combustion turbine electric generating unit which does not recover heat from the combustion turbine electric generating unit exhaust gases to preheat the inlet combustion air to the combustion turbine electric generating unit, to heat water, or to generate steam.
"Start-up" means the period during which a combustion turbine generating unit is brought from a shutdown status to rated speed and generator breaker closure.
"Stationary" means a unit that is not self-propelled or intended to be propelled while performing its design function.
07/11/2007
7 Del. Admin. Code § 1148-3.0