One needs to be <b>VERY</b> careful about this. GE are using some different combustion monitor algorithms for different machines. What used to be pretty standard for all Frame sizes, is now dependent on many different factors.
One really needs to look at the combustion monitor algorithm (usually called something like TTXSPVn, where 'n' is a number that denotes the version of the algorithm) to see exactly how it's calculated for their particular machine.
what is the benefit of 3 spread?
in our turbine new install by ge frame 5 MS5001 PA
in the control system no found the spread two and three, only found allowable spread.
If you Are using mark 5 speedtronic control system, then you should be able to find the rung in the mark 5 manuals which calculates spread. Check the block named TTXSPV4 (combustion spread monitor), rung no. 65, in seq_trb2 of mark 5 manual.