Steam Turbines

5 Days MTE/EXTAV-E
Overview

LEVEL
Proficiency

AUDIENCE
Operation and technical department staff from manufacturing plants or power plants who are in charge of steam
turbine operation and maintenance.

PURPOSE
To provide better understanding of steam turbine technology, performance and operation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To explain the operating principles of steam turbines.
To select adequate operating conditions.
To explain typical operating problems.
To implement a steam turbine systematic troubleshooting survey.

WAYS AND MEANS

Study of industrial cases:
Various illustrations of actual systems.
Use of a dynamic simulator (IndissPlus by RSI) to demonstrate typical features related to start-up.

Agenda

STEAM TURBINE PERFORMANCE 1.25 d

Steam characteristics, inlet and exhaust conditions.
Ideal expansion and real expansion.
Monitoring steam characteristics on the Mollier diagram: expansion, heating, consumption, etc.
Expansion mechanisms: impulse stage, reaction stage and different types of multistage turbine.
Overall performance.
Application: analysis of industrial turbine operation.

TECHNOLOGY 1.5 d
Main types of turbines, new designs from manufacturers.
Nozzles, diaphragms, fixed blades.
Rotors and bladings.
Bearings and thrust bearings.
Seals: internal and shaft ends sealing.
Vibrations and critical speeds.
Condenser and vacuum devices.
Application: study of turbine, turbine and auxiliaries drawings.
Practical workshop: study of component parts using a dismantled turbine, if available.

STEAM TURBINE CONTROL SYSTEMS 0.75 d

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Speed control systems fixed or variable, process parameter control, generating set control.
Controllers: characteristics of conventional and numeric controllers.
Equipment technology: sensors, transmitters, controllers.
Safety devices: overspeed, vibrations, temperature of ancillaries, control loop and safety systems.

OPERATION 1d
Lubrication and sealing devices.
Important factors in turbine operation: heating, expansion, vibrations.
Start-up after trip.
Monitoring of steam circuit and lubrication circuit.
Start-up and shutdown sequences of different types of turbine (impulse, reaction, condensing and non-
condensing turbines).
Incidents occurring in the steam circuit, the machine or the ancillary equipment.

DYNAMIC SIMULATION (INDISSPLUS BY RSI) 0.5 d

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