Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating valve (270,280) tightness in a turbine (100) by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (380), wherein the operating parameters may include rotor acceleration and rotor speed, comparing the rotor acceleration and the rotor speed to predetermined values, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the rotor acceleration and/or the rotor speed is increasing and/or exceeds predetermined values.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating fatigue damage in a turbine (100) by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (380), determining: a run time from start-up until the turbine reaches X percent load and a start-up temperature transient from start-up until the turbine reaches X percent load, calculating: a run time ratio of the determined run time until the turbine reaches X percent load to a predetermined run time, a start-up temperature ratio of the determined start-up temperature transient to a predetermined start-up temperature transient, and a fatigue severity factor by averaging the run time ratio and the start-up temperature ratio, and based upon the determined fatigue severity factor, altering one or more of the operating parameters and/ or initiating repair procedures.
Abstract:
The present application and the resultant patent further provide a method of evaluating valve spindle leakage and guide deformation in a turbine (100) by a data acquisition system (710). The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (380), generating a friction hysteresis curve based on the operating parameters, determining a friction characteristic based on the friction hysteresis curve, comparing the friction characteristic to previous friction characteristics, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the friction characteristic is increasing and/or exceeds a predetermined value.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method, of evaluating fatigue damage is an actuator -spring of a valve used in a turbine by a data acquisition system. The method may include de the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from, a number of sensors including valve spindle position over time, determining cyclic loading on the actuator spring based upon the valve spindle position over time, generating an intended design lifetime for the actuator spring, determining a fatigue damage indicator based on the cyclic loading as compared to the intended design lifetime, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures based upon the fatigue damage indicator.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating valve conditions in a turbine by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors, wherein the operating parameters may include steam temperatures determined over time and steam pressure, determining a steam chemistry, a throttling history, and a piping material, determining a probability of valve erosion based upon the steam temperatures determined over time, the steam chemistry, the throttling history, and the piping material, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures based upon the determined probability.
Abstract translation:本申请提供了一种通过数据采集系统评估涡轮机中的气门状况的方法。 该方法可以包括以下步骤:从多个传感器接收若干操作参数,其中操作参数可以包括随时间确定的蒸汽温度和蒸汽压力,确定蒸汽化学成分,节流历史和管道材料,确定 基于随时间确定的蒸汽温度,蒸汽化学性质,节流历史和管道材料,以及基于所确定的概率改变一个或多个操作参数和/或启动修理程序的阀侵蚀概率。 p >
Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating insulation quality in a turbine by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (520,530,540,550), wherein the operating parameters may include casing temperatures and insulation temperatures, comparing the casing temperatures and the insulation temperatures to predetermined casing and insulation values, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the casing temperatures fall below the casing predetermined values and/or the insulation temperatures exceed the insulation predetermined values.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating spindle component wear in a turbine (100) by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (380), wherein the operating parameters may include spindle position from which a number of spindle strokes and an accumulated spindle distance may be determined and temperature, generating a movement history based on the operating parameters, comparing the movement history to predetermined values, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the movement history exceeds predetermined values.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating valve tightness in a turbine (100) by a data acquisition system (710). The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (380), opening a first valve (270) and closing a second valve (280), closing the first valve (270), determining a pressure decay time between the first valve (270) and the second valve (280), determining a stable value of pressure between the first valve (270) and the second valve (280), comparing the pressure decay time and the stable value of pressure to predetermined values, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the pressure decay time and/or the stable value of pressure is increasing and/or exceeds the predetermined values.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method of evaluating valve tightness in a turbine (100) by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors (380), wherein the operating parameters may include rotor acceleration and rotor speed, comparing the rotor acceleration and the rotor speed to predetermined values, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the rotor acceleration and/or the rotor speed is increasing and/or exceeds predetermined values.