Browsing Category Steam Turbines

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  Compressors

  Project best practices

  Establish a database of Lessons Learned with cost of unavailability in order for all corporate plants to utilize Obtain daily revenue value (based on nominal market prices) and ...

  On October 31, 2017 / By Michael Forsthoffer
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  Compressors

  Damping and stiffness, a primer

  Rotordynamics is the study of the vibration characteristics of a rotating shaft supported on bearings. In almost all cases, the object is to predict and then reduce or ...

  On October 12, 2017 / By Drew Devitt
• Steam Turbines

  Steam turbine development in China

  DongFang has successfully developed a new generation of steam turbine, the parameters reach 35MPa/ 615℃/ 630℃/630℃, heat consumption is lower than 6,800 kJ/ kWh and the generating efficiency ...

  On September 27, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  74-inch last stage blade tested

  Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has successfully performed rotational vibration testing of a 74 inch (1,880 mm) last stage rotating blade (74IN LSB), bringing the blade’s development ...

  On September 24, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  In China, operating steam turbines for UHV transmission

  The Ultra-high Voltage (UHV) transmission has been employed in large measure in China to connect far off load centres with power generation centres. The UHV is also a ...

  On September 22, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Radial steam turbine rejuvenated

  Overhauling a steam turbine as part of a planned maintenance schedule is a regular task for many large-scale industrial enterprises that depend on these units to generate electrical ...

  On September 18, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Doosan Škoda to supply novel extraction turbine

  Doosan Škoda Power has signed a contract with DONG Energy, a Denmark-based energy company, for the supply of a complete machine hall for Asnæs Power Station. The contract ...

  On September 15, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Steam turbine disc corrosion

  Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of discs (at keyways, bores, and blade attachments) is caused by a combination of high surface stresses, a susceptible material and operational and shutdown ...

  On September 5, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Steam turbine to support waste-to-heat process

  In the German city of Herten, in the Ruhr region, a waste-to-energy plant is about to supplement its electricity and heat production with a steam turbine by MAN ...

  On August 16, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Siemens steam turbines to serve Jordanian project

  Siemens will supply the key components for the Attarat steam power plant in Jordan. The customer China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Power Engineering Co. Ltd. will be the ...

  On June 25, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors