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    Turbine Speed?

    Having a turbine syncronized to the grid keeps the turbine/generator speed from increasing. When you are not syncronized to the grid the speed of a turbine varies with steam flow. When your turbine generator is syncronized to the grid by closing the tie breaker, the grid LOCKS the speed at...
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    Steam Turbine -Loss of Performance

    If your unit has 9 rows of reaction blades and you remove one you can roughly estimate 1/9 loss of power. You can dress blade to some degree. If the blades are badly damaged they can be reverse engineered, manufactured and installed within a 2-3 week period. This work can generally be completed...
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    steam turbine 1x vibration

    Is this a Westinghouse steam turbine? More detail on the vibration would help. A few key items: 1) Does the phase angle change, how much -average 2) Are you sure it is 1x vibration no subsyncronous 1/2 x or 2x 3) Is this a direct drive 3600 rpm or is there a gear box between 4) What type of...
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    Blue Blush Build Up On Steam Valve Spindles

    We are having the chemical composition verified. These are inlet steam valve spindles on a GE reheat steam trubine. 1450psi@1000F. The spindle material is Nitralloy B5E1A This site had started cycling their turbine unit six years ago. They are now finding a very abnormal amount if build up on...
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    Blue Blush Build Up On Steam Valve Spindles

    We have encountered serious Blue Blush build up on valve spindles. Have you found an effective procedure to remove this build up without damaging the base material?
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