Operator's guide to general purpose steam turbines : an overview of operating principles, construction, best practices, and troubleshooting / Robert X. Perez and David W. Lawhon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perez, Robert X., author.

Lawhon, David W., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steam-turbines--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Steam-turbines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons ; Salem, Massachusetts : Scrivener Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

When installed and operated properly, general purpose steam turbines are reliable and tend to be forgotten, i.e., out of sound and out of mind. But, they can be sleeping giants that can result in major headaches if ignored. Three real steam turbine undesirable consequences that immediately come to mind are: * Injury and secondary damage due to an overspeed failure. Anoverspeed failureon a big steam or gas turbine is one of the most frightening of industrial accidents. * The high cost of an extensive overhaul due to an undetected component failure. A major steam turbine repair can cost ten or more times that of a garden variety centrifugal pump repair. * Costly production loses due an extended outage if the driven pump or compressor train is unspared. The value of lost production can quickly exceed repair costs. A major goal of this book is to provide readers with detailed operating procedure aimed at reducing these risks to minimal levels. Start-ups are complicated by the fact that operators must deal with numerous start-up scenarios, such as: * Commissioning a newly installed steam turbine * Starting ups after a major steam turbine repair * Starting up a proven steam turbine after an outage * Overspeed trip testing It is not enough to simply have a set of procedures in the control room for reference. To be effective, operating procedures must be clearly written down, taught, and practiced-until they become habit.

Contents:

Introduction to steam turbines

General purpose back pressure steam turbine

Routine steam turbine inspections

Steam turbine speed controls and safety systems

The importance of operating procedures

Overspeed trip testing

Centrifugal pump and centrifugal compressor start-ups with a steam turbine driver

Centrifugal pump and centrifugal compressor shutdowns with a steam turbine driver

Installation, commissioning and first solo run

Reinstating steam turbine after maintenance

Steam turbine reliability

Introduction to field troubleshooting

Steam turbine monitoring advice

Beyond start-ups, shutdowns, and inspections.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119294467

1119294460

9781119294450

1119294452

9781119294474

1119294479

OCLC:

956277114