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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons ; Salem, Massachusetts : Scrivener Publishing, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (335 pages) : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781119294450 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Operator's guide to general purpose steam turbines : an overview of operating principles, construction, best practices, and troubleshooting.DDC classification:
  • 621.1/65 23
LOC classification:
  • TJ735 .P535 2016
Online resources:
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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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. An overspeed failure on 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.

Includes index.

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.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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