Issues of improvement safety operation of 18K370 steam turbines
author:
GRZEGORZ BZYMEK, PAWEŁ ZIÓŁKOWSKI, TOMASZ KOWALCZYK, JANUSZ BADUR
ORCID ID:
0000-0001-7480-0420, 0000-0002-1334-5134, 0000-0001-7725-6926
No:
02/2022 Instal p. 06-10
DOI:
10.36119/15.2022.2.1
The article concerns the process of improving the safety and reliability of 18K370 steam turbines in the Opole Power
Plant since the occurrence of the first failure in 2010 [1], up to the installation of a monitoring system on-line [2].
The way the block works and the ability to analyse the control stage as a critical node in the design of the turbine has been presented. The analysis took into account the nature of the flow in different operating regimes of the CFD
approach (Computational Fluid Dynamic) and strength analysis in CSD (Computational Solid Dynamic). Also, the way of management of individual lifecycle of elements has been briefly described [2,3]. The action could be considered as satisfactory and improve the safety of 18K370 operating steam turbines.
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About Authors:
mgr inż. Grzegorz Bzymek – Oddział Elektrownia Opole, PGE GiEK SA, Opole
dr inż. Paweł Ziółkowski https//orcid.org//0000-0001-7480-0420 – Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Okrętownictwa, Gdańsk
dr inż. Tomasz Kowalczyk https//orcid.org//0000-0002-1334-5134 – Zakład Konwersji Energii, IMP PAN w Gdańsku,
prof. dr hab. inż. Janusz Badur https//orcid.org//0000-0001-7725-6926 – Zakład Konwersji Energii, IMP PAN w Gdańsku. Correspondence address: Grzegorz.Bzymek@gkpge.pl, pawziolk@pg.edu.pl, tkowalczyk@imp.gda.pl, jb@imp.gda.pl