10th STEAM TURBINE PROFESSIONAL MEET

HIGHER HPT FIRST STAGE PRESSURE & RECTIFICATION AT SITE NTPC TANDA TPS
Presented by: Brijesh Kumar (AGM/TMD)

Shahnawaz A Khan (Asst. Mgr/TMD)

Brief detail of U#1 HP Higher Pressure Problem

st 1

Stage

Tanda TPS: 4X110 MW Units

TG : Skoda Power, Czech Make

R&M of U#1 was carried out in Nov'2008 during which following major jobs were carried out HPT:

New HPT rotor placed.

Refurbishent of HP nozzle segments done.

Refurbishent of new HP diaphragms.

Brief detail of U#1 HP Higher Pressure Problem

Replacement of HP diaphragm#3.

st 1

Stage

After R&M, higher 1st stage pressure of HPT was observed in the range of 107 ksc. Higher 1st stage pressure is leads to Lower turbine efficiency. Excessive force on turbine casing parting plane fasteners causing life reduction.

Higher drum pressure & MS piping pressure.

Brief detail of U#1 HP Higher Pressure Problem

st 1

Stage

Potential causes of high 1st stage pressure:

Restricted nozzle.
Deposition on the blades of HP rotor & diaphragms.

Checks during O/H of U#1

Following checks were carried out to find the cause of the problem:

Steam flowpath
HP nozzle segment condition HP diaphragms for scaling/deposition HP rotor scaling/deposition

Findings

Flowpath readings & blade surfaces of rotor & diaphragms were found satisfactory.

No significant deposition was found on HP rotor blades as well as diaphragm blades.

After opening the HPT, condition of HP nozzles were found very healthy. So, it was further analysed & throat of the nozzles found to be very less that designed value.

Findings

Values found:
HP Top Nozzle HP Bottom Nozzle Before O/H Design

Average Value(mm)

Before O/H

Design

Throat

14.7

16.10

14.56

16.10

Width

22.5

22.5

22.5

22.5

HP Nozzle

OUR APPROACH

In view of the above findings, the matter was discussed with Ex-BHEL expert & was decided to increase the throat of the nozzle segments while refurbishing it in-situ. HP nozzle refurbishment job done by sandblasting, grinding, polishing & final finishing.

Readings after Nozzle repair at site:

Average Value(mm) HP Top Nozzle After O/H Design HP Bottom Nozzle After O/H Design

Throat

16.04

16.00

16.00

16.00

Width

22.5

22.5

22.5

22.5

EEMG DATACHART DEPICTING 1st STAGE PR. WITH VARIOUS PARAMETERS

Readings after EEMG efficiency test.
U#1 Load (MW) Main Steam Pressure before ESV (ksc) Main Steam Temp before ESV (oC) First Stage Pressure HPT Efficiency Before O/H 110.10 133.05 After O/H 113.12 131.10

534.87

534.0

107.5 72.90

103.6 74.31

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