TURBINE SHUTTING DOWN FROM FULL LOAD.

1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 PLANNED SHUT DOWN Inform the boiler house that the turbine would soon be shut down. Check the starting oil pump and also availability of A.C. & D.C. lub. oil pumps. Reduce the load at a rate of 3 MW per minute at rated parameters by operating control gear motor. Watch the axial shift & differential expansion of ;he rotor and cylinder, after reducing the load to 160 MW switch off the H.P. Heater on steam side and drain heating steam condensate by opening the drain valves. At load 90-100 MW switch off one of the condensate pumps and feed pumps and at 70 MW load check the drip pump gets switched off under automatic controller action and also ensure that auxiliary power supply is changed from unit to reserve. Maintain Deaerator & condenser hotwell level normal At load 10 to 12 MW open by pass valve of MS before ESV and close valve on Main Steam line. Reduce the load to about 5 MW slowly. Trip the unit through any protection, check the ESV, IV and control valves get closed. Isolate lub oil cooler from cooling waterside one by one to maintain lub oil temp. Ensure that generator is isolated through low forward power relay and the time for stopping the steam supply to turbine and isolation of generator should not be more than 4 minutes.

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After closure of the Control valves immediately close the main steam valves near Boiler outlet and check that bypass of main steam valves are also closed. Stop the other BF pump depending upon the level of the Boiler drum. At 2800 rpm, start AC lub oil pump and AC seal oil pump, check the Lub oil press and A.C. seal oil press is normal. When the rotor comes to a stop, start the barring gear and roll the rotor continuously on BG till temp. of lower part of HP casing at regulating stage drops to 170C, engage the barring gear lever at stand still condition of rotor and then start the barring gear motor and make sure that rotor rpm is 3.4. when put on Barring Gear. Break the vacuum by opening Vac. Breaking valve and cut off the steam supply to main ejector, gland steam cooler and steam to seals by closing the respective valves. When maximum turbine metal temp. comes down below 200C. Open cylinder, transfer line and main steam line drains. Barring gear and lub. oil pumps can be stopped if necessary. Condensate and C.W. pumps can be stopped when LP exhaust temp. comes below 40C.

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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS DURING TURBINE RUNNING

1 1.1 ROUTINE CHECKS The turbine is capable of accepting the variations from the rated conditions within the limits stated below : Live steam pressure : 117-143 Kg/cm Live steam temperature : 527-543C Reheat steam temperature : 527-543C Sharp fluctuation of temperature and/or load on turbine should be avoided as far as possible. Sharp fluctuations consume the fatigue life of vital components. Turbine operation with the steam exhaust to atmosphere is forbidden. In case of rapid drop in vacuum and opening of atmospheric valves, the turbine should be stopped immediately. The turbine may be restarted only if the exhaust part of the turbine and the condenser have cooled down to 55C. The main steam and reheat steam temperature should preferably be equal to or more than the metal temperature of steam admission elements. When the turbine has tripped due to action of protection or by turbine shut down switch, check the operation of the equipments mentioned below along with the closure of emergency stop valves. Main steam stop valves must be closed. NRV's on extraction lines must get closed. If there are more than one indicators for the same measurement, then the one which is giving favourable reading should not be assumed to be correct one.

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1.5.3 Generator circuit breaker should be open.

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If any of the control valves gets closed accidentally the load on the turbine would get reduced. Trace out the valve by comparing the pressure reading after all control valves. The turbine must be stopped manually independent of the action of relevant protection under following situations: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) Sudden appearance of excessive vibrations. Water hammering Oil ignition Emergency governor out of order Oil temp. rising upto 75C at the drain from the bearings. Drop of oil level in the tank below the lowest permissible value. Appearance of metallic noise in the turbine steam flow path. Axial shift of the rotor at the thrust bearings reaching limiting value. Accidental vacuum drop to 540 mm. Increase of live or reheat steam temperature upto 565C. Lubrication oil pressure has dropped to 0.5 Kg/cm and lubrication pump (emergency) has failed to start. i) Sharp fall in the main steam temperature from nominal value to 450C. m) Increase in speed beyond 3360 r.p.m. n) ESV, IV or control valves have seized.

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In order to remove salts deposited on the guide and moving blades, the flushing of turbine flow path should be carried out with saturated steam during next cold start up. Analyse each drum of oil before filling in the oil tank, in case the filling is done from oil drums. The generator should operate at a network frequency of 50 cps., which, correspond to generator rotor speed of 3,000 r.p.m. The net work frequency below 49.0 or over 50.5 cps. is not allowed and immediate measure should be taken for restoring it within 49.0 to 50.5 cps.

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Turbine operation on load limiter is not recommended for a longtime except in emergency. Such operation hampers control of network frequency. General temperature rise in oil supplied to the bearings at constant pressure and constant cooling water temperature indicates the choking of oil coolers. Dust off the turbine at least once a shift, special care should be taken while cleaning the levers and links of governing and steam distribution systems.

2. IMPORTANT DOS DURING TURBINE RUNNING

2.1 Do every Shift. 1) Close ESV & IV 15 mm by hand wheel by one and reopen back to full. 2) Check by draining oil from bottom of MOT for checking water/sediment in the oil. 3) Position of emergency governor knob selector (both emergency governor should be in service). 4) Check all vapour exhaust fans are in service. 5) Check Main Oil Tank level (280 mm) is normal. 6) Dust off the turbine. 7) Check the availability of H 8) Check the quality (moisture, acidity, chemical impurities) in Turbine MOT (Main oil tank) once in a day. 9) Check the availability of Diesel Generating set. 10) Check the availability of AC

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1) Take out oil tank filters one by one for routine check up and clean by blowing dry compressed air through them. 2) Operate the standby equipments in rot ation and no equipment should be kept idle for more than one week. 2.3 Do every month 1) Check the Operation of servomotors for forced closing non-return valves by operating solenoid valves at reduced loads. 2) Check one by one the full closing of ESV and IV servomotor at reduced load (120 MW). 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 IMPORTANT DONT'S FOR TURBINE OPERATION Don't start the turbine if the control signalling and protection system are not in working order. During M/C on Barring Gear if rotor eccentricity exceeds 0.07 mm do not roll the turbine. Do not start the turbine with oil temperature at bearing inlet less than 40C. Do not run the turbine on load with control valves servomotor in full open condition. During shut down do not open the drains on steam admission pipes and cylinders, till the metal temperature falls below 200C. Do not allow the turbine to run in the steamless condition for more than 4 minutes. Do not drain the oil, saturated with hydrogen into Main Oil Tank.

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Do not allow hot rotor to stand without rolling (Barring gear). Do not allow to rotate the rotor by hand if there is not at all oil supply to Do not try to engage barring gear unless turbine rotor is completely stopped. Do not supply the steam to turbine and sealings if M/C is not on barring gear. Do not overlook abnormality in any important reading. Do not hold the set in the critical speed zone while raising the speed of the