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Steam Path Audits on Industrial Steam Turbines
Abstract
The electric utility industry has
benefitted from steam path audits on steam
turbines for several years. Benefits
include the ability to identify areas of
performance degradation during a turbine
outage. Repair priorities can then be set
in accordance with quantitative results
from the steam path audit. As a result of
optimized repair decisions, turbine
efficiency increases, emissions decrease,
and maintenance expenses decrease. These
benefits can be achieved by using a
computer program Encotech, Inc. developed
for the utility industry to perform steam
path audits. With the increased emphasis
on industrial turbine efficiency, and as a
result of the experience with the Destec
Operating Company, Encotech is adapting the
computer program to respond to the needs of
the industrial steam turbine community.
This paper describes the results of using
the STPE computer program to conduct a
steam path audit at Destec Energy's
Lyondell Cogeneration power plant.
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Citation
Mitchell, D. R. (1992). Steam Path Audits on Industrial Steam Turbines. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /92209.