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Case History of Reapplication of a 2500 KW Steam Turbine/Gear Drive Generator
Abstract
In today' s equipment market more and
more projects are turning toward
existing equipment to justify a
project. New equipment's delivery time
and/or capital cost can keep a good
project "grounded".
In the turbomachinery industry, a few
companies have developed the expertise
to identify candidates of existing
machines that can be adopted for many
new applications. These companies can
inspect, modify, recondition and rerate
the equipment as needed, which helps
bring in a project within budget and on
time.
This paper is the history of such an
application. The delivery schedule
requirements and limited capital made
the project feasible only through the
technology of reapplying existing
machines to a new service.
The project involves a plant that
extracts landfill gas and converts it
to diesel fuel, naphtha and a high
grade of wax. The plant requires a
steam turbine generator set to produce
electrical power for its base load
operation. This paper covers the
history of how the turbine, gear and generator were selected, along with the
highlights of the engineering work
required to insure the mechanical
operation of the string of equipment.
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Citation
Smith, S. (1991). Case History of Reapplication of a 2500 KW Steam Turbine/Gear Drive Generator. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /92251.