Title
A steam turbine dynamic model for full scope power plant simulators
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pinto G.R.S.
Teixeira T.
Xavier É.
Cidade Universitária UFRJ
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The development of a steam turbine dynamic model for full scope power plant simulators is described in this work. Model completeness is one of the main features of the model developed as it attempts to completely cover the operating envelope of steam turbines. For modeling purposes, distinct regions within the safe operating envelope of steam turbines are discriminated. Accordingly, the corresponding model formulation associated with each of the steam turbine-related operation modes accounted for is detailed. A particular emphasis is put on thermal and rotational inertia effects that are important during start up and shut down of steam turbines. The developed steam turbine dynamic model is utilized for simulating a 300 MW class steam turbine belonging to an existing combined cycle power plant. Comparisons between results obtained from such simulations and those characterizing the equipment actual operation are discussed. The agreement between model results and operating data is in general good, as in average the corresponding discrepancies are of the order of 2% or less. The outcomes from this work suggest that producing high fidelity results from steam turbine dynamic models requires accounting for a number of physical phenomena, primarily, those related to heat transfer processes.
Start page
593
End page
602
Volume
120
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Termodinámica Física de plasmas y fluídos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85017612484
Source
Applied Thermal Engineering
ISSN of the container
13594311
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