... Since its original approval in 1964, the rotating pressure vessel oxidation test (RPVOT; ASTM D2272) has been the primary oxidation performance test for turbine oils. When this test was developed the steam turbine was the primary power-generation equipment in the market, and water levels were...

... (materials) testing aircraft mission analysis turbines component reliability cumulative damage load spectrum Giinter E. Breitkopf I Basic Approach in the Development of TURBISTAN, a Loading Standard for Fighter Aircraft Engine Disks REFERENCE: Breitkopf, G. E., "Basic Approach in the Development...

... Con Edison has 32 steam turbines and 100 gas turbines in many locations in New York City and Westchester County. A monitoring program is administered from a central organization, but tested and tracked on site. The test results, when trended graphically, are used to predict system problems...

... For the past 3 years the Westinghouse Electric Corp. has conducted a major program of instrument selection and development and sample analysis to monitor the steam turbine chemical environment and to determine the source of corrodant species that contribute to turbine blade corrosion...

... Erosion damage was estimated for the first stage of a large electric utility gas turbine based on projected particle distributions in the gas leaving the hot gas cleaning system of a pressurized fluidized-bed gasifier system. Based on the assumptions used in making the estimates, cleaning...

... Because the TVA Gallatin Number 2 steam turbine rotor burst resulted from creep-low cycle fatigue interaction, the present study was undertaken to establish the effect of strain range, increasing hold times, and degree of segregation in the intermediate temperature range corresponding...

... The high-pressure, high-temperature turbine test rig was designed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to test turbine components in an environment that simulates current and future gas turbines operating at 41 atm (600 psi) and 2204°C (4000°F). This paper illustrates the design...

... The physical processes preceding blade erosion by wet steam in low-pressure turbines have been traced from the collection of water droplets larger than 30 μ by the stationary blading to the stripping of this water into drops at the blade trailing edges and the impact of these drops...