Online application oriented calculation of the exhaust steam wetness fraction of the low pressure cylinder in thermal power plant

Abstract Online performance monitoring of the steam turbine system is very important for the economic and safe operation of a power plant. For a subcritical steam turbine system, the wet saturated steam in the last few stages of the low pressure cylinder (LPC) increases the heat loss and threatens the unit safety. Unfortunately, online measurement of the exhaust steam wetness fraction of the LPC has been a difficult task for a long time. This paper proposes an online applicable approach based on two equivalent overall efficiency models to monitor the exhaust steam wetness fraction. Firstly, to estimate the total energy entering the steam turbine system, the lumped models of the evaporation system and the heat exchangers are established. Then two equivalent overall efficiency models of the steam turbine system are presented. Based on the same overall efficiency, the exhaust steam wetness fraction is therefore identified. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is validated through the comparison between the calculated and the designed operation data of a subcritical coal-fired unit. As the extension of the applications, the calculated wetness fraction is further used to estimate the thermal economic indices for the purpose of assessing the operation performance of the steam turbine system.

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