Overall review of peak shaving for coal-fired power units in China

Y Gu, J Xu, D Chen, Z Wang, Q Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
With the development of new-power generation sources, the difference between maximum
and minimum power requirements from a power grid is growing. However, the peaking …

The fatigue of impellers and blades

M Zhang, Y Liu, W Wang, P Wang, J Li - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2016 - Elsevier
Impellers and blades are the key components of turbomachines, and fatigue is the main
failure mode of impellers and blades. The status and progress of fatigue research on …

Using SVM based method for equipment fault detection in a thermal power plant

KY Chen, LS Chen, MC Chen, CL Lee - Computers in industry, 2011 - Elsevier
Due to the growing demand on electricity, how to improve the efficiency of equipment in a
thermal power plant has become one of the critical issues. Reports indicate that efficiency …

Corrosion fatigue failure of steam turbine moving blades: A case study

M Katinić, D Kozak, I Gelo, D Damjanović - Engineering failure analysis, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper describes the failure of a rotor of a condensing industrial steam turbine installed
in a fertilizer production plant. There was a fracture of the two adjacent rotor blades in their …

A stochastic hybrid blade tip timing approach for the identification and classification of turbomachine blade damage

RG Du Toit, DH Diamond, PS Heyns - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Blade Tip Timing (BTT) has been in existence for many decades as an attractive
vibration based condition monitoring technique for turbomachine blades. The technique is …

[HTML][HTML] Peculiarities of fatigue fracture of high-alloyed heat-resistant steel after its operation in steam turbine rotor blades

H Krechkovska, M Hredil, O Student, L Svirska… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The article focuses on the causes of failures of steam turbine rotor blades made of high-
alloyed heat-resistant steel 15Kh11MF. Premature failure of blades is caused by …

Failure analysis of the final stage blade in steam turbine

WZ Wang, FZ Xuan, KL Zhu, ST Tu - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2007 - Elsevier
A failure case of the low pressure blades of steam turbine is presented in this paper. The
suction side of blades has been quenched to improve the erosion resistance. Cracks with …

Damage causes and failure analysis of a steam turbine blade made of martensitic stainless steel after 72,000 h of working

A Rivaz, SHM Anijdan, M Moazami-Goudarzi… - Engineering Failure …, 2022 - Elsevier
The harsh operating environment, and the extreme working condition, of the steam turbine
blades have led to the use of alloys with special characteristics. Of these properties are high …

Failure analysis and damage causes of a steam turbine blade of 410 martensitic stainless steel after 165,000 h of working

A Rivaz, SHM Anijdan, M Moazami-Goudarzi - Engineering Failure …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the special working environment of steam turbine blades, such as high temperature
and cyclic stresses, they are routinely under heavy damage conditions. Of the most …

Optimal scheduling of flexible thermal power plants with lifetime enhancement under uncertainty

J Rúa, A Verheyleweghen, J Jäschke… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources have been the focal point to decarbonise the power sector. The
large deployment of these intermittent power generation units requires mechanisms to …