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wet steam flow, and to collect them in peripheral spaces outside the turbine blade lattices. Also in the design of turbine structures, provisions are made to break up the water drops in the wet steam flow into fine moisture particles. Moreover, the long turbine blades are protected with hard metal (Stellite) brazed on their edges.

  1. Turbine governor system

The turbine-generator unit has a turbine governor system. The functions of the turbine governor system are to control the turbine speed and the turbine load, as well as to suppress the turbine over-speed caused by plant load rejections. There are two types of turbine governor systems: a mechano-hydraulic governor system and an electro- hydraulic governor system. The former is used in small capacity or older design turbines and large capacity turbines for NPPs are equipped with the latter, electro-hydraulic (EH) governors. The EH governor system responds quickly and accurately as it has electronic circuits employed for speed detection and signal processing and it has a high pressure hydraulic system used for the operation of mechanical equipment. Moreover, the latest PWR plants are equipped with digital EH (DEH) governors and the turbine operation is automated over a wide range of plant operations including turbine turning, turbine startup, load increases during the plant startup period, and rated power operation.

Malfunctioning of the entire turbine governor system due to a single failure is prevented by providing redundancy to the design of electronic circuits and speed detectors. The block diagram of a turbine governor system of a PWR plant is given in Figure 3.5.3.

  1. Turbine steam inlet valves

During the normal operation of the turbine, turbine inlet valves other than the governor valves, i.e. main steam stop valves, reheater stop valves and interceptor valves are fully open. The steam flow rate to the high pressure turbine is regulated by the governor valves. On the loss of turbine load, the governor valves and the interceptor valves are automatically closed by the turbine governor system to completely shut off the steam flow to the high pressure and the low pressure turbines. In the event of automatic turbine trip initiated by, for example, a turbine over-speed signal, all of the above mentioned valves are closed. These duplicated inlet valves in the lines to the high pressure and low pressure turbines assure the complete shutting off of the steam flows into the turbine-generator unit, even assuming any one of the valves fails to close. Since the proper functioning of these valves is very important for plant operation and safety, their performances are verified by periodical tests during the plant operation. These valves are overhauled during the planned in-service inspection period of the plant

Main sleam stop valve Governor valve

AC power supply DC powersupply

Signal from plant computer or other control systems

Figure 3.5.3 Nuclear turbine governor system (example)

NSRA, Japan

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