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Figure 4.1.2 Startup curve after periodic inspection

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When the turbine bypass valve begins to open, main steam flow is established requiring the feedwater flow corresponding to this steam flow, and reactor water level control goes below the control range of the feedwater control valve.

Therefore, blowdown from the reactor coolant cleanup system is shut down, and reactor water level control is completely switched to the feedwater control valve.

In order to start up the turbine and take the initial load, the turbine bypass valve is opened beforehand to the extent corresponding to 10% of the rated steam flow rate to get the sufficient steam flow rate required for this operation.

As this power level corresponds to a level where the intermediate power range monitor and average power range monitor of the nuclear instrumentation system overlap, the reactor mode switch is switched from ''Startup'1 to "Operation" (interlocks for reactor emergency shutdown and isolation are changed) after confirming that the power level is sufficiently within the monitoring range of the average power range monitor, and thereby, the power level monitoring is switched to the average power range monitor.

Reactor power level is raised in this way to a level high enough to be able to stably operate the reactor and start up the turbine, ending the nuclear heating stage.

  1. Turbine startup

Thick materials are used for rotors, main steam stop valves, control valve steam chest, and turbine casings (especially for the high-pressure stage) to accommodate centrifugal force, pressure, etc. produced during operation. The centrifugal force, vibration, and elongation differences between rotor and casing often limit turbine operation during turbine startup and shutdown and at large load change. It is especially important to control thermal stress produced by temperature differences between internal and external surfaces of these components for preventing damage due to low cycle thermal fatigue.

Startup of turbines used for BWR plants are carried out as follows, following reactor power increase.

  1. Start the lubricating oil system at the time of reactor startup, turn the turbine rotor, and

lower the rotor eccentricity to a specified value to achieve its straightness. This operation helps prevent vibration due to contact (rubbing) between the rotating body and the static structure in increasing turbine speed.

  1. Establish the shaft seal of the turbine and develop a vacuum in the main condenser to ensure the steam condensation function of the main condenser for supplying steam to the turbine system.

  2. Reset turbine trip conditions in conjunction with reactor steam generation to make the turbine operable. Open the bypass valve provided in one of the main steam stop valves and warm up the control valve steam chest. Moreover, gradually warm up the steam chest together with the main steam lines after this point at a rate corresponding to the increase in reactor pressure.

  3. Start up the turbine after the control valve steam chest has been warmed up and the turbine bypass valve has sufficiently opened to supply the steam flow rate required for turbine startup and initial load.

  4. Check that there is no contact (rubbing) between rotating parts and static parts of the turbine at the turbine rotating speed of lOOrpm.

  5. Increase the turbine speed to the rated rotating speed at a speed-up rate governed by the inner surface temperature of the turbine first stage. By limiting the speed-up rate, thermal stresses are controlled at the turbine rotors and casings.

  6. Warm up the entire turbine to reduce the thermal stress produced at thick parts by performing the turbine no-load operation for a specified period of time after the turbine has reached its rated speed, and then synchronize the generator to the grid.

  7. Hold the turbine for about 5 minutes at a low load (approx. 5% of rated power) after synchronizing the generator to the grid to raise the rotor temperature and reduce the thermal stress due to a subsequent increase in turbine load.

  8. Test the turbine protection device during startup after a periodic inspection. Since a larger centrifugal force than that during normal operation is produced onto the rotor during this

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