Comparison of an alternative to the PTC 6 basket tip design
- Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA (United States)
- Community Energy Alternatives Inc., Ridgewood, NJ (United States)
Basket tip turbine exhaust static pressure sensors are recommended by all the major turbine manufacturers. Their geometry however is required to adhere to precise and minute design details to be acceptable for guarantee/acceptance testing. This paper discusses a practical modification to the classical ASME PTC 6 (Turbine Test Code) design that is easier to fabrication for the typical machine shop. The alternative design makes it less expensive, much faster to construct, and facilitates the drainage of any accumulated condensate. Comparative field tests by PSE and G`s Research and Testing Laboratory at the 300 MW Mercer Generating Station, Unit 1 will be described which demonstrates the modified tip pressure measurements are indistinguishable from those of the PTC 6 design. The paper also presents the limited available history of the empirical basket tip exhaust pressure sensor. Finally, based on the success of this one modification, the paper concludes that other even more suitable designs could be developed by further research.
- OSTI ID:
- 207772
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951010-; ISBN 0-7918-1488-2; TRN: IM9616%%100
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International joint power generation conference and exposition, Minneapolis, MN (United States), 8-12 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1995 international joint power generation conference -- Volume 3: Power. PWR-Volume 28; Fruchtman, I.; Hartman, S.; Moore, B.; Henry, R.; Karg, D.; Curley, M.; Reid, S.; Sykes, B. [eds.]; PB: 545 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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