STUDY OF OUTAGE EXPERIENCE WITH SELECTED BOILER AND TURBINE GENERATOR UNITS
Analysis of unavailability periods for boilers and turbine generators at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP) Power Station shows that only approximately five units out of 100 could operate for a year without a forced outage. Once an initial period of about 2500 hr is passed after startup, outages caused by troubles in the turbine and generator themselves are greatly reduced. Outages caused by the auxiliary equipment appear to be equally probable over the life of the plant. A comparison of these data from the ORGDP Power Station with data taken from six l959 TVA operating reports revealed essentially the same incidence of forced shutdowns. This comparison was made with no attempt to distinguish between common header turbine generators and unit type boiler- turbine generators in either power system. All outages except standby periods were considered whether load reduction was required or not.(auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-002720
- OSTI ID:
- 4116671
- Report Number(s):
- CF-60-3-56
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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