Abstract:
A trip valve for a steam turbine is provided and a method for upgrading the trip valve. The trip valve (200) includes a valve body (202) defining a cavity (204), a first port (206) and a second port (208). The first and second ports are fluidly coupled with the cavity. A ball (224) defining a passage (206) is disposed in the cavity and configured to selectively provide fluid communication between the first and second ports via the passage thereof. First (242) and second (244) valve seats are disposed in the cavity and configured to at least partially support the ball in the cavity. The first valve seat is disposed between the ball and the first port, and the second valve seat is disposed between the ball and the second port. The trip valve further includes a first biasing member (258) and a second biasing member (260) configured to urge the first valve seat and the second valve seat, respectively, toward the ball.
Abstract:
A motive air conditioning system for a gas turbine assembly is provided. The motive air conditioning system may include an inlet flow channel configured to be fluidly coupled with the gas turbine assembly. The motive air conditioning system may also include a filtration assembly fluidly coupled with the inlet flow channel and configured to filter motive air. The filtration assembly may include a plurality of filter modules disposed adjacent one another and further disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis of the inlet flow channel.
Abstract:
A compressor may include a casing defining a discharge cavity and a seal cavity. A rotary shaft may be disposed in the casing, and a shaft seal assembly may be disposed in the seal cavity and about the rotary shaft. An impeller may be coupled with and configured to be driven by the rotary shaft. A balance piston may be integral with the impeller and may define the discharge cavity and the seal cavity. A balance piston seal may be disposed about the balance piston such that the balance piston seal and the balance piston define a radial clearance therebetween. The radial clearance may be configured to provide fluid communication from the impeller to the discharge cavity. A heat shield may be disposed in the discharge cavity, and may be configured to prevent the conduction of heat from the discharge cavity to the seal cavity via the casing.
Abstract:
A diffuser for a compressor includes an annular diffuser passageway defined by a hub wall and a shroud wall of a housing of the compressor. The annular diffuser passageway may be fluidly coupled with a centrifugal impeller configured to rotate with a rotary shaft of the compressor about a center axis. The diffuser may also include a plurality of low solidity diffuser vanes extending into the annular diffuser passageway from the hub wall or the shroud wall and arranged annularly about the center axis. The diffuser may further include a plurality of high solidity diffuser vanes disposed radially outward from the plurality of low solidity diffuser vanes and extending into the annular diffuser passageway from the hub wall or the shroud wall and arranged annularly about the center axis.
Abstract:
A compressor and a method for reducing acoustic energy generated in the compressor are provided. The compressor may include a housing defining a fluid pathway and a shunt hole fluidly coupling the fluid pathway with another component of the compressor. The compressor may also include an impeller at least partially disposed in the fluid pathway and coupled with a rotary shaft. The impeller may be configured to rotate with the rotary shaft to direct a process fluid through the fluid pathway of the compressor. A disk may be disposed between the fluid pathway and the shunt hole. The disk may define a plurality of openings fluidly coupling the fluid pathway with the shunt hole and configured to reduce acoustic energy generated in the compressor.
Abstract:
A fluid processing system and method are provided for separating a liquid portion from a multiphase fluid. The system and method may include a steam turbine assembly coupled with a rotary shaft, and a separator coupled with the rotary shaft and positioned upstream of the steam turbine assembly. The separator may include an inlet end configured to receive a multiphase fluid, an outlet end fluidly coupled with the steam turbine assembly, and a separation chamber extending from the inlet end to the outlet end. The separation chamber may be configured to separate a liquid portion from the multiphase fluid to thereby provide a substantially gaseous fluid to the steam turbine assembly.
Abstract:
A shut-off valve for a turbine of an oscillating water column may include a plurality of guide vanes configured to control a fluid flow into a flow passage defined by the turbine. The plurality of guide vanes may be at least partially disposed within the flow passage and may include a plurality of fixed guide vanes and a plurality of movable guide vanes. The plurality of fixed guide vanes and the plurality of movable guide vanes may be sequentially disposed in an alternating pattern in the flow passage.
Abstract:
A compressor valve may include a guard and a seat affixed thereto. The seat may have an inlet surface and an outlet surface opposite the inlet surface. A reconditioning limit indicator may be defined by or adjacent the outlet surface. The reconditioning limit indicator may be indicative of a maximum amount of material of the seat removable from the outlet surface during reconditioning of the seat. The reconditioning limit indicator may be a groove defined by the outer cylindrical surface of the seat, a portion of the outer cylindrical surface of the seat adjacent the outlet surface and having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the seat, or a predetermined shape of a predetermined depth machined on the outlet surface of the seat.
Abstract:
A system and method are provided for a compression system. The system and method may include a driver having a drive shaft extending therethrough. The driver may be configured to provide the drive shaft with rotational energy. The system and method may also include a first single-stage compressor and a second single-stage compressor, each having a rotary shaft coupled with or integral with the drive shaft. The first and second single-stage compressors may be configured to compress a high molecular weight process fluid to provide a compressed process fluid having a pressure ratio of about 10:1 or greater. The compressed process fluid may contain heat from the compression thereof. A heat recovery system may be fluidly coupled with the first and second single-stage compressors and may be configured to receive the compressed process fluid and absorb at least a portion of the heat contained in the compressed process fluid.
Abstract:
Apparatus for housing a rotatable component and exchanging heat and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first casing and a second casing spaced apart from the first casing and defining a gap therebetween. The apparatus also includes a cooling fluid manifold coupled to a source of a cooling fluid, and a stack of plates coupled to the first and second casings and extending therebetween to fill the gap. The first and second casings and the stack of plates define at least a portion of a pressurized containment area therein. Further, the stack of plates includes a bore in which the rotatable component is received and defines process fluid flowpaths configured to direct process fluid to and/or from the rotatable component. The stack of plates is in fluid communication with the cooling fluid manifold and transfers heat from the process fluid to the cooling fluid.