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This document discusses wheel space temperature monitoring in gas turbine engines. It provides the following key points: 1) Wheel space refers to the small axial distance between rotating turbine buckets and stationary diaphragms where thermocouples are used to measure temperature. 2) Wheel space thermocouples monitor temperature in the wheel space region to protect hot gas components from overheating. 3) Temperature is monitored at the forward and aft wheel spaces of each turbine stage and increases with load on the gas turbine engine.

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Wheelspace 150212063314 Conversion Gate02

This document discusses wheel space temperature monitoring in gas turbine engines. It provides the following key points: 1) Wheel space refers to the small axial distance between rotating turbine buckets and stationary diaphragms where thermocouples are used to measure temperature. 2) Wheel space thermocouples monitor temperature in the wheel space region to protect hot gas components from overheating. 3) Temperature is monitored at the forward and aft wheel spaces of each turbine stage and increases with load on the gas turbine engine.

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Wheel space

temperature
2GE FRAME 9FA GAS
TURBINE
750MW COMBINED CYCLE
POWER PLANT

What is Wheel space of a turbine?

Wheelsp
ace

It is the space (very small axial distance) between


rotating wheel that is turbine buckets and the stationary
diaphragms which the turbine nozzles are installed on).

What are Wheel space


thermocouple?

Mounted
wheelspace
thermocouple

Wheel space T/Cs are used to measure temperature


around wheel space region of gas turbine.

Why Wheel space temperature is monitored


monitoring?
There
are
two
wheel
spaces per turbine stage
where temp is monitored
--a forward wheel space
and an aft wheel space. In
order to protect the hot
gas components temp is
measured

Turbine Hot gas component

3rd stage forward


wheel space

3rd stage aft wheel


space

1st stage forward


wheel space
2nd stage a aft
wheel space
First stage aft
wheel space
2nd stage a forward
wheel space

Turbine Hot gas component damage


Bucket fail at
the connector
to disk

Wheel Space Temperature at start


up

1FI-1 :- first forward inner wheel space


thermocouple

Wheel Space Temperature at


Acceleration

Wheel Space Temperature at FSNL

Wheel Space Temperature at


Loading

Wheel Space Temperature at


Preselect Load

Wheel Space Temperature at


Base load

Comparative study

LOAD (MW)

FIRST STAGE
FORWARD AND AFT
WHEEL SPACE
TEMPERATURE
(AVERAGE)

5 at (START UP)

26

1564 at (ACCLN)

27

3011 at (FSNL)

30

24

43

146.9

487

233

490

SPEED (RPM)

3000 at
(LOADING)
3000 at
(PRESELECT LOAD)
3000 at (BASE
LOAD)

Graph indicating comparative study.


600
500
400
Temp

300

temperature
load

200
100
0
50

100

150

200

250

300

Load
The plot shows as the load increases temperature
around wheel space region increases.

Thank
you

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