Power Generation Technology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 970-976.DOI: 10.12096/j.2096-4528.pgt.22080

• Power Generation and Environmental Protection • Previous Articles    

Experimental Study on Regulation Characteristics of Intermediate Pressure Cylinder Regulating Valves of Heat Supply Steam Turbine Under Peak Regulating Mechanism

Zhiyun WANG1, Yuzhu ZHAO2, Xuedong WANG2, Yuanshu ZHANG2   

  1. 1.Baotou Donghua Thermal Power Co. , Ltd. , Baotou 014000, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
    2.Huadian Electric Power Research Institute Co. , Ltd. , Hangzhou 310030, Zhejiang Province, China
  • Received:2022-04-20 Published:2022-12-31 Online:2023-01-03

Abstract:

In order to meet the requirements of peak regulation, the power load of the steam turbine unit changes greatly. The heating parameters of the steam extraction from the reheated steam pipe also fluctuate greatly. The intermediate pressure (IP) cylinder regulating valves of the steam turbine participate in the regulation to stabilize the heating parameters. For a 300 MW steam turbine adopting such heating mode, the regulation characteristics of the IP cylinder regulating valves was studied experimentally under power load of 250 MW and extraction steam flow of 52.20-53.94 t/h. The results show that, as the opening of regulating valves decreases, the inlet steam flow of the IP cylinder decreases gradually, and reheated steam pressure increases gradually. When the minimum opening of the IP cylinder regulating valves is 24.97%, the inlet steam pressure of the IP cylinder is 3.44 MPa, and pressure of the main extraction steam pipe is 3.13 MPa. The maximum pressure ratio of the high pressure (HP) cylinder is 3.13 and the minimum value is 2.65, decreasing gradually. The exhausting steam temperature of the HP cylinder increases gradually, the highest is 331.76 ℃, the lowest is 312.97 ℃. The efficiency of the IP cylinder is gradually reduced, from 93.37% to 84.78%. The steam enthalpy drops of the HP cylinder and the IP cylinder do not change a lot. However, the first stage extraction steam pressure and the HP cylinder exhausting steam pressure increase. The flow rate of the HP and IP cylinders is reduced, and the work capacity of the HP and IP cylinders is reduced, resulting in the decrease of power load of 9.79 MW. The safety operation index of the unit shaft system remains stable.

Key words: combined heat and power units, heating retrofit, steam turbine, intermediate pressure cylinder regulating valve, regulation characteristics

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