Specific features of the schematic solutions adopted in the steam turbine units produced by the Ural Turbine Works and used as part of combined-cycle plants

Specific features of the schematic solutions adopted in the steam turbine units designed and produced by the Ural Turbine Works for use as part of combined-cycle plants are considered.     

Improvement of the designs of steam turbines produced by the ZAO ural turbine works

We present fundamentally new design solutions aimed at making the steam turbines produced by the ZAO Ural Turbine Works more reliable, economically efficient, maneuverable, and suitable for massscale production.     

Steam turbines of the Ural Turbine Works for advanced projects of combined-cycle plants

We describe the design features, basic thermal circuits, and efficiency of steam turbines developed on the basis of serially produced steam turbines of Ural Turbine Works and used as part of combined-cycle plants.     

A study and optimization of the proportional-differential speed controller for a steam turbine

Results from investigation of the proportional-differential speed controller used in the steam-turbine electrohydraulic governing system of Ural Turbine Works are presented. This work is a continuation of the previous study of a proportional controller.     

Bottom steam turbines of the Ural Turbine Works

Basic design features, thermal schemes, and economic indicators of some bottom turbines that have been developed, as well as those that have partially been manufactured at the Ural Turbine Works, are presented.     

New draft projects of steam turbines for combined-cycle plants

We describe the design features, basic thermal circuits, and efficiency of steam turbines developed on the basis of serially produced steam turbines at the Ural Turbine Works and intended for use as part of combined-cycle plants.     

Cogeneration steam turbines for combined-cycle installations of 170–230 MW

Design specifics, principal thermal schemes, and efficiency of cogeneration steam turbines operating as part of combined-cycle installations are considered. These turbines are developed on the basis of serially manufactured steam turbines of ZAO Ural Turbine Works.     

Prospective steam turbines for combined-cycle plants

The design features and basic thermal scheme of the steam turbines developed on the basis of series-produced steam turbines of ZAO Ural Turbine Works for combined-cycle plants are presented, and their efficiency during operation as part of these plants is considered.     

The modern overspeed protection system for steam turbines of the ZAO Ural Turbine Works

Approaches that the specialists of the ZAO Ural Turbine Works use in constructing and organizing the steam turbine protection system as part of the electrohydraulic control system are presented. The design and structural features of the system and its main advantages are described.     

Experience gained at the Ural Turbine Works with retrofitting steam turbine units for thermal power stations

Examples of projects on retrofitting, modernizing, and renovating steam turbine units at thermal power stations implemented with participation of the Ural Turbine Works are given. Advanced construction and layout solutions were used in implementing these projects both on the territory of Russia and abroad.     

The UTZ Special Design Office for Construction of Gas Turbines turns fifty

The main lines of activities conducted at the ZAO Ural Turbine Works Special Design Office for Construction of Gas Turbines on developing stationary gas turbine units for power engineering, driving gasturbine units for gas pumping stations, and gas turbines for utilizing secondary resources are presented.     

The experience of implementing and using the Windchill product lifecycle management system at the energy machine building enterprise

The experience of developing, implementing, and adapting the Windchill v.10 product lifecycle management (PLM) system intended for the automation of the control processes by the engineering data for the entire lifecycle of the hardware at the ZAO Ural Turbine Works (UTW) is described.     

Steam turbines of the Ural Turbine Works for combined-cycle plants

Matters concerned with selecting the equipment for combined-cycle plants within the framework of work on implementing the investment program of Russian power engineering are discussed. The proposals of ZAO Ural Turbine Works regarding the supplies of steam turbines for combined-cycle plants used at retrofitted and newly constructed power stations are described.     

Retrofitting of T-100/110-12.8 cogeneration steam turbines

Problems relating to replacement and retrofitting of steam turbines that have worked through their service life are considered, and methods for extending their service life are discussed. Concrete activities carried out at Ural Turbine Works in the course of renovating and retrofitting T-100/110-12.8 turbines are presented.     

Condensers for cogeneration steam-turbine units of the Ural Turbine Works

The designs of condensers used as part of the steam-turbine units equipped with cogeneration turbines developed by specialists of Ural Turbine Works are presented. Special features pertinent to the design and calculation of the apparatuses and stemming from the conditions under which they operate as part of the thermal schemes of cogeneration turbines are pointed out.     

Delivery-water heaters used in cogeneration steam turbine units produced by Ural Turbine Works

The designs of horizontal delivery-water heaters used as part of steam-turbine units equipped with the cogeneration turbines developed at Ural Turbine Works are described. The design features of the apparatuses relating to the specific nature of their operation as part of combined-cycle plants equipped with cogeneration turbines are pointed out.     

Gland seal heaters and steam jet ejectors with surface coolers used in the steam units produced by the Ural Turbine Works

The designs of coolers for gland seal heaters, as well as the main ejectors and seal ejectors, used as part of cogeneration steam turbine-based steam turbine units developed by specialists of the Ural Turbine Works are described. The design features of the apparatuses connected with the specific features of their operation as part of combined-cycle plants equipped with cogeneration turbines are shown.     

Controlling the startup modes of cogeneration steam turbines operating as part of combined-cycle power plants

The results obtained from investigations of combined-cycle power plants produced by the Ural Turbine Works aimed at achieving high maneuverability, reliability and longevity of cogeneration steam turbines taking into consideration the possibilities of modern automated process control systems are presented. The dynamic models for simulating the heating of a steam turbine cylinder??s parts with the use of limited computation capacities are developed.     

Analysis of indicators characterizing the reliability of cogeneration turbines

Results from an analysis of indicators characterizing the reliability of cogeneration turbines produced by the ZAO Ural Turbine Works for a long time of their operation are presented. The most typical defects of cogeneration turbines that revealed themselves under field conditions are presented together with the main factors causing failures of the turbine as a whole and failures of its individual assemblies (parts).     

New oil coolers for large-capacity turbines produced by the ural turbine works

Results of industrial application of a new oil cooler type MB-125-165 for turbines developed at by specialists of the Ural Turbine Works are presented. Its technical specifications and design features are detailed. The results of long-term (more than 10 years) usage confirm the efficiency, reliability, and environmental safety of type MB-125-165 oil coolers.