The evaluation of the safety of shaft system of large turbine generator set

1.IntroductionWith the increase of the capacity of the turbine generator set,the safety of the shaft system of the set(including the exciter)isthreatened for the following three reasons:1.The length of the shaft system increases.The length of theshaft system is 15 m for a 50 MW set,32-40 m for a 300 MW set and90 m for a 900 MW nuclear power set.The increased number of theconcentrated masses leads to the increase of both the number of the