just thinking how deadly the energy and temperature of this steam must be before it powers these turbines man just a very small jet of it would cut you in half at quite a distance and i believe this steam is quite capable of igniting combustibles
Nuclear and Coal both run on the same Rankine Cycle. Only difference is how you heat the water to make steam. That and the steam from BWR reactors is radioactive.
The thing he points to at the top when he's asking if its spinning? It is. That's the governor for the generator. Its a rotor with counterweights on it that controls an intake valve feeding steam into the turbine in essence controlling the speed on the turbine.
No, that is one of the the reheat steam intercept valves, there's four of them. They shut off the reheat steam flow. What regulates the steam flow are the govenor valves, you see the springs on them at 2:20. they are opened with single acting hydraulic cylinders and closed with the springs when the hydraulic fluid is dumped,
It's a coal plant. Some of the cleanest plants inside are coal burning. I once did work at one of the world's largest plants and I was part of the Turbine Crew, this is a small unit in comparison to what we had. It's unreal to see and to hear it is like nothing else. If you wanted to watch it start, you'd be there for about 12 hours total & you wouldn't know it was coming up unless you watched the rotor spinning. Good looking plant and video!
just thinking how deadly the energy and temperature of this steam must be before it powers these turbines man just a very small jet of it would cut you in half at quite a distance and i believe this steam is quite capable of igniting combustibles
bernard240vdc 2 months ago
one big-ass exciter there..
eosrk 10 months ago
that's a good steam turbine...no oil dry pad anywhere..
eosrk 10 months ago
Nuclear and Coal both run on the same Rankine Cycle. Only difference is how you heat the water to make steam. That and the steam from BWR reactors is radioactive.
Allante715 1 year ago
The thing he points to at the top when he's asking if its spinning? It is. That's the governor for the generator. Its a rotor with counterweights on it that controls an intake valve feeding steam into the turbine in essence controlling the speed on the turbine.
85ZingoGTR 1 year ago
@85ZingoGTR
No, that is one of the the reheat steam intercept valves, there's four of them. They shut off the reheat steam flow. What regulates the steam flow are the govenor valves, you see the springs on them at 2:20. they are opened with single acting hydraulic cylinders and closed with the springs when the hydraulic fluid is dumped,
RevSearch 1 year ago
@RevSearch
The valve he points to right before the "is it spinning" question isone of the reheat steam stop valves.
RevSearch 1 year ago
It's a coal plant. Some of the cleanest plants inside are coal burning. I once did work at one of the world's largest plants and I was part of the Turbine Crew, this is a small unit in comparison to what we had. It's unreal to see and to hear it is like nothing else. If you wanted to watch it start, you'd be there for about 12 hours total & you wouldn't know it was coming up unless you watched the rotor spinning. Good looking plant and video!
AviationPhotogBNA 2 years ago
This place looks to clean to be coal fired... Is it Nuclear??
isaacu 2 years ago
I would like to hear on start up.
mojame100 2 years ago
Where was this???
w7mag 2 years ago