Study of turbine section

Contents:-
• Turbine?
• Types of turbines
• Water turbine section in the plant
– Construction of water turbine
– Governor & operation control device
– Pressure oil system
– Lubericatng oil system
 Water turbine:-
• Stay cone & stay column
• Runner
• Main shaft
• Main shaft seal
• Main guide bearing
• Wicket gate
• Wicket gate operating mechanism
• Discharge ring
Stay cone & stay column:
 Contd….
• 4 m steel plates
• Consist of outer & inner stay cone &column
• Outer stay cone & column is installed in the
concrete
• Inner stay cone is used as access shaft to the
downstream side of the bulb
Runner:-
 Contd…….
• Inlet diameter-4364.8mm
• Adjustable blade type-3 blades
– Made of 13%Cr-4%Ni SS
• Contains necessary mechanism for adjusting
the blades
– Hydraulic servomotor of cylinder movable type
Main shaft:-
 Contd….
• Material-forged carbon steel(SF55A)
• Diameter-530 mm.
• Outside dia. Of coupling flanges
– Runner coupling end-1040 mm.
– Generator coupling end-1030 mm.
• Total length-5208 mm.
• Contains two concentric pipes for carrying
pressurised oil & lubericating oil
 Main shaft seal:-
• Type-double carbon ring type sealed on radial
plane surafce
• Allows easy water leakage check and easy
carbon ring replacement

Main guide bearing:-