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The Effect of This attachment of the thrust assembly to the pedestal is the key to maintaining machine
clearances.
Casing and Rotor
Expansion As the machine reacts to an increasing temperature change, the rotor reacts first, growing
long toward the generator. To maintain internal clearances, the case expands toward the
In Figure 3 the high governor. Since the thrust assembly is attached to the case, the relative position of the rotor
pressure case grows toward within the machine is physically changed by the case growth.
This design maintains clearances by same direction in response to an increasing
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changing the rotor’s axial position within temperature change, thus maintaining
the machine (for example, pulling the rotor internal clearances.
toward the governor) as the rotor expands
toward the generator. To maintain internal clearances of the
governor side low pressure section, the
“Differential In Figure 4 the machine configuration case starts to expand toward the governor.
Expansion of differs as the governor side half of the Since the thrust assembly is attached to the
double flow low pressure case, the thrust case, the relative position of the rotor
Steam Turbine bearing pedestal, the high pressure case, within the machine is physically changed
Generators” and the front pedestal are free to expand or by the case growth. Hence this design also
grow toward the governor end of the maintains clearances by changing the axial
machine. The generator half of the double position of the rotor within the machine
flow low pressure section case is free to (for example, pulling the rotor toward the
move toward the generator. Due to the governor) as the rotor expands toward the
location of the thrust assembly, both the generator.
high pressure case and rotor expand in
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