Steam Turbine Servomotor for Main

Description and Reheat Stop Valves

Just before the valve disc seats, the piston disc enters a
The operative part of the servomotor consists of a two-
part of the cylinder where the diametric clearance is
part piston, the lower disc-shaped part of which is
reduced.
connected via piston rod to the valve stem.
This arrangement restricts the flow of fluid past the piston
The other part of the piston is bell-shaped and moves
disc and so produces a braking action, which causes the
within the housing, which is in the form of a cylinder.
valve disc to seat gently.
Two spiral springs are placed between the two halves of
All fluid connections are routed through a test valve.
the piston at the lower end a spring plate is interposed
between the springs and the piston disc. All operations can be controlled by means of the test
valve and the starting & load limiting device and main trip
When trip fluid is admitted to the space above the bell-
valve.
shaped part of the piston, it moves this half of the piston
downwards, compressing the springs, until it seats
against the piston disc.
After the main stop valves have been opened, the turbine
is started by the control valves.
Before the main stop valves can be opened, however,
they must be “pressurized”, i.e. prepared for opening, by
admitting trip fluid from the trip fluid circuit to the space
above the piston to press it down against the piston disc
after overcoming the resistance of the springs.
The edge of the bell-shaped half of the piston is designed
to produce a fluid tight seal with the piston disc.
To open the valve, fluid from the trip fluid circuit is
admitted to the space below the piston disc and,
simultaneously, the space above the bell-shaped half of
the piston is opened to drain.
This causes both halves of the piston to move together in
the direction, which opens the valve. In order to reduce
fluid leakage past the bell-shaped part of the piston when
the valve is open, a back seat is provided in the housing
against which the collar of the piston can seat.
When the valve is tripped, the pressure in the trip fluid
circuit, and hence in the space below the piston disc,
falls, with the result that the springs separate the two
halves of the piston and the piston disc connected to the
valve stem moves to close the valve.

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