Steam Turbine Hydraulic Servomotor for
Description Main and Reheat Control Valves
The flow of steam to the turbine is regulated by varying
the lift of the control vale by means of its servomotor.
The control valve is actually moved by the piston (9),
which is loaded, on one side by the disc springs (10) and
on the other side by hydraulic pressure.
The position of the valve is determined by the secondary
fluid pressure, which is controlled by the governor.
Since large operating forces are required, the servomotor
is of the high-pressure type (approx. 32 bars) and has a
pilot control system.
The supply of secondary fluid (connection ‘b’) controls the
auxiliary pilot valve (14) which directs control fluid from
connection ‘a1’ to the appropriate side of the pilot piston
(4).
The pilot piston operates the main pilot valve (3) through
lever (5) so that when the valve is being opened, control
fluid from connection ‘a’ is directed to the underside of
piston (9).
When the valve is being closed, fluid drains through the
main pilot valve.
Pilot Control System
When the turbine is running and the valve is steady at
any particular value of lift, the auxiliary pilot valve (14) will
be in the center position shown in the drawing. In this
position the force exerted by the spring (13) and the
secondary fluid pressure acting on the auxiliary pilot valve
are in equilibrium.
When the governor varies the secondary fluid pressure to
open or close the control valve, the auxiliary pilot valve is
deflected from this center position.
This allows control fluid (connection’ a1 ‘) to flow to one
side of the pilot piston (4) while the other side of the
piston is opened to drain.
The movement of the pilot piston returns the auxiliary
pilot valve to its center position by means of the feedback
linkage (12) thus giving proportionality between
secondary fluid pressure and pilot piston travel.
The degree of proportionality of the pilot control system
can be adjusted by varying the position of the feedback
lever pivot (12).
The auxiliary pilot valve is continuously rotated by the
action of fluid issuing from tangential drillings in a disc
mounted on its spindle in order to ensure that the valve
moves freely at all times.
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Main Control System
The movement of the pilot piston (4) deflects the main
pilot valve (3) from its center position by means of lever
(5) so that either, control fluid from connection ‘a’ is
directed to the underside of piston (9) and the control
valve opens, or the underside of piston is opened to drain
so that the disc springs can close the control vale.
Shortly before the main valve disc actually comes into
contact with the seat, the servomotor piston (9) enters a
recess turned in the body and throttles the flow of fluid
draining from the underside of the piston.
This slows down the valve closing motion and the disc
seats gently.
The spring (1) pre-loads the linkage and prevents any
slackness or lost motion at the pivots.
The straight feedback cam (7) mounted on the end of the
servomotor piston rod (8) returns the main pilot vale (3) to
its center position by means of a lever system.
The slope of the feedback cam is in two stages to give
two degrees of proportionality, which produce good
linearity of the steam flow characteristics.
Testing Device
The control valve can be operated either by hand or
under power independently of the governor by means of
the testing device (11) in order to check the free
movement of the valve.
The testing device acts on the lever (5) in the same
manner as the pilot piston (4); the system demanding the
smaller valve lift being in control,
Damping Device
Fig.2 illustrates the auxiliary pilot valve (14) and the
damping device in the secondary fluid circuit.
Any signals in the secondary fluid circuit are damped out
by passing the secondary fluid through capillary tube (16)
before it enters the auxiliary pilot vale (14).
Any air carried by the secondary fluid is conducted to the
free space in the actuator via the screw plug (18) and
holes in the casing of the damping device and pilot valve.
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