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PB4302

Speed
Series 4 Controller
for Steam Turbines
The Series 4 Steam Turbine (Speed) Controller is designed to
provide precise, sophisticated speed control for virtually any
steam turbine. In addition to rotational speed control, the Speed
Controller offers an impressive list of standard functions,
PID including:
■ Automated Turbine Start-up and Shutdown
■ Triple Redundancy on Magnetic Pick-up Inputs
A/D
■ Critical (Resonant) Speed Avoidance
■ Overspeed Protection
The Speed Controller is optionally available with high-speed
valve position control and synchronous generator control.
As an Application Function Module in the Series 4 family of
turbomachinery control products, the Speed Controller offers the
added benefit of easy integration with other Application Function
Modules, including the Series 4 Valve Management Controller,
the Series 4 Autosynchronization Controller, and the Series 4
Extraction Controller.
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Automated Turbine Start-up and Shutdown
The Speed Controller provides complete turbine start-up and
shutdown control to ensure that your turbine is brought on and off
line quickly and correctly. By allowing the Speed Controller to
perform the start-up and shutdown sequences, you eliminate the
possibility of turbine damage due to operator error. The Speed
Controller also protects against resonant speeds, overspeed
conditions, and excessive start-up valve opening rates that occur
during start-up and shutdown sequences.
Triple Redundancy on Magnetic Pick-up Inputs
The Speed Controller gives you protection against failures of
magnetic pick-ups. You can connect up to three pick-ups,
providing triple redundancy on speed inputs.
When all three speed inputs are used, the Speed Controller goes
one step further to protect your turbine by providing 2-of-3 voting
as a standard feature. This voting scheme selects the median of
the three speed measurements when all three pick-ups are
operational, or selects the highest of the two remaining speed
values if a pick-up failure occurs.
The Speed Controller also monitors the magnetic pick-up inputs
for excessive deviation between the speed measurement values.

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A You can enter a maximum acceptable deviation between the
The many features of the Speed
Controller include:
■ Automatic sequencing of
turbine start-up and shutdown.
■ Bumpless transfers between
automatic and manual control
modes.
■ Input fault detection and fall-
back strategies, including 2-
of-3 voting on triple redundant
magnetic pick-up inputs.
■ Complete integration of speed,
extraction, and valve
management when used with
other Series 4 Application
Function Modules.
■ Optional high-speed valve
position control.
■ Optional synchronous
generator control
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three speed values, and the controller will declare a pick-up as
failed if its speed measurement falls outside that range.
Critical Speed Avoidance
The Speed Controller helps extend the life of your turbine and
protect it from damaging resonant speeds by offering you
advanced critical speed avoidance. You can program up to six
critical speed ranges in which your turbine cannot normally be
operated.
The Speed Controller will not allow a set point to be entered for
your turbine which falls within a critical speed range. It will also
minimize the amount of time spent in critical ranges on speed up
or slow down.
Overspeed Protection
The Speed Controller offers you protection against turbine
overspeed conditions with an electronic overspeed trip function.
If the speed of the turbine exceeds the value you configure, the
Speed Controller will initiate a trip of the turbine.
If the Speed Controller is equipped with the optional generator
control package, and the generator breaker is opened while the
generator is on-line, the Speed Controller protects the equipment
by rapidly reducing or even cutting off the steam flow to the
turbine. This can prevent overspeed without tripping the turbine.
Optional Control Packages
Two optional control packages are available for the Speed
Controller: valve position control and generator control. The valve
position control package features redundant LVDT inputs, a
1 millisecond scan rate, and high-current outputs. It can be used
with valves that require only a single control loop, or with valves
that require a cascaded loop to position the pilot valve as well as
the steam valve. The generator control package allows the
Speed Controller to perform isochronous, megawatt droop, or
valve position droop control for synchronous generators.
Total Train Control ® Systems
The Series 4 Speed Controller is designed around the concept of
a Total Train Control (TTC) system. A TTC system provides an
integrated approach to control for an entire turbomachinery train
or network of trains; it also provides fully-integrated system start-
up and shutdown, decoupling of control loops, and load-sharing
algorithms for multimachine networks. The advantages of such a
system are repeatable start-ups, tighter control, prevention of
trips due to adverse control loop interactions, and improved
energy savings.
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