Study on two-phase nozzle and turbine by Chikao TANAKA, Takumi KAWAMURA, Tsugue ITO, Humio INOUE, Sachiyo HORIKI, Masahiro OSAKABE

“…This eliminates the need for the expensive gearbox required for the conventional steam turbine systems and thereby improves the reliability and reduces the maintenance. …”
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Feasibility Assessment of an Integrated Pyrolysis-Gasification Process Combined with a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Towards Electricity and Crude Bio-oil Production by Dimitris Ipsakis, Athanasios Lambropoulos, Georgios Varvoutis, Evridiki Mandela, Michalis Konsolakis, George E. Marnellos, Costas Athanasiou

“…Through the additional exploitation of the excess process heat in a two-stage Rankine cycle steam turbine, the integrated system is able to co-generate more than 13.3 GWh and more than 26.8 kt of bio-oil (crude bio-fuel), annually. …”
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A study on a novel solar contribution evaluation method for the solar-aided coal-fired power generation system by Yue Jiang, Liqiang Duan, Yongjing Tong, Ming Yang, Liping Pang

“…The proposed method also analyzes the flow direction and destruction of each solar exergy in different parts of the SACPG system and expresses the solar contribution in the electricity generated by each stage steam turbine in the form of a theoretical formula. Ultimately, the solar exergy contribution in the whole SACPG system is calculated by accumulating each result. …”
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Evaluation of the Fast Synchrophasors Estimation Algorithm Based on Physical Signals by Mihail Senyuk, Khairan Rajab, Murodbek Safaraliev, Firuz Kamalov

“…Three synchronous machines represent steam turbine generators, while the fourth machine represents a hydro generator. …”
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Shape Optimum Design by Basis Vector Method Considering Partial Shape Dependence by Qiong Wu, Hairui Zhang, Wei Zhao, Xilu Zhao

“…Then, the research also provides two classical application examples: shape optimization of a steam turbine implantation section and stress distribution optimization of an engine mount bracket. …”
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Technological Processes for Increasing the Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Nimonic 80A Superalloys by Cosmin Belin, Ion Mitelea, Ilare Bordeașu, Corneliu Marius Crăciunescu, Ion-Dragoș Uțu

“…Nickel-based superalloys are frequently used to manufacture the components that operate under cavitation erosion conditions, such as aircraft gas turbine construction, nuclear power systems, steam turbine power plants, and chemical and petrochemical industries. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHP-THERMAL SCHEMES IN CONTEXTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED ENERGY SYSTEM OF BELARUS by V. N. Romaniuk, A. A. Bobich

“…Because of this the steam-turbine condensation units which are the traditional capacity regulators for the energy systems with heat power plants dominance are being pushed out of operation. …”
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Utilizing Locally Available Bioresources for Powering Remote Indigenous Communities: A Framework and Case Study by Jeremy B. Trombley, Kamaljit K. Sangha, Alan N. Andersen, Suresh N. Thennadil

“…Direct combustion coupled with a steam turbine. The biomass was characterized and found to have adequate properties for an energy crop, with a lower heating value of about 18 MJ/kg and entire tree ash content of 2%. …”
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Optimization of Cogeneration Power-Desalination Plants by Ariana M. Pietrasanta, Sergio F. Mussati, Pio A. Aguirre, Tatiana Morosuk, Miguel C. Mussati

“…Electricity is supposed to be generated by a combined-cycle heat and power plant (CCHPP) with the following candidate structures: (a) one or two gas turbines; (b) one or two additional burners in the heat recovery steam generator; (c) the presence or missing a medium-pressure steam turbine; (d) steam generation and reheating at low pressure. …”
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A Comparative Study of Integrated Coal Gasification Combined- Cycle Power Plants (ICGCC) with Kalina Cycle by Moustafa Okeily, Nady Mikhael, Kamal Morad, Ayman Mohamed

“…This paper is concerned with the integration of coal gasification system with a combined gas turbine, steam turbine power plant cycles and with ammonia-water cycle, which is known as Kalina cycle. …”
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Design and application of the autonomous object oriented control strategies for wet water supply system of thermal power units by JIN Hongwei, WANG Ce, ZHANG Xinsheng, DING Weicong

“…An object-oriented control strategy was designed for the outlet control valve of boiler circulating pump， feed water bypass control valve and steam turbine-driven feed water pump， which can switch adaptively and run synchronously in parallel under different operating conditions.Based on the operation state and parameter self-planning control mode of feed water control equipment. …”
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Modeling and Simulation for Condensing and Cogeneration Steam Power Plants Operate at Constant and Sliding Live Steam Pressure by Moayed Razoki Hasan, Rahman Abdul Razzaq Talab

“…Cogeneration units with back-pressure steam turbine operate only with nozzle distribution. …”
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Influence of parameter deviations during start-up on the рower рlant equipment thermal stressed state by Yuri A. Radin, Tatiana S. Kontorovich, Victoria U. Mnatsakanyan

“…The analysis was performed on the basis of the thermal stressed state calculations of the most loaded steam turbine high-pressure rotor and the high-pressure heat recovery steam generator superheater outlet header with deviations of the live steam temperature from the start-up schedule. …”
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DWT-LSTM-Based Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearings with Multi-Sensors by Kai Gu, Yu Zhang, Xiaobo Liu, Heng Li, Mifeng Ren

“…Bearings are widely used in many steam turbine generator sets and other large rotating equipment. …”
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Solar repowering existing steam cycle power plants by Erkinjon Matjanov, Zarina Akhrorkhujaeva

“…The solar-to-electric efficiency equation for the solar-fossil hybrid power plants, created through solar repowering existing steam cycle power plants, is proposed. 155 MW steam turbine of Tashkent power plant is analyzed for solar repowering according to the mentioned schemes. …”
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Testing of an Adaptive Algorithm for Estimating the Parameters of a Synchronous Generator Based on the Approximation of Electrical State Time Series by Mihail Senyuk, Svetlana Beryozkina, Alexander Berdin, Alexander Moiseichenkov, Murodbek Safaraliev, Inga Zicmane

“…The test model also includes models of the automatic voltage regulator and steam turbine governor. The real electrodynamic model was used to verify the adaptive model of a synchronous machine. …”
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Effects of temperature and strain amplitude on low-cycle fatigue behavior of 12Cr13 martensitic stainless steel by Zhe Zhang, Xiaofei Li, Yaohua Yu, Bingbing Li, Bo Zhang, Yushan Ma, Xu Chen

“…12Cr13 martensitic stainless steel has been selected as the structural material for steam turbine blade which is frequently subjected to low-cycle fatigue (LCF) damage. …”
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Performance and Operation Strategy Analysis of BEST Cycle 1000MW Double Reheat unit under Different Operating Conditions by Ji Fengjun, Wang Heng, Jiao Dong, Li Linxuan, Qi Jinsheng, Li Lin, Li Yanteng, Cao Xuankai, Gao Yan

“…The backpressure extraction steam turbine (BEST) cycle addresses the problem of excessive superheating of extraction steam. …”
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Inclusion of solar energy in iraq gas-turbine power plants as a method of solving the country's energy system shortage by A. Z. Abass, D. A. Pavlyuchenko, A. M. Balabanov, V. M. Less

“…It is proposed to equip the existing 200 MW gas turbine plant with two steam turbine units with a capacity of 75 and 65 MW, working in conjunction with solar collectors producing low pressure water vapor. …”
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Comparison of Impact on Turbine Shafts Torsional Behavior for Integration of Two Types of Wind Farm into a Series-Compensated Transmission System by Chi Hsiang Lin

“…For the type 4 wind farm, the dominant factor turns out to be the de-rating operations of the steam turbine generator unit. The allowable penetration rate depends on the turbine damping. …”
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