Fig.
10.2.16. Elevation of
a
B'T
with inclined shaft
ar
Trier, Mosel, West Germany (owner Ilheinisch
\~estfilische Elektrizitatswcrke
AG,
Essen)
4
sets (Design Sulzer Escher Wyss) with planetary gears
Krupp
Stockicht.
ti
=
7,7
m;
II
=
781750
rpm;
P
=
4,4
MW.
Runner
D
=
4,6
In,
3
bl;ldcs; servo-
motor welded
nith piston bolted on the hub. Generator rnountcd through streamlined ;iccess pit to
the
bulb. Drive
of
the conical guide apparalus wit11 spherical :trticuldtions. Safety dc~lcc: bucklinc~
links.
A
flexible cxtcrn;il gear and gear coupling between the sunwhecl and the alternator rotor
f~cilitate uniform load distribution
of
the
3
planet pinions f~r outputs up to
10
MW.
A11
Mosel BTs
scre equipped with such gears. Minor failures of these gears and thus lost working time havz
~nduccd the owner to limit their use
in
future designs. (Drawing courtesy Sulzer Escher Wyss).
10.2.5.
The
design
of
ail
axial
turbine
10.2.5.1.
The
optimization of
runner
diameter
D
I.
With respect to efficiency: As known from
Cap.
5.5,
the runner loss of an axial machine
can
be approximated
by
h:,
=
r:
KO
Ku/K
c,, where
E
is the glide angle of the average
cylindrical vane section,
Kc,,
=
c,,/(2
g~)"Qhe coeficient of a mean meridional velocity.
Ku
=
lrl(2
g~)''2
the coefficient or the blade tip speed,
KO
the following function of the
hub
to
tip diameter ratio
N:
KO
=
(2/3)(1
-
N2)/(1
-
N3).
N
follows from Table
J0.2.1.
For
the case of whirl-free flow downstrea;,l of the runner, the draft tube loss as the other
relevant loss in the turbine reads after Cap.
5.5:
IT:,
=
(,
K
ci, where [,is the diffuser loss
mfficient. Hencc the loss ratio of
a
KT
is approximately
h;,
=
E
KO
Klr!l< c,,
+
(,,
Kc:,.
(10.2-
1)
kme
a
certain design, for which the operating data, namely head
H,
flow
Q
and
the
%ular velocity
w
are known. Then continuity and the relation
u
=
o
D/2
give the
docity coefficients as functions
of
the runner tip diameter
D
as follows