Analysis of reliability of design of stop valve of steam turbin

The stop valve is one of the «critical» elements of the steam turbine installation, the heating conditions of which determine the reliability of the power unit as a whole. The stop valve for cogeneration steam turbines of subcritical parameters of "UTZ" is unified for families

T-110/120-130, T-185/210-130/15, ПT-140/165-30/15, P-100-130/15. The sequence of analysis of the valve design is presented for conditions, where only the static temperature and steam pressure at the inlet to the valve, the steam flow rate at the outlet of it, the restrictions for movement during heating are known. The results of the analysis of calculations of unsteady gas-thermodynamic and stress-strain state of the valve during the heating of the main steam line of the turbine T-110/120-130 from the cold state according to the standard instructions are shown. The calculations were carried out by the finite element method using a three-dimensional geometric model of the valve body with a slit filter. The height of the holes in the slit filter is 3.5 mm. The equations of the Nusselt criterion for the flange, the steam box, the lower half of the steam box and the fairing when using computers with limited computing resources are presented. It is shown that the peak of the maximum stresses occurs at the initial stage of the stop valve warming up on the inner (heated) surface of the stop valve body in the area of the flange and the cover. The maximum equivalent stresses are 300 MPa. The comparison of calculated temperatures and temperatures measured during the start-up at the CHP is presented; the temperature difference does not exceed 5–6%. It is proposed to analyze the stop valve reliability with a sequence given in this article in the design of new stop valves with significant differences from the existing prototypes.

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