Understanding Your Operating Risks
What are the most common types of risks/failures for coal power equipment reaching or surpassing their design life?For generators, some common age-related issues include:
Rotor winding degradation
Stator winding degradation
Gas/seal/cooler leakage
These account for ~80% of aging generator component issues.For steam turbines, some common age-related issues include:
HP/IP rotor crack initiation
LP rotor cracking
LP last stage blade cracking
LP last stage blade airfoil damage
LP inner casing material loss
Do you have risk models that can provide specific calculations on the risk levels of our coal plant operation? Based on inputs from inspections, operating data and service history, combined with our OEM fleet data history, we can help pinpoint your highest areas of risk, and provide examples on potential equipment failures. Our fleet history consists of millions of hours of operating data that we use to compare your operating profile- and equipment condition- to sites with similar circumstances that have experienced past failures.
