• DocumentCode
    1696862
  • Title

    Adjustable-speed drives for thermal power plant boiler feed pumps. Russian and American experience

  • Author

    Oliver, J.A. ; Samotyj, M.J. ; Shakarian, Y. ; Vinitsky, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Jarsco Eng., Corona, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1997
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the experience of retrofitting the boiler feed pumps of fossil generating units in the USA during 1985-87 in an EPRI field test program. While this work was done 10 years ago, the lessons learned from the work apply today. Most of the ASD technology used in these tests is still in use today with several orders of magnitude better reliability. This EPRI work has led to a US/Russian study by EPRT and its Russian counterpart, VNIIE, of retrofitting boiler feed pumps in Russia
  • Keywords
    boilers; maintenance engineering; pumps; steam power stations; variable speed drives; AD 1985-87; ASD technology; EPRI; Russia; USA; adjustable-speed drives; boiler feed pumps; operating experience; reliability; retrofitting; thermal power plants; Boilers; Feeds; Induction motors; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Spinning; Testing; Variable speed drives; Vibration measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electric Machines and Drives Conference Record, 1997. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3946-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMDC.1997.604256
  • Filename
    604256