Steam-Purging Criteria in Geothermal Power Plant
- Key words
- Production; Turbine Damage; Steam Cleaning; Piping Design; Steam Impurities; Purging Sequence; Cycles
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1989
- Session
- Pipelines
- Language
- English
Abstract
In order to prevent damage in power station turbines, steam purging is used before start up operations to clean the steam pipelines of deposits, iron oxide, welding slag, and any other foreign material. This paper includes guidelines and acceptance criteria to performance steam purging on geothermal steam pipelines optimizing the purging time and reducing the likelihood of turbine damage.
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