Steam Turbine Generator Start Up

[@esotericist]

excellent and clear presentation. Makes me really understand. mgoi-nei!

[@davidkinasevych8439]

Good Job, Kevin. Compliments to Mr. Aisman on the camera.

[@nigelgullam4546]

very good instructional Video nice cannot beat basics thank you Kevin

[@edism]

lol your reaction when it was running @65Hz, interesting upload :)

[@shivasoodoo5787]

You should include draining the steam of condensate before running up the turbine and opening up the exhaust valve fully 1st.

[@MrQuick999]

He did that at the start until steam blew out of exhaust. "No water"

[@Snogoer78]

Awesome video, very educational, proud of you

[@ryanfitch1334]

I'd be happy to major this unit with this man.

[@kimmer6]

I like the swinger lings. They put the oil right where it needs it and there is no oil pump for the bearings. Good old fashioned design, reliable! Woops, slinger rings.

[@krombopulousmichael9536]

Hahaha i see what you did there

[@jeylful]

Thank you for the explanation!

[@52morse]

I love the resistive load test. The incandescent doesn’t lie. In my service truck there’s a box labeled sure-meter. There’s a rubber pigtail socket with alligator clips and a 75W INCANDESCENT bulb. My digital meters have been known to lie. Great video. Also noticed you turned your head when you threw your feeder breakers. Also good practice. Curious of the hp. How does the turbine handle current in-rushes?

[@haroldthompson3720]

Good video,very well explained.

[@JaydenLampman-e7r]

You have an amazing shop sir keven ❤

[@oldperson951]

Install a Barber-Coleman Isocronous governer, and use a magnetic pickup to sense shaft speed, with a 4-20Ma signal to control the valve position with a Limitorque L120. This will make the system Isocronously goverened at 60 hertz.

[@leahcim38]

Great explanation!

[@silver152]

very nice set up

[@kamilcopur6513]

Many thanks for the educational explanations....

[@ATI556]

Outstanding Video thank you for showing this.

[@carlhowitzer9768]

Thank you for explaining how the tulbine wolks!

[@Barskor1]

Water boils in a vacuum at room temperature all you need are two chambers and a condenser coil making it so the steam goes from one to the other passing through your engine or turbine as the steam condenses the vacuum is maintained so the energy requirements are minimal to start and a set amount of water to use.

[@dusttinfinn972]

Turbines with an exhaust under a vacuum operate much differently than ones that don’t. You’re correct about less energy. I’m currently having issues with my over speed trip valve slowing the turbine down

[@rinislaboratories1315]

It has to get energy from somewhere, there is no such thing as perpetual motion, or energy, would it get energy from ta decompressing?

[@robertaugust7425]

...not just any vacuum. What your talking about is a perfect vacuum. Like space... The energy required to pull a vacuum even remotely close to that would be completely impractical. It Would require more energy to pull the vacuum than the turbine could ever make. That's why over-unity will never work...

[@calvynwake]

what is the rated power of the steam turbine? what pressure and boiler capacity is required to run it? what are the turbine dimensions - impeller measurements?

[@scaniawahl]

How many households do that single turbine supply electrisity for?

[@Blankanik]

What is the size of this turbine? How many kW?

[@nikambb]

Very Nice Mr. Aisman..

[@НатальяПодвербная-г5е]

СУПЕР СПАСИБО БОЛЬШОЕ ВСЕМ!!!!!

[@ignatiusdemonseed]

Were you running to a dead buss? Without automatic governor control and a synchronizing scope, I can see the potential for unit damage if you're tying into a live buss.

[@kimmer6]

That's next week's video. We are going to close the breaker at 180 out of phase and see what happens.

[@ignatiusdemonseed]

@@kimmer6 Cool. Always wanted to see a generator disintegrate.

[@kimmer6]

@@ignatiusdemonseed In 1989 at Blue Diamond Almond Growers in Sacramento, Calif, a 6 Megawatt generator under full load had its breaker open then slam closed thanks to faulty fault detection equipment. The generator ripped out all of its foundation bolts, output buss bars, cooling water lines, broke the shaft near the coupling, and tossed itself out and far enough over to punch a hole in the control room wall, then it fell back in the hole. My job was to supervise crews to remove a Westinghouse steam turbine and its generator from a closed plant in Danville, Virginia, and adapt it to the 20 foot high existing concrete pedestal. 3 months later it was up and running. It was shipped in pieces and was assembled and aligned in place. A machine shop near Oakland renewed many of the parts. That was a challenging job and it needed a hands on engineer/hot rodder like me to think on the fly to make it all work. The unit ran fine for years until the utility company reduced the payment for the excess power sold back to the grid. I heard that the power plant was removed and sold years ago. The boiler was fired by a mixture of wood chips and almond shells fed by conveyor belts. Extracted steam was used to dry almonds, and the entire factory ran on the electrical output of this unit. All of the extra power that was put into the grid generated money. It was one of my favorite jobs. We had an 8 foot job progress chart taped to the wall and it was completely useless 4 hours into the first day.

[@ignatiusdemonseed]

@@kimmer6 Great experience, bro! That's true cogeneration. In a scheme like that there's profit opportunity at every corner. In 1989 i was an operations shift supervisor at a five-unit coal-fired plant on the Ohio River. Saw some strange stuff but nothing overtly catastrophic like your deal at Blue Diamond. Did that until 2003 then went into generation dispatch, everything from solar to nukes. That was fun. Retired now.

[@kimmer6]

@@ignatiusdemonseed I used to tell operators to leave the control room, take a few hours off ''Because a watched pot never boils''. You can tell who a Plant Operator is at a party. He's the one who's feet hit the desk before his butt hits the chair. Its cool to know that you know where electricity comes from and everything it needs to get distributed through the grid. All of my friends think it just comes out of the wall outlet. We had rolling blackouts here in Calif this Summer thanks to extreme heat. Not at my house.....I have lithium battery banks, inverters, transfer switch to rig for silent running. There's an Onan 7500 diesel gen set on a 40 gallon fuel skid with rubber mounts bolted to my garage floor in case of a quake. That's for recharging on rainy days. I retired in 2018 and life is going well...so far.

[@bryanrgz]

Would it be possible to know the various mass flow rates to operate the turbine?

[@shoshohamad9324]

this is good work.thankfully

[@SteveWrightNZ]

It would be good to see it mains-sync

[@hubert187]

Interesting that your load bank is just a bunch of light bulbs. Shouldnt the governor regulate the Hz on its own, or is a manual regulating valve in this case. Also where is this training facility located?

[@onekycarscanners6002]

How long does or can this turbine run for weekly.

[@Nhanonghaugiang]

You are so good

[@jackroth5110]

That is exactly hat I need. Where can I get one like it?

[@andrewhoggett8148]

would be interesting to see what method used to create the steam

[@barahattab60]

Thank you man I have aluminum factory and i need to bilde one . Can you give some information and tell me how can i make it .thank you agin.

[@juancabrera-ru9jx]

Thank you Kevin

[@balotooni2922]

Dear kaven I want to get further details to buy … awaiting reply thanks

[@cookiect2003]

Who makes that particular turbine? What pressure is required?

[@kevinengineering6734]

It is a Elliot steam turbine which hooks up to a single phase generator. Usually we run it at around 1000 kPa and try not to run it under 500 kPa. It is for educational usage.

[@gregkarb]

Kevin Engineering what gave it away as an elliot and not coppus ?

[@len689]

Kevin Engineering Kevin I am an instructor at a local college teaching power engineering. We have three static coppus turbines, We are interested in a generator package. Can you give me some direction as to where you purchased your unit. Thanks,

[@salemcripple]

Adam Cook you mean "tur-bi"?

[@vijayakumar-rh6bx]

hi ve

[@j.settle6448]

Interesting. In my younger years I worked in the Millwright trade. I was all over the state live in in just about every type of factory you can think of. In many older facilities I would see those turbines sitting idle or sitting in scrap piles. But I never saw one that was still in use for some reason. Even in plants that had steam supply they seemed to have moved away form the turbines. I have often wondered why. Ideas anyone? Also wondering what the SHP would be for the turbine shown here?

[@nobilitas16]

cost maybe? In oil & gas, steam turbines are widely used over electric motors as prime mover. I dont know the cost breakdown for which is cheaper: to use electricity from the grid to run the motors or use boilers and turbines, unless you have your own Cogen and supply the excess electricity back to grid

[@dusttinfinn972]

jon jenkins I am an operator in a large refinery operating in North America. The majority of the pumps that I am responsible for (35 or so) are steam turbines and few electric. Fascinating pieces of machinery and makes a well rounded operator. To answer your question.. in my opinion.. steam is a huge cost. Turbines require a lot of maintenance. Training is very important, it can be dangerous to operate.. not trying to ramble but you get my point. Electric as a primary could be viewed as cost effective

[@jovanemontes80]

Hey there fellow Millwright Local 1607 here

[@manuelcokehyeng9399]

Hello Kevin where can i buy that steam turbine generator how many kw

[@izuanishak6048]

Hello Kevin.. I'm from one of the marine institute.. how I can reach you...

[@laithalhaydar4248]

Hi, thanks for the video, i like to have a steam turbine generator to my house, is there any advise or a study like the cost?

[@ek9772]

What is the source of the steam?

[@GalenMatson]

Thanks Kevin!

[@khaledadams4329]

Interesting, thank you.

[@welchyman23]

How long for steam turbine to start up

[@ОлегШестов]

Hi Kevin как она устроена внутри. По какому принципу.?

[@meslet]

nice and helpful thanks

[@Smooth1982313]

Very cool job.

[@عطاءحطاب]

I need 1 of these.. haw match or haw money.. thank you

[@BartolomeoPestalozzi444]

fascinating!

[@فتحيناجي-س9ذ]

مولد كهرباء توربيني ينتج 300 كيلو وات بالساعة كم حجم الغلاية ( تعمل بالوقود الصلب - نشارة خشب) التي احتاجها وڪم حجم التوربين

[@chouaibzaghoud4974]

Is this a steam turbine in a power plant????

[@atinturret6121]

Where can i BUY a steam turbine to generate electricity

[@Sidewinder5]

In order for you to do that, you'd need a boiler to produce stream for the turbine. You'd need fuel to run the boiler. So its more than just a steam turbine needed...

[@TheVasan693]

How's much of pressure in the system (minimum - maximum) ?

[@himansu2882]

Nice video

[@leerman22]

Should synchronize and connect it to the grid so you won't have to worry about adjusting the RPM. I'm assuming it's a synchronous generator.

[@iloveRUSSIAAA]

leerman22 Jesus Christ you are on just about every video I watch!

[@leerman22]

Cessna 182a I am God!

[@markgohl2660]

+leerman22 That assumes that it is not for example on a ship.

[@rajeshmv515]

What us the company name

[@sheridanbaldwin8629]

What's the red line rpm on that turbine?

[@steamturbinesdoingjobsbyen1589]

Very good

[@FatimaFatima-kc1ry]

fascinating

[@amitjain1738]

Fatima Fatima hi fatima

[@surajitnandy6064]

excellent

[@halamkajohn]

pge california has grounded the high voltage. A lot of leakage. A lot of rfi . Inside buildings everything is at 20 volts noise. wont fix.

[@robertalvarezalvaresch.4431]

Esa turbinita es de planchaduria...

[@rickyrexa655]

What's BVP???

[@zelkhantntp9435]

I guess it's BPV or Back Pressure Vessel.

[@rickyrexa655]

@@zelkhantntp9435 for what??

[@zelkhantntp9435]

@@rickyrexa655 Steam turbine exhaust is being used to pressurize steam vessels for other operations inside a plant or mill. Usually steam turbine will receive higher pressure steam, let's say 20 bar. After being expanded inside turbine, the steam will drop pressure to around 3 bar. This steam will exit through exhaust pipe. It's wasting energy if we didn't capture the exhaust steam, so we capture it inside pressure vessel, known as BPV. BPV pressure will be used for other low pressure operation as needed by the mill or plant.

[@rickyrexa655]

@@zelkhantntp9435 and than.. For what savety valve...

[@gilbertkirby]

how can get to talk to kevin ma gilnertkirby thank you

[@johnpekkala6941]

That is a really quiet operating turbine , barley hear that its running even at full speed.

[@Sidewinder5]

Nope... The description said the plant noise was cut out.

[@thomasrakitzis8198]

Steam turbine without insulation?????

[@dusttinfinn972]

Insulation?

[@piethean8924]

if I want 500kw How much?

[@robertreynolds1044]

Are you a Navajo? You sure sound like my Dineh friends.

[@ryancastillo6436]

I try to offer this..

[@sudeepsingh518]

Nice sir

[@eee_bangla]

great

[@usepchannel9058]

Waww i like it...

[@TheScoutGuyYTPs]

Hi Kevin

[@steamturbinesdoingjobsbyen1589]

Am operat this turbine many turbine

[@shoaibkhalid7383]

good

[@mrdirickson2203]

His name is def not Kevin

[@papabits5721]

Walve!

[@smogfire9179]

500 and 500 is 1000.. Not 2000 watts😂

[@FatimaFatima-kc1ry]

!!

[@TheGreatTimSheridan]

thanks kevin. let me know if younwould like to help restore the ss united states.

[@phatrides222000]

holy crap, so much wrong here.

[@velianlodestone1249]

+phatrides222000 Holy crap, unconstructive comment.

[@shoshohamad9324]

this is good work.thankfully