Prolongation of Safe Operation of the K-1000-60/3000 Turbine Power Unit after Damage to the HPC Rotor

Authors

Olha Yu. Chernousenko, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (37, Peremohy ave., Kyiv, 03056, Ukraine), e-mail: chernousenko20a@gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-1427-8068

Vitalii A. Peshko, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (37, Peremohy ave., Kyiv, 03056, Ukraine), e-mail: vapeshko@gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0003-0610-1403

Oleksandr P. Usatyi, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (2, Kyrpychova str., Kharkiv, 61002, Ukraine), e-mail: alpaus@ukr.net, ORCID: 0000-0002-8568-5007

Abstract

Currently, when large-scale military actions are taking place on the territory of Ukraine, the inclusion of the domestic energy system in the European one is a reliable component of providing electricity to the country’s energy market. However, according to experts, uninterrupted and safe operation of nuclear power plants is still considered a prerequisite for the stable operation of the energy sector of Ukraine. The purpose of the paper is to assess the damageability and individual resource of the rotor of high-pressure cylinder (HPC) of the K-1000-60/3000 turbine power unit of the LMZ after damage to the blades in order to prolong the operation of the power unit in the conditions of a stressed state of the power system. One of the most effective ways to partially solve the problem of replacement of generating capacities is to extend the operating periods of NPP power units after the end of the project operating period, provided that nuclear and radiation safety standards are met. The review of the previously established service life of the energy equipment of NPP power units involves the assessment of the residual resource of the energy equipment in accordance with the regulatory documents. After the accidental damage of the blades of the last stage of the HPC rotor of the K-1000-60/3000 turbine power unit of the LMZ, there was a need to study the cyclic and static damage, the individual residual resource of the HPC rotor. In the process of achieving the goal, studies were carried out for three design options: the original option (five stages of the HPC rotor), the option without the blades of the last stage and the option without the fifth stage (with four first stages). The calculation of the resource indicators of the rotor in the execution of the HPC without blades of the 5th stage shows that the static damage accumulated in the main metal is 52%, the cyclic damage is 5% when applying the standard strength reserves for the number of cycles and for deformations at the level of n_N=10 and n_ε=1.5 according to the recommendations of SOU-N MEV 40.1-21677681-52:2011. Thus, the total damage to the base metal is 57%, which sets the residual resource of the HPC rotor at the level of 88.4 thousand hours. The calculation of the resource indicators of the rotor in the execution of the HPC without entire 5th stage shows that the static damage accumulated in the base metal is 52%, the cyclic damage is 6% when applying the standard strength reserves for the number of cycles and deformations at the above-mentioned level. The total damage to the base metal is 58%, which determines the residual resource of the HPC rotor at the level of 85.6 thousand hours.

Keywords: nuclear power plant, steam turbine, K-1000-60/3000, high-pressure cylinder, rotor of high-pressure cylinder, power, pressure, temperature, loss, equipment resource, unsteady thermal conductivity, thermal state, stress-strain state, low-cycle fatigue, long-term strength, residual resource, permissible number of starts.

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Received 14 August 2023

Published 30 March 2024