Presentation on

Hydrogen
&
Seal oil system
-Prepared by
D.Ashok Raj

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 H2 plant- Overview
H2 produced by electrolysis of water with
KOH as catalyst in electrolyzer.
Moisture in hydrogen is removed with the
help of driers.
Hydrogen generated are stored in storage
tanks installed with safety valves.
Storage tanks are filled upto 2.8MPa and
the safety valve pops up when the
pressure reaches to 3.2MPa

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 H2 - Parameters
Supply hydrogen:
Pressure not higher than 3.2 MPa
Purity not lower than 99.5%
Dew point temp. < -21C

In generator:
H2 pressure - 0.45MPa
H2 temp - 48C
H2 purity 98%
H2 consumption 13-19m3 per day

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 H2 Control system
Main equipments:
H2 gas control unit
Co2 gas control unit
Purging valves
H2 purity detector
H2 driers
Circulation blowers
Oil water detectors
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 H2 gas control unit
Two import lines
Each line carries one strainer
Two reducers are installed in each line.
H2 pressure is reduced in two stages. In first
stage the pressure is reduced below 2.5MPa
and in second stage the pressure is further
reduced to the required value.
Safety valve is provided in the h2 supply
line. Valve opens when the h2 pressure in
the line reaches 0.53MPa
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 H2 gas control unit

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 Co2 gas control unit
Two reducers & safety valve is provided.
Co2 cylinders are connected to Co2 supply
manifold & the gas pressure is reduced to
1.6MPa.
Co2 from supply manifold passes through
the control unit where the pressure can be
reduced to the required value.
At the time of gas replacement, the gas
pressure inside the generator is maintained
between 0.02 to 0.03MPa
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 Co2 gas control unit

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 Oil water detectors
Oil water detection annunciators are provided
to find the oil or water leak inside generator.
Float with magnetic steel and magnetic
switch are provided inside the detectors,
when oil or water level increases the switch
closes and raises the alarm.
Two oil water level detectors are provided for
generator & one oil level detector connected
to drain enlargement section is provided for
seal oil system.

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 Seal oil system
In order to prevent escape of hydrogen from the
generator it is essential to provide shaft seals at both
the ends where the shaft extends through the casing.
This is achieved by providing radial oil films in the
system, this oil being kept at a higher pressure than
that of the hydrogen inside the generator.
The location where the rotor shaft passes through the
stator casing are provided with radial or ring type seal
rings. The seal ring is formed by joining two
semicircular rings.

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Types of Shaft Seal :
1.Thrust Type Seal System
2.Ring Type Seal system
Seal oil system- Main parameters
Seal tile inlet oil temperature : 25~50
Deg C
Seal tile outlet oil temperature : <70
Deg C
Generator H2 pressure : 0.45 MPa
Differential pressure range : 0.05-
0.07MPa
Oil tank vacuum range : -90 to -96
Kpa
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 Main equipments in seal oil system

Seal oil drain enlargement section

Float oil tank
Air detraining section
Vacuum Device
Circulation pump
Two Main Oil Pump & One Emergency Oil
Pump
Oil Gas DPRV
Oil Filters
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 Seal oil drain enlargement section
The turbine end and exciter end of generator
hydrogen side have a drainage pipe connected
with seal oil drain enlargement section. Seal
ring draining oil expand in this section and thus
enable the separation of H2 in the return line.
This section is divided into two compartments.
These compartments are connected with an U-
shaped pipe outside, in order to prevent the
generator air blower DP causing the gas
circulate in seal oil drain pipe.

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 Float tank
Oil from the enlargement section flow into
the float oil tank, this float tank function is
further to separate the H2 from the seal
oil.
This tank has a float valve installed inside
by which the oil level of the tank is
controlled.
Manual bypass valve and oil level gauge is
provided outside of the tank, in order to
manually control the oil level if required.
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 Air Detraining section
Generator air side seal oil & bearing no #7 and

#8 lube oil flow into air detraining section.

Vapor exhaust fans are provided to remove the

trapped gases from air detraining tank section.

Oil from this section flow into turbine main oil

tank

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 Vacuum device
The vacuum device mainly includes vacuum oil
tank, circulation pump & vacuum pump. They are
oil purification equipment in single ring type seal
oil system.
In normal working condition bearing lube oil is
continuously supplied in vacuum oil tank, air &
moisture can be separated from lube oil in
vacuum oil tank, then through the vacuum pump
and vacuum pipe exhausted to atmosphere, thus
caused the seal oil to be purify, prevented air &
moisture caused pollution to generator H2.

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 DPR
The differential pressure between oil and gas is set by
compression of the spring with help of the adjusting nut.
Compression of the spring leads to down movement of the valve
stem and valve cone.
This movement reduces the pressure through the valve as the
valve closes and increases the pressure through the line.

Increase in h2 pressure will lead to compression of the main

operating bellow which in turn will move the valve head in turn
valve and valve cone to close the valve
Closing of the valve will reduce the pressure of the oil at the out
let of the valve while oil pressure going to the seals will increase.

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 Seal oil flow circuit
Oil circuit during normal operation.
Bearing lubrication oil pipeline - vacuum oil tank - main seal oil pump
oil filter - DPR Generator seal oil bush - Generator inside ( Hydrogen si
Enlargement tank - floater oil tank Air detraining tank (mixed with
generator lubricating oil drain) - turbine main oil tank.
Oil circuit when emergency Oil pump is in service
Bearing lubrication oil pipeline Emergency seal oil pump (DC) - oil filte
DPR- Generator seal oil bush Generator inside ( Hydrogen side)
Enlargement tank - floater oil tank Air detraining tank (mixed with
generator lubricating oil drain) - turbine main oil tank.
Oil circuit when both Main SOP & DC SOP stop
Bearing lubrication oil pipeline oil filter DPR- Generator seal oil bush
Generator inside ( Hydrogen side) Enlargement tank - floater oil tank
Air detraining tank (mixed with generator lubricating oil drain) - main o
Oil self circulation circuit when Lube Oil System of the turbine Fails
 Seal oil operation
In normal operation, turbine lube oil is used by the
seal oil system.
The oil from the air detraining section is only at head
pressure, whereas oil from the lube oil makeup is at
bearing lube oil header pressure (0.25MPa)
At each shaft seal, the oil exits between the two rings
and the shaft either toward the bearing cavity (air
side) or internal the generator (gas side). Given the
delta pressure is greater between seal oil and bearing
cavity, more oil flows toward the air side with less oil
towards the gas side (about 10:1).

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 Seal oil operation
Given the delta pressure is less towards the gas
side there is less seal oil flow into the drain
enlargement section. The volume of this allows
time for any excessive hydrogen to escape back
into the generator gas space. The gas side oil then
drains into the float trap.
The gas side flow from the float trap flows into the
air detraining tank. The volume of the air
detraining and the turbulence with the bearing
drain will allow most of the entrained hydrogen to
escape out the GBV before the oil returns to the
lube oil tank.

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Limits of operational parameter
Item Unit Normal Value Upper Lower
Limit Limit
Sealing Oil Temperature 35-45 - -
Sealing Pad Return Oil 75
Temperature
Sealing Oil Return Oil 70 - -
Temperature
Vacuum Oil Tank Level mm 0 (Oil tank centre 65-75 35-45
line)
Vacuum Oil Tank MPa -0.09 -0.096 - -0.088
Vacuum
Oil/Hydrogen MPa Oil pressure - -
Differential exceeds
Pressure hydrogen pressure
0.0560.02
Seal oil system- Main interlocks
SL NO DESCRIPTIONS SET VALUE TIMER
MAIN OIL PUMP A/B
INTERLOCK START
Running pump tripped and other in
1
stand by.
One pump running & pressure is low and
2 <=680KPa 3SEC
other in standby.
INTERLOCK STOP
1 Vacuum oil tank level low. -75MM

EMERGENCY OIL PUMP

INTERLOCK START
Both main oil pump tripped and
1 5sec
Emergency in standby.
2 Main pump pressure low. <680KPa 5sec
3 Vacuum oil tank level low. -75MM

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 Seal oil system- Alarms
SL
ALARMS SET VALUE
NO

1 Seal oil, gas of Generator DP low. <34Kpa

2 Seal oil drain enlargement dection level high <800cc

3 Seal oil vaccum tank pressure low. > -88KPa

4 Seal oil vaccum tank level high. >75mm

5 Seal oil vaccum tank level low. <-75mm

6 Seal oil filter DP high. >100KPa

7 Main seal oil pump O/L pressure low. <680Kpa

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 Seal oil quality

Moisture <100 PPM

Total acidity no. (TAN) <0.2 mg KOH/gm
oil
NAS value limit: <7

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 Name Plate details :
SEAL OIL
AC SEAL OIL MOP DC SEAL OIL PUMP RECIRCULATION
PUMP
TYPE SCREW PUMP SCREW PUMP SCREW PUMP
PRESSURE 1.0 Mpa 1.0 Mpa 0.5 Mpa

15.84
FLOW 15.84 m3/hr 14.4 m3/hr
m /hr
3

RPM 1440 1500 1440
MOTOR POWER 7.5 KW 7.5 KW 5.5 KW
MOTOR CURRENT 15 AMP 41.1 AMP 10.6 AMP

VACUUM PUMP SEAL EXHAUSTER FAN

ROTARY VANE VACUUM

TYPE CENTRIFUGAL FAN
PUMP

RPM 1410 2860

MOTOR CURRENT 3.48 AMP 5.8 AMP

MOTOR POWER 1.5 KW 3 KW

 Thank You

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