Presenter:
Art Washburn, P.E.
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DISCUSSION POINTS
• Two Rules to Get You Home and Plant Priorities
• Lubrication Oil Systems – Types
– Lubrication System – Static Sump
– Lubrication System – Forced Feed
– Grease and Oil Mist Injection
• Oil Ring Submergence
• Oil Ring Journal Surface Peripheral Velocity Limit
• Oil Ring – Maintenance
• Lubrication System – Forced Feed
• Forced Feed – Drain Piping
• Forced Feed System – Challenges
• Water Intrusion – Traditional Oil Deflector vs. INPRO Deflector
• Industry Events
• Source References
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Two Rules:
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Two Rules:
Rule #1 – Make Conservative Decisions
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Two Rules:
Rule #1 – Make Conservative Decisions
Rule #2 – Maintain Design Control
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Two Rules:
Rule #1 – Make Conservative Decisions
Rule #2 – Maintain Design Control
Plant Priorities:
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Two Rules:
Rule #1 – Make Conservative Decisions
Rule #2 – Maintain Design Control
Plant Priorities:
1. Nuclear Safety
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Two Rules:
Rule #1 – Make Conservative Decisions
Rule #2 – Maintain Design Control
Plant Priorities:
1. Nuclear Safety
2. Legal Requirements
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Two Rules:
Rule #1 – Make Conservative Decisions
Rule #2 – Maintain Design Control
Plant Priorities:
1. Nuclear Safety
2. Legal Requirements
3. Efficiency
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- Oil Ring can wear over time and affect performance (delivery
of oil)
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Industry Events:
• 1989 - Plant Turbine Trip with Loss of Lubrication Oil for Turbine,
Generator and Excitor Bearings.
– Causes:
– Backup AC and DC Oil Pumps were not periodically tested to assure
function
– DC Backup Oil Pump tripped from protective relay (not sized properly)
Industry Events:
• 2011 - Plant Turbine Trip with Loss of Offsite Power Results
in Loss of Oil to Main Feedwater Pump / Turbine and Bearing
Damage
– Cause: DC Backup Oil Pump Failed to Provide Oil to Main
Feedwater Pump and Turbine Drive Bearings.
Industry Events:
• 2014 – Freezing Weather, Heater Drain Pump Packingless
Stuffing Box dP Sensing Lines Freeze, Loss of Stuffing Box
dP, Reduced Plant Power, Secured Heater Drain Pump, Pump
Discharge Check Valve Leaked By, Pump Rotated Backwards.
Forced Feed Lube System – No Aux Backup Oil Pump (Thrust
Bearing Failed and Melted Drive Coupling), Main Lube Oil
Shaft Driven Pump – No Reverse Rotation Protection (Lube
Oil Pump Failed). Lost Generation Until Parts Replaced.
– Cause: Vintage Forced Feed Lube Oil System Lacking Features
to Adequately Protect the Main Pump and Equipment.
SOURCE REFERENCES:
• Centrifugal Pumps: Design & Application, Lobanoff and Ross
(practical application)
• Centrifugal and Axial Flow Pumps, Stepanoff (theory)
• Centrifugal Pumps, Gülich
• Vertical Turbine, Mixed Flow & Propeller Pumps, Dicmus
• Centrifugal Pump Handbook, Sulzer
• Pump Handbook, Karassik
• Centrifugal Pump Clinic, Karassik
• Centrifugal Pumps Selection & Operation, Karassik
• Centrifugal Pumps, Karassik
• API-614: Lubrication, Shaft Sealing and Oil-Control Systems
& Auxiliaries
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QUESTIONS ?