This document discusses ABB's Turbotrol retrofit solution for steam turbines. The Turbotrol solution involves replacing aging hydro-mechanical control and protection systems with an electronic turbine control system to improve reliability, availability, and performance. The retrofit can handle various demands like peak loads, frequency control, and fast transients. ABB can provide all services and equipment needed for the retrofit, including a new control system, valve actuators, protections systems, and commissioning. The modular Turbotrol solution can be customized to meet specific turbine needs and integrate with existing plant systems.
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Performance enhancement for
steam turbines
A changing market
In a rapidly changing market, more and more customers
are looking into cost-efficient upgrades for increasing the
lifecycle of their capital equipment and meeting more
challenging requirements in terms of performance,
manoeuvrability and availability.
ABBs solution, our customers benefits
The Turbotrol速
concept for retrofitting power plants is a
tailor-made solution, utilizing electrical and mechanical
components as well as products of the ABB control system.
It ensures a state-of-the-art turbine control system seamlessly
integrated into the overall plant.
Situation
Due to phasing out I&C equipment or the wear on mechanical
and hydraulic parts, older steam turbine sets often show a
lack of reliability and availability, while the major turbine and
generator components are still offering a substantial remaining
lifetime.
The obsolete hydro-mechanical control and protection system
is often inadequate for meeting the stringent demands on
quality in the power network. Old fossil power plants accord-
ingly run on base load with disproportionally high costs for
operation and maintenance.
ABB can offer the complete range of services and
equipment for retrofit jobs:
Installation of a new turbine control system
Replacement of the hydro-mechanical control by an
electronic speed governor combined with Electro-
Hydraulic Converters (EHC) for the actuators
Implementation of electronic overspeed protection
with a fail-safe two-out-of-three tripping device
Replacement of the HP and/or IP valve actuator
Turbine supervision equipment
Renewing of electrical devices like power transmitter,
Automatic Voltage Regulator, synchronizing device etc.
Installation of a unit control system
Complete services: site assessment including
feasibility studies, design, engineering, installation
and commissioning.
ABB has developed a modular package that can be put
together to create any tailormade solution reflecting the status
of the current equipment and the performance required for
the turbine:
Handle peak load demands
Handle primary frequency control
Fast loading / unloading transients
Island operation
Minimized start-up time
State-of-the-art turbine control system
To achieve maximum availability and reliability, the turbine
control makes use of a redundant, fault tolerant, fail-safe
architecture with a master/slave configuration for closed loop
control and up to two-out of-three voting for turbine
protection.
Competence in hydraulics
The ambient conditions inside steam turbines entail stringent
demands on the surrounding equipment. We accordingly sup-
ply our customers only with field- proven devices improving
the reliability of the system.
Our solutions, whether electrical servodrive, low pressure
hydraulic or high pressure hydraulic with their own oil supply
up to 200 bar, can be integrated in almost all mechanical
systems.
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Integration as a major task in system configuration
Multiple available ABB hardware platforms allow optimized
integration into existing or future installations of the overall
plant DCS (common modules, common tools, common
operator station, common spare parts, ).
ABB ONE partner for all your needs, gives you the
assurance that all interfaces, either for the mechanics or
electronics will be integrated seamlessly and fit together
as one with no extra efforts for our customers.
Increase profitability
Considering the advantages obtained by retrofitting, there
is no need to wait until the first malfunction occurs due to
obsolete equipment:
Meet requirements for the UCTE-market
Produce power for the spot market
Sell your power for the best price
Reduce maintenance workload
Enhance reliability and availability
Lengthen the life cycle of the turbine to a maximum
Enable smooth and efficient operation of the turbine at
different operating conditions
Avoid major and expensive damages of the system
Reducing the mechanical work to a minimum is not only a
matter of investment costs.
The main advantage of this solution will be a short installation
time and good return on investment (ROI).
This means our customers have an opportunity to deliver
energy at higher quality and lower costs in a surprisingly
short time-frame.
Based on experience
ABB can draw on more than 40 years of experience in
developing, manufacturing, supplying and managing
control systems for turbines and power plants with
more than 1200 turbine control installations worldwide.
Around the turbine
Solutions for turbines and generators
Instrumentation and actuators
Electro-hydraulic solutions
Control and protection systems
Auxiliary controls
Supervision and monitoring systems
Unit control systems
Plant management and optimization solutions
Excitation systems
Synchronization
Generator and unit protection
High current equipment
Installation and commissioning
Service and maintenance
Technical consulting and studies
Training simulators
ABB One partner for all your needs
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