Published May 1978
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Journal article
Turbo-alternators for nuclear power plants
Description
The characteristics of turbo-alternators are described, particularly their sizes which are more important than the conventional sets, due on the one hand to their greater power and on the other hand to the steam output which is doubled for the same power, owing to the lesser characteristics of temperature and pressure. In particular, this leads to consider machines revolving at 1,500 r.p.m. with quadripolar alternators, which create new problems for the manufacture of turbine shafts and alternator rotors. To end, some of the practical problems of manufacturing and transport are recalled
Abstract (French)
On decrit les particularites des turbo-alternateurs nucleaires, et en particulier leurs dimensions nettement superieures a celles des groupes classiques en raison d'une part de leur puissance plus grande et d'autre part du debit de vapeur qui, a puissance egale, est double, en raison de ses moindres caracteristiques de temperature et de pression. Ceci conduit en particulier a prevoir des machines tournant a 1500 tours/mn avec des alternateurs quadripolaires, et pose des problemes nouveaux pour la fabrication des arbres des turbines et des rotors d'alternateurs. Quelques-uns des problemes pratiques de fabrication et de transport sont evoques pour terminerAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Groupes turbo-alternateurs pour centrales nucleaires
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Ann. Mines
- Journal Volume
- 184
- Journal Issue
- 5-6
- Series
- Ann. Mines.
- Journal Page Range
- 47-60
- ISSN
- 0003-4282
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 11511310
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALTERNATORS; FABRICATION; FRANCE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TRANSPORT
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EUROPE; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS