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We Think Our Steam Seals Are Bad. WRONG.
Brooklyn apartment complex, NY
1960s vintage 7MW steam turbine
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The Challenge
This Brooklyn site is isolated from the power grid and relies heavily on its equipment running reliably. The facility had been seeing excess steam flying out of the steam chest while the turbine was running, and believed the steam seals were bad or installed incorrectly. The turbine had been overhauled very recently.
The Solution & Results
Through troubleshooting and examination, Avanti Power Components determined the air ejectors, not the steam seals, were to blame. The real challenge was finding the exact size and specification of air ejector for an obsolete 1960s Westinghouse steam turbine. We made a site visit and located air ejectors that fit and worked on the system.
Locating the right air ejectors fixed the leak and spared the facility the cost of disassembling the turbine to chase a problem that was never actually there.
1960s
Vintage Turbine Equipment
7MW
Steam Turbine