Index
Acceleration, rate of, 147
Adjustment, axial, 65 making, 66
Air-pump, examining, 163
Allis-Chalmers Co. steam turbine, 41
Auxiliaries, 2, 154 special, 165
Auxiliary plant for consumption test, 137 spring on governor dome, 28
Axial adjustment, 65
Baffler, 36 functions, 39
Bearings, main, 69
Blades, construction details, 44 inspecting, 104
Blading, Allis-Chalmers turbine, 48 Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 59, 92
Blueprints, studying, 11
Buckets, moving, 14 stationary, 14
Bushings, 36
Carbon packing, 19 ring, 20
Central gravity oiling system, 111
Circulating pump fails to meet guarantee, 172
Clearance, 15, 150 adjusting, 18 between moving and stationary buckets, 4 gages, 17 measuring, 18 radial, 63
Comma lashing, 95
Condensers, 108, 131 jet, 154
Conditions for successful operation, 105
Cooling water supply limited, 177
Coupling, 127
Cover-plate, 4 -plate, lowering, 9
Curtis turbine, 11 turbine in practice, 1 setting valves, 31, 32
De Laval turbines, 118
Draining system, 105
Dummy leakage, 115 pistons, 63, 65 rings, 43, 113, 114
Equalizing pipes, 64
Exhaust end of turbine, 107 pipe, 107
Expanding nozzles, 14
Feed-pipes, 164
Flow, rate, 38
Foundation drawings, 2 rings, 44, 46
Fourth-stage wheel, 14
Franklin, Thomas, 112, 137, 154
Gages, calibrating and adjusting, 169 clearance, 17 for test work, 165
Generator, 53
Glands, examination for scale, 104 packing, 71, 77 regulation, 148
Governor, Allis-Chalmers turbine, 48 Curtis turbine, 27, 31 improved, Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 83 -rods, adjusting, 35 safety-stop, 86 Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 80
Grinding, 38
Guide-bearing, lower, 9
Gump, Walter B., 172
Holly draining system, 106
Horseshoe shim, 8
Hot-well regulation, 148
Inspection, 103
Intermediate, 14
Jacking ring, 8
Jet condenser, 154
Johnson, Fred L., 1, 31
Leakage, 118
Load variation, 144
Lower guide-bearing, 9
Lubrication, 51
Measuring tanks, 171
Mechanical valve-gear, 32
Nozzles, expanding, 14
Oil, 57, 103, 109 amount passing through bearings, 122 consumption, high, 175 detecting water in, 122 pressure, 122 -temperature curve, 123
Oil, testing, 110 velocity of flow, 122
Oiling, 87 system, importance, 119
Operation, Allis-Chalmers turbine, 54, 55 successful, 105
Operations in handling turbine plant, 146
Overload valve, 28
Packing, carbon, 19 glands, 71 ring, self-centering, 14
Parsons type of turbine, 41
Passage in foundation, 2
Peep-holes, 15, 18
Piping, 171 changing, 179 inspection, 164
Pressure, 63 gages, 166 in glands, 57
Pump, circulating, fails to meet guarantee, 172 inspection, 164
Radial clearance, 63
Rateau turbines, 118
Relief valves, 31 valves, importance, 159
Ring, carbon, 20
Rotor, Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 59
Running, 99
Safety-stop, 22 -stop governor, 86
Saucer steps, 39
Screw, step-bearing, 18 step-supporting, 4
Separators, 105
Setting spindle and cylinder for minimum leakage, 115 valves in Curtis turbine, 31, 32
Shaft, holding up while removing support, 8
Shield-plate, 26, 36
Shim, horseshoe, 8
Shroud rings, 44, 46
Shrouding on buckets and intermediates, 18
Shutting down, 101
Special turbine features, 127
Spindle, lifting, 96 removing, 104
Spraying mechanism, 158
Stage valves, 28, 31
Starting up, 54, 95
Step-bearing, lowering to examine, 8 -bearing screw, 18 -blocks, 4 -lubricant, 4 -pressure, 38 -supporting screw, 4 -water, flow, 38
Stopping turbine, 56
Sub-base, 8
Superheated steam, 105
Test loads, 141 necessary features, 163
Testing oil, 110 preparing turbine for, 145 steam turbine, 112, 137, 152
Thermometer, calibrating and testing, 169 oil, 125
Thrust-block, 118
Top block, 4
Troubles with steam turbine auxiliaries, 172
Turbine features, special, 127
Vacuum, 152 raising, 107 test, 135
Valve-gear, 83 -gear, mechanical, 22, 32 operation during consumption test, 138 overload, 28 relief, 31 importance, 159 setting in Curtis turbine, 31, 32 stage, 28,31
Vapor bound pumps, 178
Water, cooling, limited, 177 in oil, detecting, 122 -measurement readings, 148 pressure, 101 service, 126 importance, 119 tests of condenser, 133 used in glands, 57, 76
Westinghouse-Parsons steam turbine, 58
Wheels, 14 lower or fourth-stage, 14 position, 18