SUMMARYA method for determining time-optimum medium temperature changes is presented. The heating and cooling of the pressure elements will be conducted in such a way that the circumferential stresses caused by pressure and fluid temperature variations at the edge of the opening and point of stress concentration do not exceed the allowable values. However, the calculated optimum temperature changes are difficult to follow in practice during the initial stage of heating. Nevertheless, it is possible to increase the fluid temperature stepwise to the minimum value and then heat the pressure component according to the determined optimum temperature changes. Allowing stepwise fluid temperature increase at the beginning of heating ensures that the heating time of a thick-walled component is shorter than the heating time resulting from the calculations according to EN 12952-3 European Standard or TRD 301 (Technische Regeln fu¨r Dampfkessel) regulations.
In both conventional and nuclear power plants, the high thermal load of thick-walled elements occurs during start-up and shutdown. Therefore, thermal stresses should be determined on-line during plant start-up to avoid shortening the lifetime of critical pressure elements. It is necessary to know the fluid temperature and heat transfer coefficient on the internal surface of the elements, which vary over time to determine transient temperature distribution and thermal stresses in boilers critical pressure elements. For this reason, accurate measurement of transient fluid temperature is very significant, and the correct determination of transient thermal stresses depends to a large extent on it. However, thermometers used in power plants are not able to measure the transient fluid temperature with adequate accuracy due to their massive housing and high thermal inertia. The article aims to present a new technique of measuring transient superheated steam temperature and the results of its application on a real object.
A method for determining time-optimum medium temperature changes is presented. The heating of the pressure elements will be conducted so that the circumferential stress caused by pressure and fluid temperature variations at the edge of the opening at the point of stress concentration does not exceed the allowable value. In contrast to present standards, two points at the edge of the opening are taken into consideration. Optimum fluid temperature changes are assumed in the form of simple time functions. It is possible to increase the fluid temperature stepwise at the beginning of the heating process and then the fluid temperature can be increased with a constant rate.
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