Power, Vol.152, No.10, 78-82, 2008
Repairing low-pressure rotors with cracked blade attachments
An increasing number of low-pressure steam turbines-especially at supercritical fossil units-have experienced stress corrosion cracking in the blade attachment region of their low-pressure rotors. Approaches to solving this problem range from redesign of the attachment and blade replacement to in-situ weld repair. Regardless of the procedure selected, the solution must completely restore the turbine performance while minimizing outage duration.