Vulnerability of large steam turbine generators to torsional interactions during electrical grid disturbances

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1250-1258

  Pourbeik, Pouyan ^a   Ramey, Donald G ^b   Abi Samra, Nicholas ^a   Brooks, Daniel ^a   Gaikwad, Anish ^a  

^a EPRI Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Shaft fatigue; SSR; Torsional interaction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; ROTORS; TORQUE; TORSIONAL STRESS; TURBOGENERATORS;

ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCE; ELECTRICAL NETWORK; TORSIONAL INTERACTION;

STEAM TURBINES;

EID: 34548050717     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2007.901755     Document Type: Article

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