Coolers are utilized on lubricating oil reservoirs of large rotating equipment to control viscosity and reject heat. Lube oil cooler performance is impacted by a number of plant-specific variables, ...
Unit 1 of Progress Energy’s Lee Plant, in Goldsboro, NC, was installed in 1952 with a Westinghouse RT646 turbine rated at 84 MW. As was standard for that time, the lube oil coolers were shell-and-tube ...
Five years ago, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 3 turbine experienced substantial damage after the supply of oil to its bearings failed. Because the turbine coasted down without oil after ...