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Spin Testing for the Endurance Verification of Gas Turbine Blades

고속회전시험기를 활용한 가스터빈 동익의 내구성 시험

  • Lee, Dooyoung (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation) ;
  • Kim, Doosoo (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation) ;
  • Son, Taeha (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation) ;
  • Goo, Jaeryang (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
  • Received : 2017.02.17
  • Accepted : 2017.12.06
  • Published : 2018.06.30

Abstract

The long-term research and development for the production of domestic blades has been consistently performed. As the direct and indirect results of its nationwide technologies in precision casting have been improved as well as maintenance costs for turbine machinery has been reduced. Whereas, there are still not a few concerns about the reliability of newly manufactured blades in spite of the quality certificate in metallurgical and mechanical properties. A spin tester is a machine that gives centrifugal loading to a rotating part, and its practical application is the overspeed test that is usually used to check the quality of products. A new spin rig has been constructed in KEPCO Research Institute for the purpose of evaluating the reliability of blades. In this paper, the test methodology for low cycle fatigue damage mechanism as well as the overspeed test for newly developed blades is described, and their reliability is evaluated too.

가스터빈 동익에 대한 지속적인 국산화 개발이 추진되어, 국내 정밀 주조 기술을 향상시키고, 동익의 유지 보수 비용을 낮추는 등의 직간접적인 긍정적 효과를 가져왔지만, 여전히 국산화 개발품이 발전소에서 안정적인 실사용이 가능한지에 대한 우려가 존재한다. 향상된 소재와 주조기술을 바탕으로 조직학적, 기계적 성질에서 충분한 품질을 확보하였더라도, 개발품을 대상으로 다양한 신뢰성 검증이 요구되는 이유이다. 고속회전시험기는 로터, 디스크 등의 회전체에 원심력을 가하여, 이에 따른 제품의 특성을 분석하기 위한 시험장비로 일반적으로 과속도시험을 통한 최종적인 품질검사에 주로 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 전력연구원에 구축된 고속회전시험기를 활용한 가스터빈 동익에 대한 과속도시험을 포함한 저주기피로시험 사례를 중심으로 신뢰성 시험 및 평가 결과를 기술하였다.

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