摘要 |
<p>In a steam turbine an overspeed protection system and method is provided which operates completely independently of the conventional steam valve controller or governor. Existing hydraulically actuated valves such as stop valves, governor valves, interceptor valves, etc., are deactivated by draining hydraulic control fluid from the aforementioned through the action of specially provided dump valves. A pair of dump valves is provided for each of the steam flow valves.</p> |